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The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IIV
PACKARD, Joseph, educator, was born in Wiscasset, Me., Dec. 23, 1812; son of the Rev. Hezekiah and Mary (Spring) Packard; grandson of Jacob and Dorothy (Perkins) Packard and of Alpheus and Sarah (Frost) Spring, and a descendant of Samuel Packard, who settled first at Hingham, then in West Bridgewater, Mass., in 1638. Joseph Packard attended the private school kept by his father, and Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., and was graduated from Bowdoin college, A.B., 1831, A.M., 1834. He taught in the academies at Walpole, N.H., and Brattleboro, Vt., 1831-33; attended Andover Theological seminary, 1833-34; and was professor of Latin at Bristol college, Pa., 1834-36. He was ordained deacon in 1836 and advanced to the priesthood in 1837; was professor of sacred literature at the P. E. Theological seminary, Fairfax county, Va., 1836-95; dean of the seminary, 1880-95, and professor emeritus, 1895-1902. He was married in January, 1838, to Rosina, daughter of Gen. Walter Jones of Washington, Pa. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Kenyon college, Ohio, in 1847. He was a member of the American Oriental society, and of the American commission for the revision of the Bible, 1872-85; prepared a commentary on Malachi for Lange's Commentary in 1874, contributed articles to the Bibliotheca Sacra and other religious periodicals, and published several sermons and addresses, including Questions on the Gospels (1855). He died at Theological Seminary, Va., May 3, 1902.
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