Nathaniel Fillmore

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Nathaniel Fillmore

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bennington, New Hampshire Grants, British Colonial America
Death: March 28, 1863 (91)
East Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: East Aurora, Cayuga, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Lt. Nathaniel Fillmore; Leutinant Nathaniel Fillmore and Hebzibah Fillmore
Husband of Pheobe Fillmore; Eunice Fillmore and Phoebe Fillmore
Father of Millard Fillmore; Olive Armstrong Johnson; Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States; Cyrus Fillmore; Almon Hopkins Fillmore and 5 others
Brother of Simeon Fillmore; Hephzibah Fillmore; Philippa Dixon; Col Calvin Fillmore; Elijah Day Fillmore and 1 other

Occupation: Farmer
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About Nathaniel Fillmore

Was an American farmer, and the father of Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States. After his marriage, Fillmore began farming in Vermont. Shortly thereafter, Nathaniel and his brother Calvin Fillmore were approached by land agents offering tracts in New York state. Unhappy with trying to make the stony ground of their Vermont land productive, they quickly grabbed the opportunity and moved to western New York, sight unseen.

According to biographers of Millard Fillmore, "The Fillmore brothers moved their two families to their new homeland nestled deep within a timber-laden forest. Location was not their greatest problem. Nor was the dense clay they unearthed once the land was cleared. Their greatest setback came with the realization that faulty surveying coupled with corrupt local government officials had left them with virtually nothing. The Fillmore brothers lost their land because of defective titles. Duped, tired, and poor, Nathaniel eventually became a tenant farmer while occasionally teaching school, working the soil for landlords and taking their charity when necessary to survive.

Over time, Nathaniel Fillmore's fortunes changed; he became prominent enough while living in Niles, New York that he served as a justice of the peace for eleven years. He eventually purchased a farm in East Aurora, New York which he developed into a productive enterprise

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Nathaniel Fillmore's Timeline

1771
April 19, 1771
Bennington, New Hampshire Grants, British Colonial America
1797
December 16, 1797
Locke Summerhill, Cayuga County, New York, United States
1800
January 7, 1800
Loke Township, (now Summerhill), Cayuga County, New York, United States
1800
1801
December 22, 1801
Locke, Cayuga County, New York, United States
1806
April 13, 1806
Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, United States
1810
July 9, 1810
Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, United States
1812
August 24, 1812
Niles, Cayuga County, New York, United States
1814
November 15, 1814
Sempronius, Cayuga County, New York, United States