Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore 13th President of the United States (1850-1853)

Fillmore sites that I have seen:  

Birthplace historical marker Summerhill, NY
                                             

 Fillmore House, House site and parents grave East Aurora, NY

Site of home  Buffalo, NY

Site of home in which died. Buffalo, NY
                                              

Gravesite at Forest Lawn Cemetery Buffalo, NY

Millard Fillmore Birthplace, Summerhill, NY

A shelter house and flag at Fillmore's birthplace

I stopped by Fillmore's birthplace on the way home from my June 2012 NY NJ trip. I wasn't satisfied with driving the 8 hours home with nothing to look forward to but home. So I decided to get an early start and go about 3 hours out of the way so that we could go home through upstate New York instead of Pennsylvania. There was a lot more to see on the way home through New York. Fillmore's birthplace would be the first of those stops. I was pleased to see that there was a small driveway and shelter house at the site, on top of the historical marker. Had I known I would of hit the McDonald's drive through and eat our breakfast there.

Fillmore's home in East Aurora, NY

I quick pic of the fireplace in Fillmore's Home.

Me at Fillmore's House

I revisited the home of Millard Fillmore in October 2018, while there I looked up the actual home site, since the house was moved to it's current location after the Fillmore's lived there. I also looked up the final resting place of Fillmore's parents, which just happened to be in a small cemetery behind the original home site. The pictures below are of my 2018 stop.

Me at Fillmore's house in 2018

Hanging with Millard

Historical marker 

Fillmore's home in the previous pictures originally sat at this location in downtown East Aurora.

Proving I was here

The building that now sits on the site that Fillmore's home sat. 

Gravesite of Millard's parents Nathaniel and Phoebe. Nathaniel was the first Presidents father to visit his Presidential son in the White House.

Millard lived at the house in East Aurora from 1826-1830. Shortly after he must of moved to Buffalo, since I found this marker in downtown Buffalo stating that Millard lived at this site from 1831-1858. Since Fillmore's Presidential term lasted from 1850-1853, this would of been the site that he returned  home to when he left Washington.

Proving I was here

The building that now sits on the site where Fillmore lived from 1831-1858

Another site in Buffalo with a Fillmore connection

Proving I was here at the Buffalo Club

I also found this marker with an interesting Fillmore - Lincoln connection. in Buffalo

The building is still standing where Fillmore and Lincoln attended church services together.

Proving I was here

Pretty self explanatory. This is where Fillmore died. This marker is not far from the home marker where he lived from 1831-1858

What Fillmore's death site looks like today

Another angle of Fillmore's death site today

Proving I was here.

Nearby his death site is this statue of Fillmore

This marker hangs on the fence that surrounds Fillmore's gravesite

Khloe and I at Fillmore's gravesite in September 2009

Nicky and I at Fillmore's gravesite in June 2012

Grant and I at Fillmore's gravesite in August 2017

I couldn't resist recreating the pictures with my older 2. Klo and I 8 years apart

Nicky and I, 5 years apart

Mom, Dad and the kids all got in on this one with me in August 2017

Fillmore was the second accidental President. Assuming the Presidency after Zachary Taylor's death. He was the first of the dough faced Presidents, as my high school history teacher called them. Which included Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan. Dough faced, meaning they were easily manipulated and not very strong against slavery. Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850, which brought California into the union as a free state and postponed the Civil War for about 10 years. He publicly opposed Lincoln during the Civil War. Which made him very unpopular after Lincoln's assassination. He died in 1874.