When Mary Parks Francis was born to Festus and Abigail, one of her half-brothers was still alive. She never knew the other, Menander having died before his widowered father remarried.
But before Mary was two years old, Lysander, too, died. When two years later, her mother Abigail gave birth to a son, her parents named him Lysander in honor of the half-brother Mary had lost.
When Mary was 21, she competed in the Berkshire Agricultural Society show and won a special reserved prize of $1 for the straw bonnet she had made. She may even have worn it when she married Marshall Pierce just a few days later.
Together she and Marshall ran their farm and raised their five children, all of whom she lived to see grow to successful, well-educated adulthood despite the outbreak of the Civil War, in which one of them served.
Marshall and Mary had five children, all born in Hinsdale. In addition to those linked to below they had:
Clarissa Baldwin Pierce, born July 13, 1836, died after March 1868 (the end date of her second year of work as a missionary and teacher for the freedmen of the South.) She had become a young widow after her husband, Samuel H. Rossiter, died of his wounds in battle on July 9, 1863 during the Civil War.
and
Francis (Frank) Marshall Pierce, born Oct. 21, 1847, died after 1910, probably in Southern California, served in Company K, Massachusetts 8th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, was a Vice President in New York City in the 1880s, last thought to be at the International Theosophical Headquarters in Point Loma, California, married Matilda M. Smith.∼died aged 83y 10m; widowed
dau of Festus Francis &
Abigail (Hall) Francis
m. Marshall Peirce 8 Nov 1832
at Hinsdale, Mass.
children:
May Adeline b. 16 Nov 1833
Clarissa B b. c.1835
Harlan Ashley b. 26 Aug 1840
Loenza Abigail b. 25 July 1842
Frances Marshall b. 21 Oct 1847
But before Mary was two years old, Lysander, too, died. When two years later, her mother Abigail gave birth to a son, her parents named him Lysander in honor of the half-brother Mary had lost.
When Mary was 21, she competed in the Berkshire Agricultural Society show and won a special reserved prize of $1 for the straw bonnet she had made. She may even have worn it when she married Marshall Pierce just a few days later.
Together she and Marshall ran their farm and raised their five children, all of whom she lived to see grow to successful, well-educated adulthood despite the outbreak of the Civil War, in which one of them served.
Marshall and Mary had five children, all born in Hinsdale. In addition to those linked to below they had:
Clarissa Baldwin Pierce, born July 13, 1836, died after March 1868 (the end date of her second year of work as a missionary and teacher for the freedmen of the South.) She had become a young widow after her husband, Samuel H. Rossiter, died of his wounds in battle on July 9, 1863 during the Civil War.
and
Francis (Frank) Marshall Pierce, born Oct. 21, 1847, died after 1910, probably in Southern California, served in Company K, Massachusetts 8th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, was a Vice President in New York City in the 1880s, last thought to be at the International Theosophical Headquarters in Point Loma, California, married Matilda M. Smith.∼died aged 83y 10m; widowed
dau of Festus Francis &
Abigail (Hall) Francis
m. Marshall Peirce 8 Nov 1832
at Hinsdale, Mass.
children:
May Adeline b. 16 Nov 1833
Clarissa B b. c.1835
Harlan Ashley b. 26 Aug 1840
Loenza Abigail b. 25 July 1842
Frances Marshall b. 21 Oct 1847
When Mary Parks Francis was born to Festus and Abigail, one of her half-brothers was still alive. She never knew the other, Menander having died before his widowered father remarried.
But before Mary was two years old, Lysander, too, died. When two years later, her mother Abigail gave birth to a son, her parents named him Lysander in honor of the half-brother Mary had lost.
When Mary was 21, she competed in the Berkshire Agricultural Society show and won a special reserved prize of $1 for the straw bonnet she had made. She may even have worn it when she married Marshall Pierce just a few days later.
Together she and Marshall ran their farm and raised their five children, all of whom she lived to see grow to successful, well-educated adulthood despite the outbreak of the Civil War, in which one of them served.
Marshall and Mary had five children, all born in Hinsdale. In addition to those linked to below they had:
Clarissa Baldwin Pierce, born July 13, 1836, died after March 1868 (the end date of her second year of work as a missionary and teacher for the freedmen of the South.) She had become a young widow after her husband, Samuel H. Rossiter, died of his wounds in battle on July 9, 1863 during the Civil War.
and
Francis (Frank) Marshall Pierce, born Oct. 21, 1847, died after 1910, probably in Southern California, served in Company K, Massachusetts 8th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, was a Vice President in New York City in the 1880s, last thought to be at the International Theosophical Headquarters in Point Loma, California, married Matilda M. Smith.∼died aged 83y 10m; widowed
dau of Festus Francis &
Abigail (Hall) Francis
m. Marshall Peirce 8 Nov 1832
at Hinsdale, Mass.
children:
May Adeline b. 16 Nov 1833
Clarissa B b. c.1835
Harlan Ashley b. 26 Aug 1840
Loenza Abigail b. 25 July 1842
Frances Marshall b. 21 Oct 1847
But before Mary was two years old, Lysander, too, died. When two years later, her mother Abigail gave birth to a son, her parents named him Lysander in honor of the half-brother Mary had lost.
When Mary was 21, she competed in the Berkshire Agricultural Society show and won a special reserved prize of $1 for the straw bonnet she had made. She may even have worn it when she married Marshall Pierce just a few days later.
Together she and Marshall ran their farm and raised their five children, all of whom she lived to see grow to successful, well-educated adulthood despite the outbreak of the Civil War, in which one of them served.
Marshall and Mary had five children, all born in Hinsdale. In addition to those linked to below they had:
Clarissa Baldwin Pierce, born July 13, 1836, died after March 1868 (the end date of her second year of work as a missionary and teacher for the freedmen of the South.) She had become a young widow after her husband, Samuel H. Rossiter, died of his wounds in battle on July 9, 1863 during the Civil War.
and
Francis (Frank) Marshall Pierce, born Oct. 21, 1847, died after 1910, probably in Southern California, served in Company K, Massachusetts 8th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, was a Vice President in New York City in the 1880s, last thought to be at the International Theosophical Headquarters in Point Loma, California, married Matilda M. Smith.∼died aged 83y 10m; widowed
dau of Festus Francis &
Abigail (Hall) Francis
m. Marshall Peirce 8 Nov 1832
at Hinsdale, Mass.
children:
May Adeline b. 16 Nov 1833
Clarissa B b. c.1835
Harlan Ashley b. 26 Aug 1840
Loenza Abigail b. 25 July 1842
Frances Marshall b. 21 Oct 1847
Inscription
Mary Francis
wife of
Marshall Peirce
born
Aug 31 1811
died
June 13 1895
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
