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Martha Packard

Female 1824 - 1911  (86 years)


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  • Name Martha Packard 
    Born 5 Nov 1824  Millbury, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1870 1880 1900 
    Died 16 Sep 1911  Bloomington, Mclean Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14059  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2015 

    Father Job Packard,   b. 15 Dec 1770, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1836, Millbury, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Martha Clark,   b. 28 May 1784,   d. 17 Feb 1868, Princeton, Bureau Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Abt 1805  Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elijah Horr,   b. 16 Sep 1827, Denmark, Lewis Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1895, Bloomington, Mclean Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1 May 1855  , Mclean Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
    Children 
     1. Fannie Price Young,   b. 10 Oct 1862, , Mclean Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1910, , Mclean Co, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)  [Adopted]
     2. James Warren Young,   b. Abt 1864, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Adopted]
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F6368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
      Name:Mrs Martha Eliza Horr
      Gender:Female
      Residence Year:1904
      Street address:703 E Grove
      Residence Place:Bloomington, Illinois, USA
      Spouse: Elijah Horr (widow of)
      Publication Title:Bloomington, Illinois, City Directory, 1904

      http://www.mocavo.com/School-Record-of-Mclean-County-and-Other-Papers-Transactions-of-the-Mclean-County-Historical-Society-Volume-2/577209/811
      Martha E. Packard-Horr was born
      at Milburn, Mass., November 5, 1824,
      was educated in the public schools
      and came with her parents to Bloom-
      ington in the fall of 1849, where she
      taught school several years. She first
      taught in the fall of 1849 and winter
      following in a building in the rear of
      Amasa C. Washburn's residence on
      South Center street. Mr. Washburn,
      Mr. Keran and Dr. Tompkins were di-
      rectors. She also taught school in a
      building near Col. Parson's. Her last
      teaching was in the Price district.
      May 1, 1S55, she married Elijah Horr.


      (The following is a subscription site)
      http://newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/bloomington/bloomington-weekly-pantagraph/1911/10-20/page-6
      Bloomington Weekly Pantagraph (Newspaper) - October 20, 1911, Bloomington, Illinois THE WEEKLY FANTAGRAFH, OTCOBER 20 1911. BULK OF HORR ESTATE TO DISTANT HEIRS PROBATE MARTHA HORR WIILL TODAY. Old Ladit*' Horns Gata $1,000.-Har* bar Haira Reeaiva Stock in Local Company,-Many Legaciaa in Large Estate. ?WThe will of the late Mr*. Martha K. Horr war presented for probata Tuesday morning In county court. By the terms of the will, the bulk of the large estate passes to the nearest of kin of Mrs. Horr. These are niecea and nephews living east and In California. To the heirs of Mrs. Fannie Horr Harber and to Warren Horr Young, an ndopted son, are left legacies and the stock owned by Mrs. Horr In the Harber brothers firm of tIlls city. The Old Ladles' Home established by Mis. Horr has a legacy of $1,000. The Will is Complicated. The will of Mrs. Horr was written in 1882. Since that time five codicils were made and in these codicils many of the original bequests of the original will were changed.. The estate is disposed of by the terms of the will, amounts to real estate to the value of $33,000 and personalty of $27,000. Tha Harbar Bequests. To Rachel Harber la left $600. Edith C. Harber Wright. $600. Ina Harber $600. Dorothy Harber $600. The will states that these are keep-'sako legacies given to them when little girls. To Fannie Horr Young Harber and to Warner Horr Young Is left all stock owned by Mrs. Horr In the Harber Brothers Company, amounting to Homestead to Mrs. Warren Horr The homestead at 708 East Drove street is left to Mrs. Lillian Young, wife of Warren Horr Young. To each it the two children of Warren Horr Young, Vernon Elijah Horr Young and Douglas Royal Young, Is left $1,000 to be divided equally between them. Old Ladies' Home Gets Legaoy. In the original will the sum of $1,000 was left to Brokaw hospital. The codicil written after the erection of the Horr l.ome for old ladies revoked this legaoy an* left $1,000 to the home. To Dirsot Heirs. To a nephew Joal A. Packard, son of Alvin Packard, the sum of $1,000. To the children of a deceased nephew. Edward Btanton Packard of Rivera d?C California. $1,000. These children are Edwin Stanton Packard, Thomas C. Packard. To the children of Joel S. Packard $1,000. They are Otis Packard of Nerth Grafton, Mass., and Clara Packard of the same place. To Gertrude Hall, a grand niece of Milwaukee, Wis., the sum of $1,000. To E?Cithe. Hull Warren of Cedar Rapids, Iowa $1,000. To Lizzie I. Clark, a niece of Sad-bury, Mass., $1,000. Legacy to Nurse. To Maude Briggs Bell of Chaffee, Mwho for some years was nurse and Housekeeper, the sum of $600. Residue to Family. The rest and residue, the larger part of the estate, Is divided into three parts. < *rie share gi es to Gertrude Hull of Milwaukee. Wis., and Bertha Hull Warren of Of nr Rapids. These are daughters of the late John M. Hull, formerly a lfldent of this city and nieces of Dr- Hull of this city. The record t-hare goes to the Massachusetts brooch of the family, Otis m l Cii-.ru T ackaid. The th'rd ani rc to the descendants of .Vein Packard Including Joel Packard of Riverside, California, and the branches of his family.