Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Capt. Wilson S. Packer and Electa Corbett




Husband Capt. Wilson S. Packer 1 2

           Born:  - Clarion Co, PA
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         Father: Job Packer (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Orpha Wilson (      -Abt 1857) 2 3


       Marriage: 



Wife Electa Corbett 2 4

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         Father: John Corbett (1778-      ) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Mitchell (1782-      ) 4 5




Children
1 M Sharpley Packer 6

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         Spouse: Maria Such (      -      ) 6


2 F Mary O. Packer 2

           Born: 6 Jun 1845 6
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         Spouse: William Daniel Peterson (1835-1892) 7
           Marr: 22 Aug 1867 2


3 F Loretta Packer 6

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1908
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4 F Olive Packer 6

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         Spouse: Bert Carvy (      -      ) 6
         Spouse: Harvey Sampson (      -      ) 6


5 F Flora B. Packer 8

            AKA: Lily Packer 6
           Born: 
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         Spouse: Capt. W. Seward B. Hays (1838-      ) 6 8


6 M Wilson Packer 6

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         Spouse: Elmira McLaughlin (      -      ) 6



General Notes: Husband - Capt. Wilson S. Packer


He was a steamboat captain and coal-shipper.

He born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and there received his education. For many years he was captain on a Mississippi river steamboat, afterward settling in Braddock as one of the pioneers of the place.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 549, 827.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 150.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1045.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 827.

5 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 11.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 151.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 149.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 770.


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