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Abigail Fillmore ( née Powers; March 13, 1798 – March 30, 1853), wife of President Millard Fillmore, was the first lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. She began work as a schoolteacher at the age of 16, where she took on Millard Fillmore, who was two years her junior, as a student. She continued her teaching work after their ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Abigail Fillmore (born March 13, 1798, Stillwater, New York, U.S.—died March 30, 1853, Washington, D.C.) was the American first lady (1850–53), the wife of Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States. Powers was the last of the first ladies born in the 1700s. She was the daughter of Lemuel Powers, a Baptist minister, and Abigail ...
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Nov 9, 2009 · Abigail Fillmore (1798-1853) was an American first lady (1850-1853) and the wife of Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States. The first first lady to work outside of the home, she ...
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Abigail Powers Fillmore had first met husband President Millard Fillmore when he was her student, and as a teacher she had been the first First Lady to have held a job after marriage. During her ...
First Lady Biography: Abigail Fillmore . ABIGAIL POWERS FILLMORE. Born: 13 March 1798. Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York *There is another source which claims that Abigail Fillmore was born in New Hampshire: "A field, within Corbin Park, is of interest as being the birthplace of one of the wives of the late President Fillmore.
Two years Abigail's junior, Fillmore was intent on a career in law -- and intent on courting Abigail Powers. As he pursued his legal studies and Abigail continued her teaching, the two became intellectual partners as well as husband and wife. After a brief stint in the New York state legislature, Millard Fillmore began his law practice in Buffalo.
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Abigail Powers Fillmore came from hardscrabble beginnings. Her minister father died when she was a small child and left behind a singular possession: his library. Mr. Powers gifted his daughter his books, and she went on to devote her life to learning.As a young schoolteacher, Abigail Powers fell in love with one of her students, nineteen-year-old Millard Fillmore, who was just learning how to ...
