Brief Life History of Ora Kimball
When Ora Kimball Packard was born on 22 June 1855, in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, Lucius Kimbal Packard, was 30 and his mother, Susan Jane Wyman, was 33. He married Abbie Ellen Goddard on 20 March 1881, in Canton, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Mercer, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 January 1937, in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mercer, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ora K Packard, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ora Kimball Packard, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ora K Packard, "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pak(e) ‘pack, bundle’ + the Anglo-Norman French pejorative suffix -ard, probably a derogatory occupational name for a peddler.
English: pejorative derivative of the Middle English personal name Pack .
Probably also an Americanized form of German Packert, Päckert, from ancient Germanic personal names formed with a word meaning ‘battle’ or ‘to fight’; or a variant of Packer 2 (with excrescent -t).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Schooling
They both graduated from Farmington Normal School in 1879. The second graduating class.
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