When Frank Willard Packer was born on 14 October 1871, in Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, his father, James E. H. Packer, was 43 and his mother, Catherine Gardner, was 28. He married Rosa Ellen Bausman on 20 January 1896, in Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Saint Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, United States in 1930. In 1925, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as railroad section foreman in Saint Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, United States. He died on 11 November 1936, in Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, at the age of 65.