Packard, Sophia B – Page, Olin W. Winfield
Packard, Sophia B
educator, was born Jan. 3, 1824, in New Salem, Mass.
In 1881 she opened a school for women and girls at Atlanta, Ga. She died June 21, 1891, in Washington, D. C.
Packer, Asa
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 20, 1806, in Groton, Conn. He designed and built the Lehigh Valley railroad, as well as the railroad leading from Mauch Chunk to Erie. He gave five hundred thousand dollars and land to found the Lehigh university. He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature; served as judge of a county court; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1853 to 1857. In 1875 he was appointed a commissioner to the centennial exhibition. He died May 17, 1879, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Packer, Horace B
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in Wellsboro, Pa. He was elected district attorney for three years, and served one year by appointment just prior to his election.
In 1884 he was elected to the Pennsylvania house of representatives, and re-elected in 1886. In 1888 he was elected to the state senate; and was elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a republican.
Packer, John B
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born March 21, 1824, in Sunbury, Pa. He was a district attorney from 1842 to 1847; and was a member of the state legislature in 1850 and 1851. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortyfirst congress. He served on the committees on banking and currency, and the interior department; and was reelected to the forty-second, forty-third, and forty-fourth congresses as a republican. He served on several important committees, and as chairman of the committee on post-offices and post roads. He died July 7, 1891, in Sunbury, Pa.
Packer, William Fisher
journalist, state senator, governor, was born April 2, 1807, in Howard, Pa. He published the Lycoming Gazette from 1827 to 1836; was canal commissioner from 1839 to 1842; and state auditor from 1842 to 1845. He was state senator from 1845 to 1848; and then president of the Susquehanna Railroad company until its consolidation with the Northern Central Railroad company, of which he was director until 1858. He was governor of Pennsylvania from 1858 to 1861. He died Sept. 27, 1870, in Williamsport, Pa.
Paddock, Algernon Sidney
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Nov. 9, 1830, in Glens Falls, N. Y.
He settled in Nebraska in 1857; was a delegate to the national republican convention in 1860; and was appointed secretary of Nebraska territory in 1861, which office he held until the admission of the state in 1867.
He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention of 1864; was a candidate for congress in 1868; and was appointed governor of Wyoming territory in 1868, and declined the office. He was elected a senator in congress from Nebraska for the term commencing in 1875 and ending in 1881; and was re-elected for term ending in 1893. In 1882-86 he was a member of the Utah commission.
He died Oct. 17, 1897, in Beatrice, Neb.
Paddock, Benjamin Henry
bishop, author, was born Feb. 28, 1828, in Norwich, Conn. He was the fifth protestant episcopal bishop of Massachusetts in 1873-91; and the author of Ten Years in the Episcopate; The First Century of the Diocese of Massachusetts: The Pastoral Relation; and The Foundation of Religious Belief. He died in 1891.
Paddock, Mrs. Cornelia
author, was born in 18. She is the author of In the Toils; and The Fate of Madame la Tour, a Tale of Great Salt Lake.
Paddock, John Adams
protestant episcopal bishop, author, was born Jan. 19, 1825, in Norwich, Conn. In 1880 he was consecrated missionary bishop of Washington territory. His publications include several occasional sermons and addresses, and a History of Christ Church of Stratford, Conn.
Padelford, Seth
governor. He was elected governor of Rhode Island in 1869, and remained in office until 1875. He died Aug. 26, 1878, in Providence, R. I.
Page, Carroll Smalley
merchant, banker, legislator, governor, was born Jan. 10, 1843, in Westfield, Vt. He attended the Lamoille Central academy of Hyde Park, Vt. In 1869-72 he was a member of the Vermont house of representatives; in 1874-76 a member of the state senate; during 1872-88 was a member of the republican state committee, and chairman of that committee in 1886-88.
During 1890-92 he served with distinction as governor of Vermont. He is a successful merchant and dealer in green calfskin, and in that line of business is said to be the largest dealer in the world. He is president of the bank, and prominently identified with various other business enterprises.
Page, Charles Edward
physician, author, was born in 1840 in Maine. He is a physician of Boston; and the author of How to Treat the Baby; Natural Cure of Consumption; Horses: their Feed and Feet; and Pneumonia and Typhoid Fever.
Page, Charles Grafton
public official, author, was born Jan. 25, 1812, in Salem, Mass. He was an examiner in the patent office at Washington from 1840, who published Psychomancy, Spirit Rappings, and Table Tippings Exposed. He died May 5, 1868, in Washington, D. C.
Page, Charles Harrison
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born July 19, 1843, in Gloucester, R. I.
In 1872 he was admitted to the Rhode Island bar, and has practiced his profession since in Providence. He was elected to the state house of representatives in 1872 and 1873 from his native place; and in 1874 was elected to the state senate, and re-elected in 1875, 1884, 1885, and 1890.
He was elected to the fifty-second congress; and was re-elected to the fiftythird congress at a special election.
Page, Charles Harrison
JR., lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 26, 1870, in Scituate, R. I. He practices law in his native city; and since 1895 has served as a member of the Rhode Island state senate.
Page, David Perkins
educator, author, was born July 4, 1810, in Epping, N. H. He was a prominent educator of Albany; and the author of Theory and Practice of Teaching, which was long popular. He died Jan. 1, 1848, in Albany, N. Y.
Page, Emily Rebecca
poet, was born May 5, 1834, in Bradford, Vt. She was a poet of Vermont whose work, which enjoyed local fame, is included in the volume, Lily of the Valley. She died Feb. 14, 1862, in Chelsea, Mass.
Page, Henry C
journalist, was born April 1, 1833, in Troy, N. Y. This wellknown journalist is the editor and owner of the Bayonne Herald; and has been president of the Editorial Press association of New Jersey.
Page, Horace Francis
congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1833, in Orleans county, N. Y. He was elected from Pennsylvania to the forty-third congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fourth, fortyfifth, forty-sixth, and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.
Page, Jefferson G
soldier, physician, surgeon, was born March 10, 1836, in Wilson county, Tenn. In 1862 he enlisted in company A, eighth regiment Kentucky cavalry; and was subsequently commissioned hospital steward. He is now a successful physician of Doniphan, Mo. In 1895 he was elected vice - president of the National league for Missouri; has been a delegate to numerous medical congresses and has contributed valuable articles to medical literature.
Page, John
soldier, congressman, governor, author, was born April 17, 1743, in Rosewell, Va. He was lieutenant-governor of Virginia. He commanded a militia regiment during the British invasion; and was one of the first representatives to congress from Virginia, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was presidential elector in 1800; and governor of the state from 1802 to 1805. He published addresses to the people in 1796 to 1799; and was commissioner of loans for Virginia from 1806 until his death. He died Oct. 11, 1808, in Richmond, Va.
Page, John
agriculturist, state legislator, United States senator, governor, was born May 21, 1787, in Haverhill, N. H.
He served in the New Hampshire legislature in 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1835; and in 1836 was chosen a member of the executive council, and again in 1838. During the intervening year, 1837, he served as a senator in congress to fill a vacancy. He was governor of New Hampshire from 1839 to 1842. He died Sept. 8, 1865, in Concord, N. H.
Page, John B
governor, was born in 1826, in Rutland, Vt. He was governor of that state from 1867 to 1869. He died Oct. 24, 1885.
Page, Juliaette Nash
educator, poet, was born July 2, 1819, in Sherburne, N. Y. She taught private scholars in music, French, and intellectual and moral sciences. In 1846 she was married to General C. W. Page, and was left a widow in 1870. Her son, Charles F. N. Page, is the editor of The Western Gardener of Des Moines, Iowa, where he is a prominent seed merchant.
Page, Mann
congressman, was born in 1749, in Rosewell, Va. He was a delegate from Virginia to the continental congress in 1777. He died near Fredericksburg, Va.
Page, Olin W. Winfield
poet. He is a poet of rare excellence, and wellknown throughout New England. He is the author of a published volume of collected poems, and has contributed extensively to current literature.