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1847–1868

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20 May 1809
Death Date
4 April 1885
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John Pack Sr.

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  • Birth date is confirmed by the missionary register.

    John initially traveled in 1847, when he was elected to be a Major in the company, as well as served as Captain of 50.

    He crossed the plains again in 1848, as captain of a 100 and again in 1852 as colonel of the company.

Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 37

Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 39
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Philota Pack (Age: 74)
  • Julia Pack (Age: 31)
  • Ruth Pack (Age: 24)
  • Nancy Aurelia Pack (Age: 22)
  • Ward Eaton Pack (Age: 14)
  • Lucy Amelia Pack (Age: 11)
  • George Caleb Pack (Age: 7)
  • John Pack Jr. (Age: 4)
  • Don Carlos Pack (Age: Infant)

John S. Higbee/James W. Bay Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 43

Sources

  • 1st Company of 50 reports, 1852, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • "A Pioneer gone," Deseret Evening News , 6 Apr. 1885, 3.
  • Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
  • Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877,  Journal, 1847 April 8-September 10, 1-26 and 1-10. Events recorded by Albert Carrington.
  • Bay, James Willard, Diaries, 1850-1853, vol. 2.
  • Bay, James Willard. Journal, 1850 July-1858 Apr., 163-75.
  • Daniel Davis diaries, 1846-1892, Journal, 1846 May-1889 January, 90-101.
  • Erastus Snow journals, 1835-1851; 1856-1857, 1847 April-December, 1-92.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company journal, 1847 June-September.
  • George Laub reminiscences and journal, 1845 January-1857 April, 29 May 1852– August 1852, 199-266.
  • Heber C. Kimball, Autobiography, circa 1842-1858, in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866. 
  • Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
  • Heber C. Kimball journals, 1848 June-July and 1848 July-September, in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
  • Higbee, John Somers, Reminiscences and diaries, 1845-1866, vol. 3.
  • Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 21-105.
  • John Brown reminiscences and journals, 1843-1896, Volume 1, 56-70.
  • John Pack letters, 1847.
  • John Pack papers, 1833-1882, item 15.
  • Joseph Fielding journals, 1837-1859, Journal, 1843 December-1859 March, 134-141.
  • Joseph G. Hovey papers, 1845-1856, circa 1933, Autobiography, 1845-1856, 130-75.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 12.
  • Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia [1971], 4:714.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 110-115.
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 47-85.
  • Orson F. Whitey, History of Utah: in Four Volumes, Volume 4 (Salt Lake City, Utah: George Q. Cannon & Sons Co., Publishers, 1904), 591.
  • Pack, Ward E., Journals 1854-1876, fd. 1, 6.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 107.
  • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1847 April-June.
  • Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1848 May-September.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949.
  • Wilford Woodruff journal, 1847 January-1853 December, 25-77.
  • William Burton papers, circa 1837-1851, Journal, Volume 11, 1848 June-July.
  • William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.