Calvin Fillmore (April 30, 1775 – October 22, 1865) was an American farmer and politician from

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. He served as coroner of Erie County, New York and a member of the

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, and is best known as the uncle of President

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Fillmore was born in

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on December 12, 1775. His father, Nathaniel Fillmore Sr., was a farmer and officer in the

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who was a veteran of the

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. Calvin Fillmore was educated in Bennington, and became a farmer. In 1798, he married Jerusha Turner (d. 1852). Fillmore was close with his brother

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, and in 1798, they moved to an area then located in

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, which is now in

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, Cayuga County. During the

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, Fillmore was appointed a captain in the 13th Infantry Regiment of the New York Militia, and took part in several battles in upstate New York and Canada. He was promoted to major, and then lieutenant colonel, and commanded the regiment before the end of the war. He later served as lieutenant colonel of the militia's 17th Regiment. In 1819, Nathaniel and Calvin Fillmore and their families moved to Montville, then in the Town of Sempronius, now in

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. Later they moved to

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, in Erie County. In addition to farming, he kept a tavern and hotel, and owned a sawmill and other businesses. He also became involved in the development of the local transportation infrastructure as an original incorporator of the Aurora and Buffalo Railroad. Fillmore was coroner of Erie County, and a deputy U.S. marshal. He was a member of the

(Erie Co.) in

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, elected as a

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. He died in East Aurora on October 22, 1865, and was buried at East Aurora Cemetery. U.S. President

was his nephew.

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