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Brad Pack
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HISTORY OF FREDERICK JAMES PACK An Autobiography from Feb. 2, 1875 to Aug. 26, 1933
1878-1881 This was from the old board and may be cut off so I will try to locate the original:
My father (John Pack) had five families, and therefore, he came to our home only occasionally. It should be said, to his enduring credit that although some of his wives were young women, he made his home with his first wife, Aunt Julia, in Salt Lake City. Father must have been a wonderful man for his wives loved him dearly, also each other. I do not remember ever hearing my mother (Mary Jane Walker) speak unkindly of any of the other wives. The wives were all wonderful women. They were Julia Ives, Ruth Mosher, Mary Jane Walker, Jessie Stirling, and Lucy Giles.
I (Frederick J. Pack) distinctly recall some of the visits of my father. He was a lover of good horses and drove a beautiful Hamiltonian stallion hitched to a one-seated buggy. Although he was stalwart, yet he carried a cane, and I remember of his feigning to trip me with it as I walked on a pair of stilts. Often, upon his return to Salt Lake City, I rode with him half a mile or so and then walked back home. The ride was ample reward.
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Brad Pack (this is my signature, you can make one in Profile: Forum Profile Information):
How I am related to John Pack:
Merrill Raymond Pack/Donna Jean Petersen William Raymond Pack/Mercy Ethelin Lewis Merrit Newton Pack/Nancy Amelia Tolbert, Merrit is a son of John Pack and Julia Ives
and here is where it gets a little unusual: Nancy is Merrit's half niece and they originally got married in the Mormon Colonies in Mexico - the only place they could get legally married. Nancy's parents are William Allen Tolbert and Sarah Amelia Pack and Sarah is a daughter of John Pack and Nancy Aurelia Booth.
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