Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . Residence of Jamei K. Polk, Nashville, Teen. 588 MILLAKD MIL LARD FILLMORE. MILLARD FILLMORE, the thirteenth president of the United States, was bornJanuary 7, 1800, at Summer Hill, Cayuga county, in the state of New father, Nathaniel Fillmore, who had emigrated from Vermont in 1771,and followed the occupation of a
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . Residence of Jamei K. Polk, Nashville, Teen. 588 MILLAKD MIL LARD FILLMORE. MILLARD FILLMORE, the thirteenth president of the United States, was bornJanuary 7, 1800, at Summer Hill, Cayuga county, in the state of New father, Nathaniel Fillmore, who had emigrated from Vermont in 1771,and followed the occupation of a farmer, lost his property in 1802, by the titlebeing imperfect, and removed to Niles in the same county, where he continuedto reside until 1819, when he changed his residence to Erie county. Owingto the limited circumstances of his father, Millards education was necessarilyof the most imperfect kind, and at the age of fourteen he was sent to Livingstoncounty, at that time a wild region, to learn the clothiers trade ; and aboutfour months later he was apprenticed to a wool-carder, in the town in whichhis father lived. During the four years that he worked at his trade, he availedhimself of every opportunity of improving his mind, and supplying the defectsof his early education. At the age of nineteen he made the acquaintan
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