The Political Graveyard: Packer family of Pennsylvania

Packer family of Pennsylvania

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Daniel Packer (c.1783-1838) — of Canterbury, Windham County, Conn. Uncle of Asa Packer; granduncle of Robert Asa Packer. Member of Connecticut state senate 13th District, 1831. Died January 9, 1838. Interment at Packer Cemetery, Canterbury, Conn.
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Asa Packer (1805-1879) — of Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. Born in Mystic, Stonington, New London County, Conn., December 20, 1805. Nephew of Daniel Packer; father of Robert Asa Packer. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1842-43; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1843-48; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1853-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860, 1864; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1869. Episcopalian. Founder, Lehigh Valley Railroad; founder, in 1865, of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. By some accounts, he had the largest fortune in Pennsylvania at the time. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 17, 1879. Interment at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Josef Marie Piollet — of Wysox, Bradford County, Pa. Uncle by marriage of Robert Asa Packer. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. Burial location unknown.
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Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) — also known as R. A. Packer — of Wysox, Bradford County, Pa. Born in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa., November 18, 1842. Grandnephew of Daniel Packer; son of Asa Packer; nephew by marriage of Josef Marie Piollet. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. The Robert Packer Memorial Hospital is named for him. President of the Northern Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Died, of Bright's disease, in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., February 20, 1883. Original interment at Tioga Point Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in 1884 at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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