Nationality USA Parents George Pack, Jr. Occupation Businessman Children Charles Lathrop Pack | Name George Pack Spouse Frances Farman | |
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Born about 1831 Peterboro, New York Died August 31, 1906, Long Island, New York, United States People also search for George Pack, Jr., Charles Lathrop Pack, Randolph Greene Pack, Alice Hatch | ||
Grandchildren Randolph Greene Pack | ||
George Willis Pack (born 1831, Peterboro, New York; d. August 31, 1906, Southampton, Long Island, New York) was a second-generation timberman on Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Building on his father's legacy, over the course of several decades, Pack successfully developed his timber businesses, becoming one of Michigan's first millionaires. His son, Charles Lathrop Pack; and grandson, Randolph Greene Pack, carried on the family tradition.
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Life and career
His father, George Pack, Jr. had established two sawmills outside of Lexington, Michigan, in a place known as Pack's Mills.
After years of working with the elder Pack, in 1860 George Willis Pack, together with John L. Woods, established Carrington, Pack & Company, in Sand Beach, Michigan.
In 1864, with Woods and Jeremiah Jenks, George Willis Pack established a second sawmill, Pack, Jenks & Company, also near Sand Beach.
A third firm, Woods & Company, in Port Crescent, Michigan, was formed in 1870.
In 1876, Pack, Woods & Company was formed in Oscoda, Michigan, on the Au Sable River.
George Willis Pack grew to be a wealthy man. He "would be remembered as one of the few millionaires who had lived in Huron County.