Brief Life History of George Caleb
When George Caleb Pack was born on 6 November 1840, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, John Pack, was 31 and his mother, Julia Ives, was 23. He married Charlotte Elinore Morse about 1868, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Summit, Utah, United States in 1900 and Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 21 May 1921, in Ioka, Duchesne, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Marion, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- George C Pack, "United States Census, 1910"
- George Caleb Pack, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- George Caleb Pack in entry for George Fredrick Pack, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Devon): variant of Pask , derived from Middle English Pake ‘Easter, Passover’.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from Middle Low German packe, German Pack ‘bundle, package’ (see Packer ). Compare Pak .
Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Pak , a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiography of Julia Ives Pack
Autobiography of Julia Ives Pack My father, Erastus Ives, was born at Farrington, Connecticut, November 2, 1780. He died at Watertown, New York, September 3, 1828. My mother, Lucy Paine, was born …
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