Bennington

FILLMORE, Nathaniel

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 166

The father of President [Millard] FILLMORE, Nathaniel FILLMORE, was born 19 
April 1771 in Bennington [Bennington County, Vermont]; married here and 
emigrated to Western New York about 1798, and is still living in Aurora, Erie 
County [New York]. Nathaniel FILLMORE, the grandfather of the President, an 
early and reputable inhabitant of this town [Bennington], was Ensign in 
Captain DEWEY's company in the battle of Bennington. One of his sons and 
many of his descendants are still living in town.

[Millard FILLMORE, the second of nine children and the first of five sons, 
was born 07 January 1800 in Locke Township, Cayuga County, New York, to 
Nathaniel and Phoebe (MILLARD) FILLMORE. Nathaniel was married a second 
time, to Eunice LOVE, the stepmother of Millard FILLMORE. Some biographies 
of President FILLMORE relate that he grew up a family that was "miserably 
poor." Nathaniel FILLMORE obtained for his son Millard a clerkship in the 
office of Judge Walter WOOD in Montville, Cayuga County, New York, where the 
future President began the study of law.]

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