Edwin Packard ^{1 2 3 4}

  Burial Notes:

No visible gravestone
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 221830957
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221830957/edwin-packard: accessed 17 Sep 2026), memorial page for Edwin Packard (Jun 1803\'961 Oct 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 221830957, citing Cherry Valley Cemetery, Cherry Valley, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Cheryl Leech (contributor 47510178).
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 16 October 1850, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 283B, Dwelling 1466, Family 1631
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Edwin Packard..46..MA..Inn Keeper

(Living with wife and 4 children.)

2. 1860 US Census, 8 August 1860, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 219, Dwelling 1594, Family 1696
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Edwin Packard..57..MA..Farmer

(Living with wife, 2 children, and 1 granddaughter.)

3. 1870 US Census, 30 June 1870, Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 23, Dwelling 159, Family 168
Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois
Edwin Packard..67..MA..Farmer

(Living with wife at the home of their married daughter and her 3 children.)

4. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. ⁴ 1880 US Census
Page 12, District 217, Dwelling 119, Family 123
Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois
Edwin Packard..Head..77..MA..Farmer

(Living with wife and their married daughter with her 3 children from her 1st marriage.)

Edwin married Sarah Smith about 1825 in Massachusetts, United States. (Sarah Smith was born in 1808 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States ^{3 4} and died on an unknown date in Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 16 October 1850, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 283B, Dwelling 1466, Family 1631
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Edwin Packard..46..MA..Inn Keeper
Sarah Packard..43..MA
Cyrus Packard..15..NY
Lyman Packard..13..NY
Charles Packard.11..NY
Sarah Packard..10..NY
Orinda Smith..67..MA

2. 1860 US Census, 8 August 1860, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 219, Dwelling 1594, Family 1696
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Edwin Packard..57..MA..Farmer
Sarah Packard..53..MA
Sarah Packard (Lansing)..20..NY
Charles Packard..21..NY..Farmer
Nora B. Packard (Lansing) ..1..MA

NOTE - Sarah Smith Packard had married Cornelius Evert Lansing on 24 March 1864. He is believed to have been the father of her daughter, Nora Bell Lansing, who was born in 1859. Cornelius died in 1867 so it is not known why at the time of this census, Sarah and her daughter were living back with her parents.

3. 1880 US Census, 1 June 1880, Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois, United States. ⁴ 1880 US Census
Page 12, District 217, Dwelling 119, Family 123
Cherry Valley, Winnebago, Illinois
Edwin Packard..Head..77..MA..Farmer
Sarah Packard..Wife..72..MA..Keeping House
Sarah McLelland..Daughter..40..NY..Boarder
Nora Lansing..Granddaughter..21..MA..Servant
May Lansing..Granddaughter..15..NY..Boarder
Edwin Lansing..Grandson..14..NY..Laborer