Calvin Fillmore
Calvin Fillmore | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Assembly | |
| In office January 1, 1825 – December 31, 1825 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Wilkeson |
| Succeeded by | Reuben B. Babcock |
| Constituency | Erie County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1775 Bennington County, Vermont |
| Died | October 22, 1865 (aged 90) East Aurora, New York, US |
| Resting place | East Aurora Cemetery, East Aurora, New York, US |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
| Spouse | Jerusha Turner (m. 1798) |
| Relations | Nathaniel Fillmore (brother) Millard Fillmore (nephew) |
| Occupation | Farmer Businessman |
Calvin Fillmore (April 30, 1775 – October 22, 1865) was an American farmer and politician from New York. He served as coroner of Erie County, New York and a member of the New York State Assembly, and is best known as the uncle of President Millard Fillmore.
Life
[edit]Fillmore was born in Bennington County, Vermont on December 12, 1775.[1] His father, Nathaniel Fillmore Sr., was a farmer and officer in the Green Mountain Boys who was a veteran of the American Revolution.[1]
Calvin Fillmore was educated in Bennington, and became a farmer.[1] In 1798, he married Jerusha Turner (d. 1852).[1] Fillmore was close with his brother Nathaniel Fillmore, and in 1798, they moved to an area then located in Onondaga County, New York, which is now in Summerhill, Cayuga County.[1]
During the War of 1812, Fillmore was appointed a captain in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the New York Militia, and took part in several battles in upstate New York and Canada.[1] He was promoted to major, and then lieutenant colonel, and commanded the regiment before the end of the war.[1] He later served as lieutenant colonel of the militia's 17th Regiment.[2]
In 1819, Nathaniel and Calvin Fillmore and their families moved to Montville, then in the Town of Sempronius, now in Moravia.[1] Later they moved to East Aurora, in Erie County.[3] In addition to farming, he kept a tavern and hotel, and owned a sawmill and other businesses.[4] He also became involved in the development of the local transportation infrastructure as an original incorporator of the Aurora and Buffalo Railroad.[5]
Fillmore was coroner of Erie County, and a deputy U.S. marshal.[1] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co.) in 1825,[6] elected as a Democratic-Republican. He was later active in the Democratic Party.[7]
He died in East Aurora on October 22, 1865, and was buried at East Aurora Cemetery.[1]
U.S. President Millard Fillmore was his nephew.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, p. 812.
- ^ Our County and Its People, p. 261.
- ^ American Presidential Families, p. 410.
- ^ History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, pp. 314, 453, 464, 540, 546–547.
- ^ History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, p. 542.
- ^ Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, p. 66.
- ^ "Town of Aurora". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. June 12, 1844. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
Sources
[edit]- Brogan, Hugh; Mosley, Charles (1993). American Presidential Families. Stroud, England: Alan Sutton. ISBN 9780750905824.
- Cutter, William Richard (1912). Genealogical and Family History of Western New York. Vol. 2. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing.
- New York State Legislature (1852). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York. Vol. 7. Albany, NY: C. Van Benthuysen.
- Smith, Henry Perry (1884). History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County. Vol. 1. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co.
- White, Truman C. (1898). Our County and Its People: A Descriptive Work on Erie County, New York. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: Boston History Company.
Further reading
[edit]- Millard Fillmore by Robert J. Scarry (2001; ISBN 978-0-7864-4340-6 ; pg. 14f and 22)
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 202 and 273; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)