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Fillmore, Millard M., was born in Ellisburgh, on the farm he owns, October 18, 1848. a son of Lavias and Mariette
(Thayer) Fillmore. Lavias Fillmore was born in Vermont, and came to Ellisburgh in 1816, with his parents, Ethnia
and Eunice (Coolegrove) Fillmore. Ethnia was in the war of 1812, and the family are related to the late President
Fillmore. He was a member of the State militia, was a farmer, and a Democrat in politics. Lavias died August 5,
1885, and his wife died March 27, 1S7S. Millard M. Fillmore was educated in the Union Academy, and is a farmer,
owning 250 acres of land and keeps a dairy of thirty-five cows. Mr. Fillmore is a member of Rising Light Lodge
No. 037, F. & A. M., and also of the Eastern Star and Union Grange No. 5 of Belleville, N. Y. April 17, 1872,
he married Jennie Chamberlain of Ellisburgb, and they have one son, Arthur M., born August 30, 1876, and educated
in the Union Academy and Northern Business College of Watertown, N. Y. The family are members of the Congre gational
church of Woodville, N. Y.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898
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