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 1850.

1853

MILLARD FILLMORE.

Mil-lard Fill-more, the next to take the chair, was born in New York in 1800. His great grand-fa-ther was born in New Eng-land more than 200 years ago.

A few years ere the boy, Mil-lard, who was to take the place of Zach-a-ry Tay-lor, was born, his fa-ther went, with his young wife, Phe-be Mil-lard, to the west part of New York. The fa-ther had a high name for worth, and it is said that his creed was "do right."

The Fill-more house was in the midst of a dense tract of woods. The next house was four miles off. There was no school. The two books in the new house were the Word of God and a book of hymns.

The lad, Mil-lard, had to go to work as soon as he could.