Abigail Fillmore
Abigail Powers Fillmore (born March 13, 1798 in Stillwater , Saratoga County , New York , † March 30, 1853 in Washington, DC ) was the wife of US President Millard Fillmore and the First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853 .
Her father Lemuel Powers died shortly after she was born. She first met Millard Fillmore when she was 21. Their only son, Millard Powers Fillmore, was born in 1828. Daughter Mary Abigail was born in Buffalo in 1832.
In 1849 she moved to Washington as the wife of a Vice President; The family moved to the White House 16 months later.
literature
- Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrade: Margaret Taylor, Abigail Filmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents' Ladies. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 176-196.
Web links
Commons : Abigail Fillmore - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Biography on the White House website
- Abigail Fillmore in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fillmore, Abigail |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Powers, Abigail (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American first lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stillwater , Saratoga County , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1853 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |