Portrait and biographical album of Clinton and Shiawassee counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state . jI ILLARD FILLMORE, thir-teenth President otthe UnitedStates, was born at SummerHill, tayuga Co., N. Y ., onthe 71I1 of January, 1800. His~^ father was a farmer, and ow-ing to misfortune, in humble cir-(umstances. Of his mother, thedaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,of Iiitsfield, Mass., it has beens
Portrait and biographical album of Clinton and Shiawassee counties, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States, and governors of the state . jI ILLARD FILLMORE, thir-teenth President otthe UnitedStates, was born at SummerHill, tayuga Co., N. Y ., onthe 71I1 of January, 1800. His~^ father was a farmer, and ow-ing to misfortune, in humble cir-(umstances. Of his mother, thedaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,of Iiitsfield, Mass., it has beensaid that she [wssessed an intellectofvery iiigh order, united with much])ersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-position, graceful manners and ex-quisite sensibilities. She died inI S31; having lived to see her son ayoung man of distinguished prom-ise, though she was not permitted to witness the highdignity which he finally attained. In consequence of the secluded home and limitedmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-vantages for education in his early years. The com-mon schools, which he occasionally attended werevery imperfect institutions; and books were scarceand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-acter to indicate the brilliant career u[X)n which hewas about to en
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