Abigail Powers Fillmore

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Three weeks after the close of his administration he sustained a severe affliction in the loss of his wife, Abigail Powers, the daughter of a clergyman, whom he married 5 February 1826, and who was emphatically her husband's "righthand." She had long been a sufferer from ill health and was looking forward most eagerly to a return to her old home, when she was taken away to those temples not made with hands. Irving says that she received her death warrant while standing by his side on the cold marble terrace of the capitol, listening to the inaugural address of Mr. Fillmore's successor. To this Christian lady the White House is indebted for the books, which today make the library one of the most attractive rooms in the presidential mansion. In the following year their only daughter, who had grown to womanhood, also passed away, leaving a memory precious to all who had the privilege of her acquaintance, his home now lonely from the loss of those who spread around it sunshine and happiness, induced Mr. Fillmore to carry out a long cherished project of visiting the Old World, and in May 1855, he sailed in the steamer "Atlantic."  -- Edited AC American Biography Copyright© 2001 by Virtualology^TM

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