John Pack
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John Pack(May 20, 1809 – April 4, 1885) was a member of theCouncil of Fiftyand amissionaryin the early days ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(LDS Church).[1]
Biography
[edit]Pack was born inSaint John, New Brunswick.He married his first wife, Julia Ives, in 1832 inWatertown, New York.In 1836, Pack wasbaptizeda member of theChurch of the Latter Day Saints.[2]
Pack moved toKirtland, Ohio,then toMissouri,and then toNauvoo, Illinois.He was a member of theNauvoo Legion,holding the rank of captain.[3]Pack also served as a policeman in Nauvoo.[4]In addition, Pack was one of the four music wardens of theUniversity of Nauvoo,working under the department head, Gustavus Hill. The program was a broad one and Pack instructed in instrumental music along withTitus Billingswhile Benjamin Wilder and Stephen Goddard were over vocal music department and directed the community choir.[5]
Pack was in the first company ofMormon pioneersto cross the plains withBrigham Young.He held the ranks of Captain of Fifty in the company[6]as well as Colonel in its military organization.[7]At the time ofJoseph Smith's death,Pack was serving as a missionary inNew JerseywithEzra T. Benson.[8]After Smith's death, Pack remained active inthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(LDS Church) and became a member of theCouncil of Fiftyin 1845.
TheUniversity of Deseret,the predecessor of theUniversity of Utah,began in the home of John Pack.[9]
Pack served withJohn Tayloras one of the first LDS Church missionaries in France beginning in 1849. Pack was in this mission until 1852, but he spent most of his time preaching in theChannel Islands.[10]
In 1860, Pack and his eldest son,Ward E. Pack,built the first sawmill inKamas,Utah Territory.[11]
Wives of John Pack
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- Married his first wife Julia Ives on October 10, 1832 in Watertown, New York[12]
- Married his second wife Ruth Mosher in March 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois
- Married his third wife Nancy Aurelia Boothe on January 21, 1846 in Nauvoo, Illinois[12]
- Married his fourth wife Eliza Jane Graham on October 14, 1849 in Nauvoo, Illinois
- Married his fifth wife Mary Jane Walker on September 15, 1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah[12]
- Married his sixth wife Jessie Bell Stirling on January 16, 1864 in Salt Lake City, Utah[12]
- Married his seventh wife Lucy Jane Giles on May 2, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah[12]
- Married his eighth wife Jane Robison on July 20, 1870
Descendants
[edit]Ward Eaton Pack, one of Pack's sons, twice served as president of the HawaiianMissionof the LDS Church. He also served in the presidency of the CacheStake,which covered all of Cache County, Utah and into Wyoming at the time. Ward Eaton's daughter, Grace, marriedCharles A. Callis,who was later a member of theQuorum of the Twelve Apostlesof the LDS Church.
Another one of John Pack's sons,Frederick J. Pack,was a prominent professor at theUniversity of Utah.
F. Burton Howard, ageneral authorityof the LDS Church, is a descendant of John Pack and Mary Jane Walker, through their daughter Hattie Pack (married Howard) and grandson Fred Pack Howard.
The John Pack Family Association
[edit]The John Pack Family Association (founded in the 1950s) holds yearly John Pack descendant family reunions, typically atThis Is the Place Heritage Parknear the end of the summer.[13]They also contributed to build a replica of the John Pack home atThis Is the Place Heritage Park.
Notes
[edit]- ^"John Pack Family Association | For Descendants of John Pack – noted LDS Pioneer".RetrievedFebruary 4,2024.
- ^Bitton, Davis.The Redoubtable John Pack: Pioneer, Proselyter, Patriarch.(John Pack Family Association, 1982) p. 7, 11
- ^Bitton.The Redoutable John Pack.p. 31
- ^Smith, Joseph. with Roberts, B. H. as editor.History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932-1951) Vol. 6, p. 149
- ^Michael Hicks.The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography.Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015. p. 9.
- ^p. 23
- ^Smith, Joseph Fielding.Essentials In Church History.(Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1971) p. 360
- ^Times and Seasons,Vol. 5, No. 8, p. 505.
- ^Jenson, Andrew.Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.(Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 190
- ^Bitton.Redoutable John Pack.p. 113-137
- ^Bitton.Redoubtable John Pack.p. 171
- ^abcde"John Pack".Church History Biographical Database.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.RetrievedFebruary 4,2024.
- ^"Home".johnpackfamily.
External links
[edit]- John Pack Family Descendants web site
- John Pack papers, MSS 4132atL. Tom Perry Special Collections,Brigham Young University
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- 1809 births
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- 19th-century Mormon missionaries
- American Mormon missionaries in France
- Canadian Latter Day Saints
- Canadian Mormon missionaries in the United States
- Canadian leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Converts to Mormonism
- Latter Day Saints from Illinois
- Latter Day Saints from New York (state)
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- Mormon missionaries in the Channel Islands
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- Emigrants from pre-Confederation New Brunswick to the United States
- People from Watertown, New York