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Pack, John
Biography
20 May 1809–4 Apr. 1885. Farmer. Born in St. John, New Brunswick (later in Canada). Son of George Pack and Phylotte Green. Moved with parents to New York, ca. 1817. Resided in Rutland, Jefferson Co., New York, 1820. Married Julia Ives, 10 Oct. 1832, likely in Watertown, Jefferson Co. Purchased father’s farm in Hounsfield, Jefferson Co., 5 Mar. 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James Blakeslee, 8 Mar. 1836, in Hounsfield. Ordained an elder, by 1837. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, spring 1837. Moved to Daviess Co., Missouri, spring 1838. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, ca. 1 Sept. 1838. Ordained a seventy, 5 Jan. 1839, in Far West. Moved to Log Creek (six miles from Far West), ca. winter 1838–1839; to four miles from Perry, Pike Co., Illinois, Feb. 1839; and to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, Apr. 1840. Served several missions to eastern U.S. Resided in Nauvoo Third Ward, ca. spring 1842. Member of Nauvoo Legion. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Appointed Nauvoo city policeman, 29 Dec. 1843. Served mission to New Jersey to campaign for JS as candidate for U.S. president, 1844.Appointed president of Eighth Quorum of the Seventy at its reorganization, Oct. 1844, in Nauvoo. Appointed agent to collect tithes and donations for church, Jan. 1845. Elected member of Nauvoo City Council, 3 Feb. 1845, but never served because city charter was repealed. Rented and managed Nauvoo Mansion, 25 Feb. 1845. Admitted to Council of Fifty, 1 Mar. 1845. Moved to Cutler’s Park, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1 Aug. 1846. Moved to Winter Quarters (later in Omaha), Sept. 1846. Member of first pioneer company to arrive in Salt Lake Valley in July 1847. Returned to Winter Quarters and brought family to Salt Lake Valley, 1848. Served mission to France with John Taylor and Curtis E. Bolton, 1849–1852. Appointed to help settle Carson Valley, Carson Co., Utah Territory (later in Nevada), 1856. Resided in Salt Lake City Seventeenth Ward, 1860. Served mission to middle and eastern U.S., 1869. Ordained a high priest, 29 Oct. 1869, in Salt Lake City. Died in Salt Lake City.
Links
papers
- Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
- Certification of Deed, 4 May 1843
- Certification of Deed, 6 March 1843
- Committee Appointments, 8 February 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Letter to Isaac Morris, 16 June 1843
- License Record Book
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Minutes, 11 March 1843
- Minutes, 15 April 1843
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Nauvoo Registry of Deeds, Deed Record Book A, 1840–1843
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 12 February 1841
- Petition from Charles C. Rich and Others, 5 November 1844
- Petition from Jeremiah Hatch Jr. and Others, 29 February 1844
- Petition from John M. Finch and Others, circa 15 April 1843
- Petition from John Pack and Others, 28 February 1844
- Petition from John Pack and Others, 9 February 1843
- Petition from John Workman and Others, circa 11 March 1843
- Petition from Nauvoo Legion, 9 September 1843
- Petition from Orson Spencer and Others, circa 12 May 1843
- Petition from Stephen Winchester and Others, circa 11 March 1843
- Proposed Plan for a Moot Organization and Congress, 6 February 1844
- The Book of the Law of the Lord, Book A
- Trustees Land Book B, 4 August 1842–8 December 1845
John Pack Image from Orson F. Whitney, <i>History of Utah,</i> vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1892), between pp. 334 and 335 (Church History Library, Salt Lake City).
- Gender
- Male