Individual Details

John Erastus Packard

(5 Jul 1879 - 1951)

John E. Packard and Nelle Jenkins are both with their respective families on the 1900 U. S. Census of St. Jospeh, Buchanan Co., Missouri. John's father is a minister. John is a bookkeeper.

John E. Packard worked for Swift and Company packing house in Chicago. His various passport applications show he traveled to Central and South America. This was between 1913-1923. On his World War II draft registration he is 62 years old and still working for Swift and Company as an accountant.

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois John is listed with his wife Nelle and living at the hotel on Kenwood Ave., the same address on his draft registration in 1942. John and Nelle have been married 29 years.

Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, March 13, 2018.

Events

BirthBet 1877 and 1903
Birth5 Jul 1879Italy, Ellis Co., Texas
Marriage30 Aug 1900St Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri - Nelle Jenkins
Death1951Lincoln Co., Arkansas
Alt nameJohn W Packard
BurialDollarhide Cemetery, Foreman, Little River Co., Arkansas

Families

SpouseNelle Jenkins (1883 - 1960)
ChildJohn Erastus Packard Jr. (1906 - 1986)
FatherWilbur Fisk Packard (1855 - 1917)
MotherSophia Eugenia Aycock (1860 - 1939)
SiblingLucia Rush Packard (1881 - 1974)

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