Harriet Josephine Pierce, the only daughter of Col. Benjamin Kendrick Pierce and the former Josette La Framboise, was born in 1818 at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island were her father was commander. Her mother was the daughter of Magdaleine Marcotte La Framboise, a well-known fur-trader at the turn of the century. At the death of her mother, Harriett lived with her maternal grandmother until she came of age.
Harriet was also the niece of President Franklin Pierce. It was while living in Boston with a Pierce aunt (Elizabeth Pierce McNeil), Harriet met and married James Brewerton Ricketts, son of George Robert Ashe Ricketts and the former Mary Brewerton, of New York. James B. Ricketts would go on to be a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War. Harriet and James Ricketts were married on October 18, 1840. They had one known daughter, Mary Brewerton.
On January 17th 1854, Harriet Josephine Pierce Ricketts died in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, as reported in the New York Evening Post, the following day. She was buried in the Rickett family vault in the churchyard cemetery at Trinity Church downtown on Wall Street in Manhattan.
Harriet was also the niece of President Franklin Pierce. It was while living in Boston with a Pierce aunt (Elizabeth Pierce McNeil), Harriet met and married James Brewerton Ricketts, son of George Robert Ashe Ricketts and the former Mary Brewerton, of New York. James B. Ricketts would go on to be a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War. Harriet and James Ricketts were married on October 18, 1840. They had one known daughter, Mary Brewerton.
On January 17th 1854, Harriet Josephine Pierce Ricketts died in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, as reported in the New York Evening Post, the following day. She was buried in the Rickett family vault in the churchyard cemetery at Trinity Church downtown on Wall Street in Manhattan.
Harriet Josephine Pierce, the only daughter of Col. Benjamin Kendrick Pierce and the former Josette La Framboise, was born in 1818 at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island were her father was commander. Her mother was the daughter of Magdaleine Marcotte La Framboise, a well-known fur-trader at the turn of the century. At the death of her mother, Harriett lived with her maternal grandmother until she came of age.
Harriet was also the niece of President Franklin Pierce. It was while living in Boston with a Pierce aunt (Elizabeth Pierce McNeil), Harriet met and married James Brewerton Ricketts, son of George Robert Ashe Ricketts and the former Mary Brewerton, of New York. James B. Ricketts would go on to be a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War. Harriet and James Ricketts were married on October 18, 1840. They had one known daughter, Mary Brewerton.
On January 17th 1854, Harriet Josephine Pierce Ricketts died in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, as reported in the New York Evening Post, the following day. She was buried in the Rickett family vault in the churchyard cemetery at Trinity Church downtown on Wall Street in Manhattan.
Harriet was also the niece of President Franklin Pierce. It was while living in Boston with a Pierce aunt (Elizabeth Pierce McNeil), Harriet met and married James Brewerton Ricketts, son of George Robert Ashe Ricketts and the former Mary Brewerton, of New York. James B. Ricketts would go on to be a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War. Harriet and James Ricketts were married on October 18, 1840. They had one known daughter, Mary Brewerton.
On January 17th 1854, Harriet Josephine Pierce Ricketts died in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, as reported in the New York Evening Post, the following day. She was buried in the Rickett family vault in the churchyard cemetery at Trinity Church downtown on Wall Street in Manhattan.
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