Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . Efig * ty •RTR-TfaTI &. 3Tew~ D. Appleton&Co. FILLMORE PILLMOl 453 woman; with a sunny nature that enabled her toendure uncomplainingly the many hardships of afrontier life, and that her closing days were glad-dened by the frequent visits of her second son, whowas then in public life, with every prospect of asuccessful professional and political career. From a brief manuscript autobiography pre-pared by worthy Mr. Fillmore, as WashingtonIrving described him, we learn that, owing to a de-fective title, his father lost his property on whatwas ca
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . Efig * ty •RTR-TfaTI &. 3Tew~ D. Appleton&Co. FILLMORE PILLMOl 453 woman; with a sunny nature that enabled her toendure uncomplainingly the many hardships of afrontier life, and that her closing days were glad-dened by the frequent visits of her second son, whowas then in public life, with every prospect of asuccessful professional and political career. From a brief manuscript autobiography pre-pared by worthy Mr. Fillmore, as WashingtonIrving described him, we learn that, owing to a de-fective title, his father lost his property on whatwas called the military tract, and removed toanother part of the same county, now known asNiles, where he took a perpetual lease of 130 acres,wholly unimproved and covered with heavy tim-ber. It was here that the future president firstknew anything of life. Working for nine monthson the farm, and attending such primitive schoolsas then existed in that neighborhood for the otherthree months of the year, he had an opportunityof forgetting during the summer what he ac-quired in th
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