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.
Fillmore was born in Bennington County, Vermont on December 12, 1775.[1] His father, Nathaniel Fillmore Sr., was a farmer and officer in the Green Mountain Boys who was a veteran of the American Revolution.[1]
Calvin Fillmore was educated in Bennington, and became a farmer.[1] In 1798, he married Jerusha Turner (d. 1852).[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] He was promoted to major, and then lieutenant colonel, and commanded the regiment before the end of the war.[1] He later served as lieutenant colonel of the militia's 17th Regiment.[2]
In 1819, Nathaniel and Calvin Fillmore and their families moved to Montville, then in the Town of Sempronius, now in Moravia.[1] Later they moved to East Aurora, in Erie County.[3] In addition to farming, he kept a tavern and hotel, and owned a sawmill and other businesses.[4] He also became involved in the development of the local transportation infrastructure as an original incorporator of the Aurora and Buffalo Railroad.[5]
Fillmore was coroner of Erie County, and a deputy U.S. marshal.[1] He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co.) in 1825,[6] elected as a Democratic-Republican.
He died in East Aurora on October 22, 1865, and was buried at East Aurora Cemetery.[1]
U.S. President Millard Fillmore was his nephew.[1]