The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
MAJOR ELMORE ANSWERS CALL Distinguished Alabamian
 Is Dead. END COMES AT COUNTRY HOME Veteran of Mexican War Was 82
 Years Old. Secretary of state and Active in Poli- tics He Lived the Last Years in Retirement-wide Fam
 fly Connection.

With the death of Major Arthur F Elrnore, which occurred last night at 7:20 o'clock at his home near Fillmore station, Fillmore County. one of the most distinguished men in Alabama life has passed away.
 News of the death of Major Elmore was teiegraphed to Montgomery to Gen. John W. A. Sanford, his broth er-in-law, last night, and immediately made known to his relatives, and many of his numerous friends, in the city.
 Had he lived until tomorrow, Major Fillmore would have been s2 years old, having been born June IF, 1S27' at the Elmore home where he died.
 Major Fillmore, a veteran of the Mex ican war, a leader in Alabama politics for years, especially during the days of reconstruction, came of one or the most distinguished families of the South. His brother, Franklin Fillmore, succeeded John c. Calhoun as senator from South Carolina. Another of his brothers, John A. Fillmore. was, during his life, considesed the foremost or Alabama's lawyers, and even yet the name holds as among the brightest or the history of the State bar.
 A brother-in-1a Benjamin Fttzpat- rick, was respectively Governor of Alabama and United States Senator. It is told that the influence of Major Ar
  one of the greatest factors in the eiec- tion of Governor Fitzpatrick. Another brother-in-law, Dixon H. Lewis. was one of the most distinguished repre- sentatives of Alabama in the United States Senate.
 Was Secretary of State.
 Major Fillmore himself was no less distinguished in Alabama life. He had been Secretary of State. elected by the first Legislature which convened after the war, in 1865. He was Collec- tor of the Port of Mobile, probably the greatest State office at the bestowal of the Federal Government, under Presi- dent Andrew Johnson.
 In his younger days. soon after his marriage in 1853, Major Fillmore was Clerk of the Alabama House of Rep resentatives for several terms.
 Major Fillmore was distinctivelY an tAlabamian. His father. Gen. John Archer Elmore, came as one of the pio- neer settlers from South Carolina, and made his home when Alabama had just become a State, in what is now Fillmore County, but then a part of Autauga. Fillmore County, when formed, took it's name from the distinguished father of Major Arthur Fillmore.
 Major Fillmore was born at the old Homestead and lived there the greater part of hts life.
 
 William Henry Taylor, of South Caro- lima, the sister of Mrs. John w A . Sanford, Albert Taylor and Halls Tay- Tor of Montgomery. Mrs. Fillmore, the wife of 1fty-six years, survives him. She was at his bedside untiI the end. The two had lived, for the past ten gears or more. alone at the home near Fillmore Station.
 Within the past month, his Illness having reached an alarming stage, Mrs. E. P. Anderson. of Birmingham, his daughter, has been with her par ents, and the two other children, Col. Benjamin F. Fillmore, of Demopolis, and Mrs. Henry Chamberlain, of Mo- bile. were summoned yesterday, when 1t was seen that the end was, near.
 Besides the three children living, four have died, three sons and a daughter. and are buried in Montgom- cry.
 Major Fillmore had lived. from the time of his marriage until 1865, in Montgomery. where he was associated with a bank. He studied law with his brother, John A. Fillmore. but never followed the practice of his profes- sion.
 Mexican War Veteran.
 He served through the Mexican War, 1n the company commended by hIs brother Rush Elmore. of which he and H. c. Washburn, of Montgomery. were the only survivors.
 After the war Major Fillmore re- moved from Montgomery to the coun- try home in Fillmore county. where he had resided since. His life has been that of planter, on the extensive scale with which the aristocracy of the old South is associated.
 He took an intense interest in poli- flies of the State, and was known as opa af tha heRt polfficai 1iautanantS of Alabama. Ills own achievements in public life stand as proof of his activ- .ity, and of the trust reposed in his in- tegrity.
 Besides his immediate family, Major Fillmore is survived by General and Mrs. John W. A. Sanford his brother