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Revision as of 13:12, 13 June 2007
President Franklin Pierce,the fourteenth president of the United States, visited the Central Street Andover home of his sister-in-law frequently. It was leaving such a visit after the winter holiday of 1852 that his son Benjamin was killed when the train they were riding in toppled down a hill after leaving Shawsheen Village Station on January, 6, 1853. The family was headed to Concord New Hampshire. Benjamin was twelve years old.
See
- American Presidential Families by Hugh Brogan and Charles Mosley, R 973.0992 Ame, page 418.
- Andover Vertical File - Andover Transportation
- Attached article below "150 Years Ago, President's Son Killed by a Train in Andover." Andover Townsman, January 2, 2003 page 2 and page 5.
--Eleanor 17:21, June 13, 2007 (EST)
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