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Fillmore family of East Aurora, New York

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  Calvin Fillmore (1775-1865) — of Erie County, N.Y. Born in Bennington, Bennington County, Vt., April 30, 1775. Member of New York state assembly from Erie County, 1825. Died in East Aurora, Erie County, N.Y., October 22, 1865 (age 90 years, 175 days). Interment at East Aurora Cemetery, East Aurora, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Fillmore and Hepzibah (Wood) Fillmore; married to Jerusha Turner; uncle of Millard Fillmore (who married Abigail Powers); second cousin once removed of John Leslie Russell; second cousin twice removed of Leslie Wead Russell, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Charles Hazen Russell and John Clarence Keeler; second cousin thrice removed of John Leffingwell Randolph; third cousin of Bela Edgerton and Heman Ticknor; third cousin once removed of Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Charles Henry Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Matthew Griswold; third cousin thrice removed of Frank Heman Ticknor and Harry Andrews Gager; fourth cousin of Elijah Abel and Willard J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold, Zina Hyde Jr., Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, John Arnold Rockwell, Ira Chandler Backus, Julius Hotchkiss, Alphonso Taft, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, Staley N. Wood and Hiram Bingham.
  Political family: Fillmore family of East Aurora, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abigail Fillmore (1798-1853) — also known as Abigail Powers — of East Aurora, Erie County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Stillwater, Saratoga County, N.Y., March 13, 1798. School teacher; Second Lady of the United States, 1849-50; First Lady of the United States, 1850-53. Female. Died, in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1853 (age 55 years, 17 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Abigail (Newland) Powers and Lemuel Leland Powers; married, February 5, 1826, to Millard Fillmore (nephew of Calvin Fillmore).
  Political family: Fillmore family of East Aurora, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) — also known as "The Accidental President" — of East Aurora, Erie County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Cayuga County, N.Y., January 7, 1800. Whig. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Erie County, 1829-31; U.S. Representative from New York, 1833-35, 1837-43 (32nd District 1833-35, 1837-41, 38th District 1841-43); candidate for Governor of New York, 1844; in 1846, he was one of the founders of the University of Buffalo, originally a medical school; New York state comptroller, 1848-49; Vice President of the United States, 1849-50; President of the United States, 1850-53; defeated, 1856; candidate for Whig nomination for President, 1852. Unitarian. English ancestry. Died, after a series of strokes, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., March 8, 1874 (age 74 years, 60 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.; statue at Buffalo City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Fillmore and Phoebe (Millard) Fillmore; married, February 5, 1826, to Abigail Powers (1798-1853) and Abigail Powers (1798-1853); married, February 10, 1858, to Caroline (Carmichael) McIntosh; nephew of Calvin Fillmore; first cousin once removed of George Loomis Becker; third cousin of John Leslie Russell; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Brace, Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, Leslie Wead Russell, Alonzo Mark Leffingwell, Alphonso Alva Hopkins, Charles Hazen Russell and John Clarence Keeler; third cousin twice removed of John Leffingwell Randolph; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Griswold; fourth cousin of Thomas Kimberly Brace, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Charles Henry Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of James Kilbourne, Elijah Abel, Samuel Clesson Allen, Greene Carrier Bronson, Willard J. Chapin, Russell Sage and Samuel Lount Kilbourne.
  Political family: Fillmore family of East Aurora, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Edward H. Thompson
  Fillmore counties in Minn. and Neb., and Millard County, Utah, are named for him.
  The city of Fillmore, Utah, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Millard F. RileyMillard F. McCrayMillard F. RossMillard F. ParkerMillard F. DunlapMillard F. VoiesMillard F. BurgessMillard F. CottrellMillard F. AndrewMillard F. LeonardMillard F. VoresMillard F. SaundersMillard F. BarnesMillard F. TawesMillard F. Caldwell, Jr.Millard F. SimsMillard F. PageMillard F. Clement
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Millard Fillmore: Robert J. Raybach, Millard Fillmore : Biography of a President — Elbert B. Smith, The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology]
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) — also known as George L. Becker — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Locke, Cayuga County, N.Y., February 4, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57; delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1860; member of Minnesota state senate 1st District, 1868-71; member of Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885. Dutch ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., January 6, 1904 (age 74 years, 336 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Hiram Becker and Sophia (Millard) Becker; married to Anna Mann; married 1856 to Susannah M. Ismond; first cousin once removed of Millard Fillmore; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Brace; fourth cousin of Alphonso Alva Hopkins; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Kimberly Brace.
  Political family: Fillmore family of East Aurora, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Becker County, Minn. is named for him.
  The city of Becker, Minnesota, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record

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