13 Facts About Nathaniel Fillmore

Nathaniel Fillmore became a tenant farmer and occasionally taught school; the Fillmore family's circumstances were so dire that they sometimes relied on the charity of their landlords to survive.

Nathaniel Fillmore eventually bought a farm in East Aurora, which he developed into a successful venture, and which he continued to work on until well into his later years.

Millard Nathaniel Fillmore became president in 1850, and his father visited him at the White House in 1851.

Nathaniel Fillmore died in East Aurora in 1863, and was buried at East Aurora Cemetery.

Nathaniel Fillmore was educated in Bennington, and worked on his father's farm as a young man.

Duped, tired, and poor, Nathaniel Fillmore eventually became a tenant farmer while occasionally teaching school, working the soil for landlords and taking their charity when necessary to survive.

Over time, Nathaniel Fillmore's fortunes changed; he became prominent enough while living in Niles, New York that he served as a justice of the peace for eleven years.

Nathaniel Fillmore eventually purchased a farm in East Aurora, New York which he developed into a productive enterprise, and on which he continued to be active until well into his old age.

Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency in 1850, and Nathaniel visited him at the White House in 1851.

The other guests at the formal reception for Nathaniel Fillmore attended expected to see someone elderly and infirm, given that Millard Fillmore was then 51 years old.

Nathaniel Fillmore died in East Aurora, New York on March 28,1863.

Nathaniel Fillmore was buried at East Aurora Cemetery, known as Pioneer Cemetery.

In 1796, the 25 year-old Nathaniel Fillmore married fifteen year-old Phoebe Millard, daughter of a prominent physician, in Bennington.