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Abigail Powers Fillmore |
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| Index for First Ladies Martha Washington |
Abigail Powers was born on March 13, 1798 in Stillwater, New York.
Her father was a Baptist minister. He died soon after Abigail was born. He left little money for the family. However, he did leave a lot of books which her mother used to educate her children. Abigail took a job as a teacher when she was sixteen. She married Millard Fillmore in February, 1826. Abigail was the first First Lady to hold a paying job before becoming First Lady. Fillmore was Vice President to Zachary Taylor and became President when Taylor died in office. Abigail discovered there wasn't a library in the White House. She asked her husband to request money from the congress to establish a White House library. She got the money and selected the books for the library. She died in Washington D.C. on March 30, 1855. She was 55. She was buried in Buffalo, New York.
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