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Calvin Fillmore (April 30, 1775 - October 22, 1865) was an American farmer and politician from New York. He served as coroner of Erie County, New York and a member of the New York State Assembly, and is best known as the uncle of President Millard Fillmore. LifeFillmore was born in Bennington County, Vermont on December 12, 1775.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} His father, Nathaniel Fillmore Sr., was a farmer and officer in the Green Mountain Boys who was a veteran of the American Revolution.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} Calvin Fillmore was educated in Bennington, and became a farmer.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} In 1798, he married Jerusha Turner (d. 1852).{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} Fillmore was close with his brother Nathaniel Fillmore, and in 1798, they moved to an area then located in Onondaga County, New York, which is now in Summerhill, Cayuga County.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} During the War of 1812, 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.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} He was promoted to major, and then lieutenant colonel, and commanded the regiment before the end of the war.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} He later served as lieutenant colonel of the militia's 17th Regiment.{{sfn|Our County and Its People|page=261}} In 1819, Nathaniel and Calvin Fillmore and their families moved to Montville, then in the Town of Sempronius, now in Moravia.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} Later they moved to East Aurora, in Erie County.{{sfn|American Presidential Families|page=410}} In addition to farming, he kept a tavern and hotel, and owned a sawmill and other businesses.{{sfn|History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County|pages=314, 453, 464, 540, 546-547}} He also became involved in the development of the local transportation infrastructure as an original incorporator of the Aurora and Buffalo Railroad.{{sfn|History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County|page=542}} Fillmore was coroner of Erie County, and a deputy U.S. marshal.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co.) in 1825,{{sfn|Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York|page=66}} elected as a Democratic-Republican. He died in East Aurora on October 22, 1865, and was buried at East Aurora Cemetery.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} U.S. President Millard Fillmore was his nephew.{{sfn|Genealogical and Family History of Western New York|page=812}} ReferencesSources
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