William Alfred Packard was born 26 August 1830 in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine to Alpheus Spring Packard (1798-1884) and Elizabeth Frances Appleton (1804-1839) and died 2 December 1909 Princeton, New Jersey of unspecified causes. He married Susan Breese Gallagher (1832-1886) 1861 in Maine.
Biography
William Alfred Packard was an American classical scholar, born at Brunswick, Maine. He was the son of the educator, Alpheus Spring Packard (1798-1884), and the brother of entomologist Alpheus Spring Packard (1839-1905). He attended Phillips Academy, Andover and graduated at Bowdoin in 1851, studied at the University of Göttingen in 1857-58, and became a professor at Princeton. He wrote for the Presbyterian Review and the Princeton Review. He died of heart disease in Princeton, New Jersey.
Through his mother, he is of the Appleton Family of Boston Brahmin notariety.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Francis A Packard (1865-) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charles Appleton Packard (1828-1909) | |||
| William Alfred Packard (1830-1909) | 26 August 1830 Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine | 2 December 1909 Princeton, New Jersey | Susan Breese Gallagher (1832-1886) |
| George Lawrence Packard (1834-1916) | |||
| Frances Appleton Packard (1836-1902) | |||
| Alpheus Spring Packard (1839-1905) | 19 February 1839 Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine | 14 February 1905 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island | Elizabeth Derby Walcott (1842-1929) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Caroline Bartells Packard (1844-) | |||
| Robert Lawrence Packard (1848-1913) | |||
References
- W A Packard - Wikipedia