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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the county,
from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed and submitted by Joyce Pearson
for the U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org
July 10, 2011
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PACKARD, George W.
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George W. Packard, farmer, section 27, Dayton Township, was born in New
York, Oct. 15, 1831. His parents, Alanson and Abigail (Graham) Packard,
were residents of that State for a number of years. The mother died there,
and the father afterward moved to Ohio for a few years, then came to
Michigan, first settling in Wayne County and subsequently in Hillsdale,
where he died. George passed the first ten years of his life in his native
State, and came to Ohio with his father, where he attended school and
worked on a farm. In the fall of 1849 he left Huron County and walked to
Detroit, this State, taking five days for the journey. He remained in Wayne
County the following winter, engaged in chopping and logging, and in the
spring of 1850 walked to Hillsdale County. Here he worked on a farm till
the spring of 1866, when he came with his family to this county and
purchased 80 acres of wild land in Dayton Township, and built a frame house
which he now occupies. He afterward added 80 acres to his original
purchase, then sold half of his farm, so that he now owns 80 acres, 40 of
which are under cultivation.

In Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Aug. 27, 1856, Mr. Packard married Mary,
eldest daughter of C. C. and Cornelia (Smith) Waldo, the former a native of
New York, and the latter of Vermont; they moved to Litchfield, where the
mother died; the father still resides there.  Mr. and Mrs. Packard have had
eight children: Carrie E., born May 21, 1856; Herbert E., April 10, 1860;
Dora A., June 12, 1863; Lillie A., Aug. 27, 1864; Mertie E., April 22,
1869; Annie A., March 27, 1871; Frank W., born April 20, 1858, died April
28, 1859; May C., born Sept. 12, 1867, died in March, 1868

Mr. Packard was Commissioner of Highways for Dayton Township two years, and
School Director two years. Himself and wife are active members of the M. E.
Church, and he is a Republican.

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