. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . i A %,■ -;^-^ Ci)unt\ LARD FILL-MORE, the thir- !■ teenth Presidentof the UnitedStates, i850-3, wasborn in SummerHill, Cayuga, New York, Janu- 1800. He was of New England ancestry, andhis educational advantageswere limited. He earlylearned the clothiers trade,but spent all his leisure timein study. At nineteen years* of age he was induced byJudge Walter Wood to abandon his tradeand commence the study of law. Uponlearning that the young man was entirelydestitute of means, he took him into hisown office and loaned him such money ashe
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . i A %,■ -;^-^ Ci)unt\ LARD FILL-MORE, the thir- !■ teenth Presidentof the UnitedStates, i850-3, wasborn in SummerHill, Cayuga, New York, Janu- 1800. He was of New England ancestry, andhis educational advantageswere limited. He earlylearned the clothiers trade,but spent all his leisure timein study. At nineteen years* of age he was induced byJudge Walter Wood to abandon his tradeand commence the study of law. Uponlearning that the young man was entirelydestitute of means, he took him into hisown office and loaned him such money ashe needed. That he might not be heavilyburdened with debt, young Fillmore taughtschool during the winter months and invarious other ways helped himself the age of twenty-three he was ad-mitted to the Court of Common Pleas, andcommenced the practice of his professionin the village of Aurora, situated on the eastern bank of the Ca3uga Lake. In 1825he married Miss Abigail Powers, daughterof Rev. Lemuel Powers, a lady of greatmoral worth. In 1825 he t
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