The Clearfield Republican, Jan. 26, 1881, p. 2.
Mr. John P. Packer, Sr., died at his home in Lock Haven, January 17th, aged about 72 years. Deceased was the only surviving brother of the late Ex Governor Wm. F. Packer.
About his parents:
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA, J. B. Linn, 1883, p. 217.
Packer James, died at Howard, June 3, 1814, aged forty two. He was born in Chester County; a son of James Packer and Rose Mendenhall. His children were Hezekiah B. Packer, late associate judge of Lycoming County, ex Governor William F. Packer, John P. Packer, late of Flemington, Sarah B. (Mrs. N. J. Mitchell) and James Packer.
Charity Bye, daughter of Hezekiah Bye and Sarah Pettit, wife of James Packer, was born in Bucks County in 1780. At the death of her husband she was left a widow, in charge of five small children, the oldest not over nine years of age. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and one of its brightest ornaments, and had more than ordinary mental powers. She continued a widow eight years, during which time she brought up her children in a manner which elicited the undivided commendation of the community. So praiseworthy was her care that in a proceeding before the Orphan Court the president remarked from the bench, That the manner in which she had discharged her duty to them as a mother was not only creditable to herself but honorable to the county, and that her conduct furnished a bright example to her whole sex.
Her second husband was Mr. Job Way. Mrs. Way died in Howard township, April 24, 1839, in the fifty ninth year of her age. Her funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people. Her children arise and call her blessed, and her own works praise her in the gates.
Mr. John P. Packer, Sr., died at his home in Lock Haven, January 17th, aged about 72 years. Deceased was the only surviving brother of the late Ex Governor Wm. F. Packer.
About his parents:
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA, J. B. Linn, 1883, p. 217.
Packer James, died at Howard, June 3, 1814, aged forty two. He was born in Chester County; a son of James Packer and Rose Mendenhall. His children were Hezekiah B. Packer, late associate judge of Lycoming County, ex Governor William F. Packer, John P. Packer, late of Flemington, Sarah B. (Mrs. N. J. Mitchell) and James Packer.
Charity Bye, daughter of Hezekiah Bye and Sarah Pettit, wife of James Packer, was born in Bucks County in 1780. At the death of her husband she was left a widow, in charge of five small children, the oldest not over nine years of age. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and one of its brightest ornaments, and had more than ordinary mental powers. She continued a widow eight years, during which time she brought up her children in a manner which elicited the undivided commendation of the community. So praiseworthy was her care that in a proceeding before the Orphan Court the president remarked from the bench, That the manner in which she had discharged her duty to them as a mother was not only creditable to herself but honorable to the county, and that her conduct furnished a bright example to her whole sex.
Her second husband was Mr. Job Way. Mrs. Way died in Howard township, April 24, 1839, in the fifty ninth year of her age. Her funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people. Her children arise and call her blessed, and her own works praise her in the gates.
The Clearfield Republican, Jan. 26, 1881, p. 2.
Mr. John P. Packer, Sr., died at his home in Lock Haven, January 17th, aged about 72 years. Deceased was the only surviving brother of the late Ex Governor Wm. F. Packer.
About his parents:
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA, J. B. Linn, 1883, p. 217.
Packer James, died at Howard, June 3, 1814, aged forty two. He was born in Chester County; a son of James Packer and Rose Mendenhall. His children were Hezekiah B. Packer, late associate judge of Lycoming County, ex Governor William F. Packer, John P. Packer, late of Flemington, Sarah B. (Mrs. N. J. Mitchell) and James Packer.
Charity Bye, daughter of Hezekiah Bye and Sarah Pettit, wife of James Packer, was born in Bucks County in 1780. At the death of her husband she was left a widow, in charge of five small children, the oldest not over nine years of age. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and one of its brightest ornaments, and had more than ordinary mental powers. She continued a widow eight years, during which time she brought up her children in a manner which elicited the undivided commendation of the community. So praiseworthy was her care that in a proceeding before the Orphan Court the president remarked from the bench, That the manner in which she had discharged her duty to them as a mother was not only creditable to herself but honorable to the county, and that her conduct furnished a bright example to her whole sex.
Her second husband was Mr. Job Way. Mrs. Way died in Howard township, April 24, 1839, in the fifty ninth year of her age. Her funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people. Her children arise and call her blessed, and her own works praise her in the gates.
Mr. John P. Packer, Sr., died at his home in Lock Haven, January 17th, aged about 72 years. Deceased was the only surviving brother of the late Ex Governor Wm. F. Packer.
About his parents:
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, PA, J. B. Linn, 1883, p. 217.
Packer James, died at Howard, June 3, 1814, aged forty two. He was born in Chester County; a son of James Packer and Rose Mendenhall. His children were Hezekiah B. Packer, late associate judge of Lycoming County, ex Governor William F. Packer, John P. Packer, late of Flemington, Sarah B. (Mrs. N. J. Mitchell) and James Packer.
Charity Bye, daughter of Hezekiah Bye and Sarah Pettit, wife of James Packer, was born in Bucks County in 1780. At the death of her husband she was left a widow, in charge of five small children, the oldest not over nine years of age. She was a member of the Society of Friends, and one of its brightest ornaments, and had more than ordinary mental powers. She continued a widow eight years, during which time she brought up her children in a manner which elicited the undivided commendation of the community. So praiseworthy was her care that in a proceeding before the Orphan Court the president remarked from the bench, That the manner in which she had discharged her duty to them as a mother was not only creditable to herself but honorable to the county, and that her conduct furnished a bright example to her whole sex.
Her second husband was Mr. Job Way. Mrs. Way died in Howard township, April 24, 1839, in the fifty ninth year of her age. Her funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people. Her children arise and call her blessed, and her own works praise her in the gates.
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