Smith Eunice

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Eunice was the second wife of Nathaniel Fillemore, father of the 13th President of the United States.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bassett John. John (son of Bassett Jotham and Newland Naomi) was born on 20 Aug 1776 in Norton, Bristol County, MA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Millard Filmore became the 13th President of the United States of America in 1850-1853 and the second vice-president to finish the term of a deceased president. He succeeded Zachery Taylor at a critical moment in United States history. The Mexican War (1846-1848) had renewed the conflict between the Northern and Southern states over slavery, since it had added new territories to the United States. The debate over whether these territories should be admitted as free or slave states precipitated a crisis that threatened civil war. Much to the relief of Northeren and Southern politicians, Fillmore pursued a moderate and conciliatory policy. He signed into law the Compromise of 1850 , which admitted one territory as a free state and allowed slave owners to settle in othe others. This compromise did not solve the basic problem of the slavery but did preserve peace for nearly eleven years. During that time the North gained the industrial power that enabled it to defeat the South when civil war eventually came.

His first wife, Abigail became first lady. After her death, he remarried Caroline Carmichael McIntosh. Both wives are buried in the family plot in Buffalo, Erie County,NY.

The house of Abigail and Millard, The Millard Fillmore House, is located about 15 miles SSE of Buffalo, New York, at 24 Shearer Avenue, just off Main Street in East Aurora, New York. It is open to the public on Wed., Sat., and Sun., from 2 pm-4 pm. from June to mid October. Fillmore built this house in the early 1820s and lived in it with his wife, Abigail from 1826-1830.

In his early years, Millard was able to educate himself with the help of the village school teacher, Abigail Powers who would later become his wife. He later studied law with Judge Walter Wood of Cayuga County. In the early years of their marriage, Abigail continued to teach school and to help her husband with his law studies.

President married Powers Abigail on 05 Feb 1826 in Moravia, Cuyuga County, NY. Abigail (daughter of Powers Lemuel and Newland Abigail) was born on 13 Mar 1798 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY; died on 30 Mar 1853 in Washington, District of Columbia; was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

President married Carmichael Carolyn C. on 10 Feb 1858 in Albany, Albany County, NY. Carolyn was born on 02 Oct 1813 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY; died on 11 Aug 1881 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]