With the family going different ways, few stayed with Cyrus. A little less than six months after Dora died, he married again. This woman, his third wife, was Clementina Cheney, coming from well-established New England families, stayed at home, while Cyrus was a carpenter. [1] He wasn't done having children. With Clementina he would have another five children putting his number of offspring at 12, with the last name of Packard. [2] These children would include Olive Martha (October 23, 1896-January 20, 1969), Herbert Miles (October 1898 - August 30, 1966), Rachel May (April 13, 1900 - September 22, 1933), Thomas "Tom" Theodore Packard (May 2, 1902 - 1976), and Harold Cyrus Packard (Apr. 24, 1907 – 1977). None of them ever married.
After Cyrus's death, Tom took over the "old" Plainfield farm or "home farm" of Cyrus in 1925, buying it for $1,000 from the administrator of his estate, William A. Packard. [3] Tom kept the farm running, although he wasn't an "old type carpenter" like Cyrus, until December 1946, when a fire destroyed it, two months after the mortgage on the property was released. After that point, he bought property nearby, operating a farm until his death. Later he would be a selectman, head the Plainfield Republican Committee, and be a town historian in a way, including notes on local cemeteries, some of which included Packards, who had allied with the Shaw family and clashed with other families within the town apart from serving in the Massachusetts Legislature. [4] Harold, on the other hand, also helped out in the local community, in terms of carpentry and other tasks.
Notes
[1] Assessment from entries on Ancestry.com tree I created; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539096/clementina-packard; Marriage of Cyrus Winfield Packard and Clementina Cheeney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 19 (and transcription of this page); Cyrus W. Packard & Clementine Cheney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 47 (and transcription of this page).
[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539100/herbert-miles-packard; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141228104/rachel-may-packard; Birth of Harold Cyrus Packard, Births Registered in the Town of Plainfield for 1907, Aug. 24, 1907, Vol. 567, p. 281; DGVallender, "Tom Packard Telegram," date unknown, relating to Plainfield Republican Committee. See Ancestry.com entries for more.
[3] Memoirs of Howard N. Hathaway, Dec. 23, 1970, transcript of original within Shaw Memorial Library, corrected for Plainfield Historical Society on July 7, 2007, p. 64, 68-69; Prescilla C. Alden and Arvilla L. Dyer, Plainfield, ed. Nancy C. Alden, 2006, Plainfield Historical Society, p. 5, 9, 11; Thomas buys the farm for $1,000 from William A. Packard, administering Cyrus's estate, June 16, 1925, unindexed documents, book 824 page 111-112 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/, click on "unindexed property search"; Mortgage to Federal Land Bank of Springfield Discharged, Oct. 25, 1946, book 1009, p. 486 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/.
[4] H. Elmer Muller, Sketches and directory of the town of Cummington (West Cummington, MA: Published by Author, 1881), 11, 18, 20, 26, 30, 39, 41; Plainfield Historical Society, Maps, accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, Notes by Thomas T. Packard on Plainfield Cemeteries, date not known; Plainfield Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Plainfield," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "Plainfield Massachusetts Historical Society 1961 Charter," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "About Hidden Walls Hidden Mills," accessed July 14, 2017.
After Cyrus's death, Tom took over the "old" Plainfield farm or "home farm" of Cyrus in 1925, buying it for $1,000 from the administrator of his estate, William A. Packard. [3] Tom kept the farm running, although he wasn't an "old type carpenter" like Cyrus, until December 1946, when a fire destroyed it, two months after the mortgage on the property was released. After that point, he bought property nearby, operating a farm until his death. Later he would be a selectman, head the Plainfield Republican Committee, and be a town historian in a way, including notes on local cemeteries, some of which included Packards, who had allied with the Shaw family and clashed with other families within the town apart from serving in the Massachusetts Legislature. [4] Harold, on the other hand, also helped out in the local community, in terms of carpentry and other tasks.
Notes
[1] Assessment from entries on Ancestry.com tree I created; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539096/clementina-packard; Marriage of Cyrus Winfield Packard and Clementina Cheeney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 19 (and transcription of this page); Cyrus W. Packard & Clementine Cheney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 47 (and transcription of this page).
[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539100/herbert-miles-packard; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141228104/rachel-may-packard; Birth of Harold Cyrus Packard, Births Registered in the Town of Plainfield for 1907, Aug. 24, 1907, Vol. 567, p. 281; DGVallender, "Tom Packard Telegram," date unknown, relating to Plainfield Republican Committee. See Ancestry.com entries for more.
[3] Memoirs of Howard N. Hathaway, Dec. 23, 1970, transcript of original within Shaw Memorial Library, corrected for Plainfield Historical Society on July 7, 2007, p. 64, 68-69; Prescilla C. Alden and Arvilla L. Dyer, Plainfield, ed. Nancy C. Alden, 2006, Plainfield Historical Society, p. 5, 9, 11; Thomas buys the farm for $1,000 from William A. Packard, administering Cyrus's estate, June 16, 1925, unindexed documents, book 824 page 111-112 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/, click on "unindexed property search"; Mortgage to Federal Land Bank of Springfield Discharged, Oct. 25, 1946, book 1009, p. 486 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/.
[4] H. Elmer Muller, Sketches and directory of the town of Cummington (West Cummington, MA: Published by Author, 1881), 11, 18, 20, 26, 30, 39, 41; Plainfield Historical Society, Maps, accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, Notes by Thomas T. Packard on Plainfield Cemeteries, date not known; Plainfield Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Plainfield," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "Plainfield Massachusetts Historical Society 1961 Charter," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "About Hidden Walls Hidden Mills," accessed July 14, 2017.
With the family going different ways, few stayed with Cyrus. A little less than six months after Dora died, he married again. This woman, his third wife, was Clementina Cheney, coming from well-established New England families, stayed at home, while Cyrus was a carpenter. [1] He wasn't done having children. With Clementina he would have another five children putting his number of offspring at 12, with the last name of Packard. [2] These children would include Olive Martha (October 23, 1896-January 20, 1969), Herbert Miles (October 1898 - August 30, 1966), Rachel May (April 13, 1900 - September 22, 1933), Thomas "Tom" Theodore Packard (May 2, 1902 - 1976), and Harold Cyrus Packard (Apr. 24, 1907 – 1977). None of them ever married.
After Cyrus's death, Tom took over the "old" Plainfield farm or "home farm" of Cyrus in 1925, buying it for $1,000 from the administrator of his estate, William A. Packard. [3] Tom kept the farm running, although he wasn't an "old type carpenter" like Cyrus, until December 1946, when a fire destroyed it, two months after the mortgage on the property was released. After that point, he bought property nearby, operating a farm until his death. Later he would be a selectman, head the Plainfield Republican Committee, and be a town historian in a way, including notes on local cemeteries, some of which included Packards, who had allied with the Shaw family and clashed with other families within the town apart from serving in the Massachusetts Legislature. [4] Harold, on the other hand, also helped out in the local community, in terms of carpentry and other tasks.
Notes
[1] Assessment from entries on Ancestry.com tree I created; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539096/clementina-packard; Marriage of Cyrus Winfield Packard and Clementina Cheeney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 19 (and transcription of this page); Cyrus W. Packard & Clementine Cheney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 47 (and transcription of this page).
[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539100/herbert-miles-packard; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141228104/rachel-may-packard; Birth of Harold Cyrus Packard, Births Registered in the Town of Plainfield for 1907, Aug. 24, 1907, Vol. 567, p. 281; DGVallender, "Tom Packard Telegram," date unknown, relating to Plainfield Republican Committee. See Ancestry.com entries for more.
[3] Memoirs of Howard N. Hathaway, Dec. 23, 1970, transcript of original within Shaw Memorial Library, corrected for Plainfield Historical Society on July 7, 2007, p. 64, 68-69; Prescilla C. Alden and Arvilla L. Dyer, Plainfield, ed. Nancy C. Alden, 2006, Plainfield Historical Society, p. 5, 9, 11; Thomas buys the farm for $1,000 from William A. Packard, administering Cyrus's estate, June 16, 1925, unindexed documents, book 824 page 111-112 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/, click on "unindexed property search"; Mortgage to Federal Land Bank of Springfield Discharged, Oct. 25, 1946, book 1009, p. 486 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/.
[4] H. Elmer Muller, Sketches and directory of the town of Cummington (West Cummington, MA: Published by Author, 1881), 11, 18, 20, 26, 30, 39, 41; Plainfield Historical Society, Maps, accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, Notes by Thomas T. Packard on Plainfield Cemeteries, date not known; Plainfield Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Plainfield," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "Plainfield Massachusetts Historical Society 1961 Charter," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "About Hidden Walls Hidden Mills," accessed July 14, 2017.
After Cyrus's death, Tom took over the "old" Plainfield farm or "home farm" of Cyrus in 1925, buying it for $1,000 from the administrator of his estate, William A. Packard. [3] Tom kept the farm running, although he wasn't an "old type carpenter" like Cyrus, until December 1946, when a fire destroyed it, two months after the mortgage on the property was released. After that point, he bought property nearby, operating a farm until his death. Later he would be a selectman, head the Plainfield Republican Committee, and be a town historian in a way, including notes on local cemeteries, some of which included Packards, who had allied with the Shaw family and clashed with other families within the town apart from serving in the Massachusetts Legislature. [4] Harold, on the other hand, also helped out in the local community, in terms of carpentry and other tasks.
Notes
[1] Assessment from entries on Ancestry.com tree I created; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539096/clementina-packard; Marriage of Cyrus Winfield Packard and Clementina Cheeney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 19 (and transcription of this page); Cyrus W. Packard & Clementine Cheney, 1895, Vol. 452, p. 47 (and transcription of this page).
[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54539100/herbert-miles-packard; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141228104/rachel-may-packard; Birth of Harold Cyrus Packard, Births Registered in the Town of Plainfield for 1907, Aug. 24, 1907, Vol. 567, p. 281; DGVallender, "Tom Packard Telegram," date unknown, relating to Plainfield Republican Committee. See Ancestry.com entries for more.
[3] Memoirs of Howard N. Hathaway, Dec. 23, 1970, transcript of original within Shaw Memorial Library, corrected for Plainfield Historical Society on July 7, 2007, p. 64, 68-69; Prescilla C. Alden and Arvilla L. Dyer, Plainfield, ed. Nancy C. Alden, 2006, Plainfield Historical Society, p. 5, 9, 11; Thomas buys the farm for $1,000 from William A. Packard, administering Cyrus's estate, June 16, 1925, unindexed documents, book 824 page 111-112 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/, click on "unindexed property search"; Mortgage to Federal Land Bank of Springfield Discharged, Oct. 25, 1946, book 1009, p. 486 via http://www.masslandrecords.com/Hampshire/.
[4] H. Elmer Muller, Sketches and directory of the town of Cummington (West Cummington, MA: Published by Author, 1881), 11, 18, 20, 26, 30, 39, 41; Plainfield Historical Society, Maps, accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, Notes by Thomas T. Packard on Plainfield Cemeteries, date not known; Plainfield Historical Society, "Cemeteries of Plainfield," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "Plainfield Massachusetts Historical Society 1961 Charter," accessed July 14, 2017; Plainfield Historical Society, "About Hidden Walls Hidden Mills," accessed July 14, 2017.
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