Chester W Packard (1788 - 1877)

Born 6 Jun 1788 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Sadler) Packard — married 4 Jul 1816 (to 25 Jul 1830) in Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Anna (Barrus) Packard — married 17 Sep 1851 (to 12 Apr 1871) in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1877 at age 88 in Dayton, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Chester W. Packard, 88, a local farmer, passed away on 26 January 1877 at Dayton, Waupaca, Wisconsin. He was born on 6 June 1788 at Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, a son of Abel Packard, 1754-1832 and Mary (Bisbee) Packard, 1759-1807. He married Eunice Sadler on 4 July 1816 at Cummington. She died in 1830. Then on 17 September 1851, he married Anna (Barrus) Bates in Cummington, 1789-1871.

Mr. Packard was survived by: his children, Ira Packard, b. 1817; Edwin Chester Packard, Jr., b. 1822; Sumner Packard, b. 1824; Silas Sadler Packer, b. 1826; William Dwight Packard, b. 1828; sister, Elizabeth (Packard) Richards, b. 1791; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by: his parents; first wife, Eunice, 1797-1830; second wife, Anna, 1789-1871; son, Edwin Chester Packard, 1819-1821; and brothers, Eliphalet Packard, 1784-1868; and Theophilus Packard, 1793-1867.

The funeral was held at Crystal Lake, Waupaca, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, 28 January 1877 and was largely attended. He was one of the first settlers in Crystal Lake and was much respected.

Chester is buried at the Crystal Lake Cemetery, Rural, Waupaca, Wisconsin.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 April 2021), memorial page for Chester W. Packard (6 Jun 1788–26 Jan 1877), Find A Grave: Memorial #54039381, citing Crystal Lake Cemetery, Rural, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Richard Rhode (contributor 46552979).
• Massachusetts Town & Vital Records, 1620-1988.
• https://www.genealogyofnewengland.com.
• United States Census, McKean, Licking, Ohio; roll M432_703; page: 263A; image: 25, 14 Sept 1850.
• United States Census, Dayton, Waupaca, Wisconsin; roll M653_1433; page: 718; image: 28; Family History Library Film: 805433, 4 June 1860.
• United States Census, Dayton, Waupaca, Wisconsin; roll: M593_1744; page: 20; image: 40, 3 June 1870.
• "The Republican" Newspaper of Waupaca, Wisconsin, 31 January 1877.
• Extract from Wisconsin Deaths, 1959-2004.