The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21

alta Of hia flret mansion he owned al
she time he accepted the State ControneE.
ship in 1915 a good-sizeo plos ~ 90
al the northwest corner OF Main ~ no-
Topper Streets, part OF " wni Dr Frank M.
HAYES. and two houses on seneca SL9e.
one of which was occupied by tns 49,
of Howard H. Baker. the FORMER p ,its
master. Mr.. Fillmore mac soOa tirns sub
seouent to his retirement as freSoens
he was accredited with a fortune cIosely
approaching $780, 900. Upon ms maI IA ~
to his second wife In LOO he SOW V'
to his son Powers -, ...aa a
IucLv man. The late Judge Stow, CON
spicuous figure in Bunalo nlty yoaie IT,
said after Mr. Fillmore electlon As 'ace
President. that he wouia Dc rsrad. that
General Taylor might defy Mexican pu =
let's. but he could not survive FlilhoTe
luck James o. Putnam Oh th's c''''
relates this conversation. ..,.a a sac-
ond time. in the winter OF 1908, that MI
FILLMORE moved into the Niagara Sq1 I.a1
house so Familiarity known az the
more mansion. The building ~" +he
family hotel and has far outgroWn inc
nronortions it had when Fillmore occu-
had II, The original building re" year
AFRO was enveloped on three SUES ~ -
addition that changed the genera
no
niIIar with the old building can sun a I
ineuish it's outlines. In this mouse Ino
former President lived simple me, u9
voting a good deal of his time TO puotc
interests, reading his mucn-prlzeo oooA'
and entertaining his frlenos. ,oroo
The Presidents family was never a Ia ge
one and no direct descendants are ieit 70
near his name AS far as known MillaIu
Fillmore was the nrst OF ms .,d ld4 M Mis-
Abigail Powers, daughter of the rev
Iemuel Powers and Abigail Newlano' at
MorAyIa, Cayuga County, FEBRUARY o.
1926 The bride was related 10 'he $50 $50
Leland family. that embraced seveEsai
thousand within its lines. Her fr1ends
n was said. objected to her marrying
Mr.. Fillmore. But the happy nte Una.
the couple led later proved the Iears Oh
the brides solicitous friends to be I'M
n was the love of Mr.. and Mrs. Fill
more for books that brought anout the
establishment Of library IN me " hiIe
House. when Mr.. Fillmore entered up
on the Presidency there wasn't even
TItble in the White House, let alone other
hooks Mrs. Fillmore urged the I'M me
date necessity Of getting liprary, ne
President applied to Congress for an ap-
nropriation and fitted up as library the
largest and most cheerful room in the
second story r,,,,.
washington Irving said Mrs. Fillmore
received her death warrant while STANG,
ing at her husbands side on the cola
rnsrhie terracs Of the CAPITOL listening
70 the inaugural address"of Mr.. Fillmore
snccessor she died on March 30, 1853.
less than four weeks after her husband
had retired from the Presidency.
The couple had two children. Millard
Powers Fillmore and Miss Mary Abigail
Fillmore The daughter was about IL
Years old when her parents entered the
White House. and as her mother was
in mart OF the time the daughter even
AT that age took a prominent part In
entertaining her fathers guests. scarcely
wear after her mother had died the
daughter followed her TO the grave. This
double blow fell heavily upon the former
Aster the death Of his daughter Mr.
FOR a Iong-contemplate trip abroad. He
receJvsd many hattering courtesies from
Queen victoria and her Cabinet minis
ters. -
whoever for five wears. Mr.. Fillmore
ma ~-tad Mrs caroltre O. Mcintosh If
Albany She liko himself was rich The
mo rrJsoe was hold IN the homo NJ Mrs
STcTn+osb the oIH s~NvvlAr mansion. filed
with historic associations connected with
the Revolutionary struggle. A rev init
mate friends o. rho FORMER President and
HE son went from Buffalo to attend the
Mr. rillmore brought his bride n the
later FILLMORE mansion. the one facing
Niagara Square He had bought that
fine building especlanv for her. II was
elegantly fitted I'M and was as beautiful
a mansion as existed in Ruffsla IN those
DAYS There the former President spent
the remainder NJ his davs. After living
a long useful life the former President
succ,imhed to q stroke Of apoplexy on
March 8. 1874 He was "a wears old. The
widow continued to occupy the mansion