Silas Mosher Pack

   Ancestral File Number: 1GFR-6J.

  General Notes:

!Source: DeVar MarVale Pack.ged by Carol Feddock, 11 Aug 2003.

!Biography: L.D.S Biographical Encyclopedia, pp. 231, 232:
Pack, Silas Mosher, Bishop of Kamas Ward, Summit county, Utah, was born Oct. 20,1849, in Salt Lake city, Utah, the son of John Pack (one of the original 143 pioneers of Ut. and Ruth Mosher. He was baptized in Aug. 1857, by Judson Tolman, at Bountiful, Davis County; ordained an Elder Jan. 5, 1874 in the Endowment House, SLC, and married the same day to Sarah Amelia Lambert, who crossed the Atlantic ocean in the ship that brought the first company of emigrating British Saints to America. Silas acted as a Ward teacher in Kamas from 1878 to 1888, labored as Sunday School super- intendent in the Kamas Ward Sunday school from 1879 to 1895, served as officer in the first Y.M.M.I.A. organization of that Ward; was ordained a president of the 22nd quorum of Seventy June 1, 1884, and acted in that capacity till May 19, 1901: acted as a home missionary in the Summit Stake from 1898 to 1901: was superintendent of Religion classes of Kamas Ward from 1898 to 1900; labored as Y.M.M.I.A. missionary in Morgan county, Ut. and Oneida county, ID. Ordained High Priest and set apart as a High Coun- celor in Summit Stake May 19, 1901 by Reed Smoot; filled Mission in Calif. 1907-1908. Bishop of Kamas Ward 1908. Occupation farmer, ranchman, black- smith,wheelwright, and house-builder. Served as Justice of Peace 3 terms. Fought in Black Hawk war. Filled many positions of Honor and Responsibility.

Silas married Sarah Amelia Lambert on 5 Jan 1874 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. (Sarah Amelia Lambert was born on 19 Mar 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, died on 22 Mar 1928 in Kamas, Summit, Utah and was buried on 24 Mar 1928 in Kamas Cemetery, Kamas, Summit, Utah.)