Judge Packer was born in Howard Township, Center County, Pa., September 23, 1804, the son of James and Charity (Bye) Packer. Hezekiah Packer's father, James, bought land from Samuel Wallis in Bald Eagle Valley and it was there that the future Judge was born. The father, James, died at Howard, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1814, when Hezekiah, the eldest child, was less than ten years of age, and left his widow with five small children. Bereft of a faher's care, the sons, Hezekiah Bye, William F., later Governor of Pennsylvania, and John P., later a merchant in Flemington, Pennsylvania, as they arrived at a sufficient age, applied themselves to the task of assisting their mother in maintaining the family and cheerfully sustained whatever hardships this situation imposed, receiving at the same time such education as the limited resources of the country schools afforded.
Judge Packer married Sarah Schnabel daughter of Judge Schnabel, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1819. Soon after their marriage, Hezekiah received a contract to build a portion of the Portage Railroad used to carry canal boats over the Allegheny mountains. While this work was in progress they lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for two years. They then came to WIlliamsport, Pennsylvania which became their permanent home. Eight children were born to them, of whom only a daughter, Juliet Lewis Packer Hill, survived her parents.
Judge Hezekiah Bye Packer died July 25, 1869, at the age of 65 years. Sarah Schnabel Packer, wife of the Judge, died at the home of her son-in-law, David J. Hill, December 19, 1891, at Rochester, New York, in 72nd year. Judge Packer left a large estate, and had been the owner of the Packer Farm, originally part of the Deer Park Estate, which after the Judge's death was sold to a group of local men who in 1904 founded the Vallamont Land Company.
Judge Packer married Sarah Schnabel daughter of Judge Schnabel, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1819. Soon after their marriage, Hezekiah received a contract to build a portion of the Portage Railroad used to carry canal boats over the Allegheny mountains. While this work was in progress they lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for two years. They then came to WIlliamsport, Pennsylvania which became their permanent home. Eight children were born to them, of whom only a daughter, Juliet Lewis Packer Hill, survived her parents.
Judge Hezekiah Bye Packer died July 25, 1869, at the age of 65 years. Sarah Schnabel Packer, wife of the Judge, died at the home of her son-in-law, David J. Hill, December 19, 1891, at Rochester, New York, in 72nd year. Judge Packer left a large estate, and had been the owner of the Packer Farm, originally part of the Deer Park Estate, which after the Judge's death was sold to a group of local men who in 1904 founded the Vallamont Land Company.
Judge Packer was born in Howard Township, Center County, Pa., September 23, 1804, the son of James and Charity (Bye) Packer. Hezekiah Packer's father, James, bought land from Samuel Wallis in Bald Eagle Valley and it was there that the future Judge was born. The father, James, died at Howard, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1814, when Hezekiah, the eldest child, was less than ten years of age, and left his widow with five small children. Bereft of a faher's care, the sons, Hezekiah Bye, William F., later Governor of Pennsylvania, and John P., later a merchant in Flemington, Pennsylvania, as they arrived at a sufficient age, applied themselves to the task of assisting their mother in maintaining the family and cheerfully sustained whatever hardships this situation imposed, receiving at the same time such education as the limited resources of the country schools afforded.
Judge Packer married Sarah Schnabel daughter of Judge Schnabel, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1819. Soon after their marriage, Hezekiah received a contract to build a portion of the Portage Railroad used to carry canal boats over the Allegheny mountains. While this work was in progress they lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for two years. They then came to WIlliamsport, Pennsylvania which became their permanent home. Eight children were born to them, of whom only a daughter, Juliet Lewis Packer Hill, survived her parents.
Judge Hezekiah Bye Packer died July 25, 1869, at the age of 65 years. Sarah Schnabel Packer, wife of the Judge, died at the home of her son-in-law, David J. Hill, December 19, 1891, at Rochester, New York, in 72nd year. Judge Packer left a large estate, and had been the owner of the Packer Farm, originally part of the Deer Park Estate, which after the Judge's death was sold to a group of local men who in 1904 founded the Vallamont Land Company.
Judge Packer married Sarah Schnabel daughter of Judge Schnabel, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she was born in 1819. Soon after their marriage, Hezekiah received a contract to build a portion of the Portage Railroad used to carry canal boats over the Allegheny mountains. While this work was in progress they lived in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for two years. They then came to WIlliamsport, Pennsylvania which became their permanent home. Eight children were born to them, of whom only a daughter, Juliet Lewis Packer Hill, survived her parents.
Judge Hezekiah Bye Packer died July 25, 1869, at the age of 65 years. Sarah Schnabel Packer, wife of the Judge, died at the home of her son-in-law, David J. Hill, December 19, 1891, at Rochester, New York, in 72nd year. Judge Packer left a large estate, and had been the owner of the Packer Farm, originally part of the Deer Park Estate, which after the Judge's death was sold to a group of local men who in 1904 founded the Vallamont Land Company.
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