Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . ILLARD FILLMORE, thir-teentli President of the United States, was born at SummerHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., onthe 7th of January, 1800. Hisfather was a farmer, and ow-ing to misfortune, in humble cir-cumstances. Of his mother, thedaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,of Pittsfield, Mass., it has beensaid that she possessed an intellectof very high order, united with muchpersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-position, graceful manners and ex-quisite sensibilities. She died in1831 ; having lived to see her son ayoung man of distinguished pr
Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . ILLARD FILLMORE, thir-teentli President of the United States, was born at SummerHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., onthe 7th of January, 1800. Hisfather was a farmer, and ow-ing to misfortune, in humble cir-cumstances. Of his mother, thedaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,of Pittsfield, Mass., it has beensaid that she possessed an intellectof very high order, united with muchpersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-position, graceful manners and ex-quisite sensibilities. She died in1831 ; 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 upon which hewas about to enter. H
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