View source for Pierce, Benjamin (son of President Franklin Pierce)

Franklin Pierce visited the Central Street (#47) Andover home of his sister-in-law frequently. On January, 6, 1853, Pierce and his family left the home and boarded a train in Shawsheen Village Station for Concord, New Hampshire. The President-elect planned to remain in Concord until his inauguration as the fourteenth president.  The train had not traveled far when it toppled down a hill. The current location of the accident is between Argyle and Arundel Street. Pierce's son Benjamin was killed in the accident.


See

* [[Andover Almshouse]]
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=5032&t=american%20presidential%20families&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=34&rt=keyword ''American Presidential Families''] by Hugh Brogan and Charles Mosley, R 973.0992 Ame, page 418.
* Andover Vertical File - Andover Transportation
* "150 Years Ago, President's Son Killed by a Train in Andover." ''Andover Townsman'', January 2, 2003 page 1 and page 5.
*"Presidential visits to Andover, from Washington to Bush," ''Andover Townsman'', July 1, 2010.  
*"A boy's death, and the death of a presidency," ''Andover Townsman'', January 17, 2013, p.14, 15.



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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 17:21, June 13, 2007 (EST)

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