Burdett Aden Packard

Who's Who in Arizona, Vol. 1, 1913 page 266

Transcribed by Jean Walker, June 2024

Burdett Aden Packard, miner and cattleman, is one of the most prominent and interesting men of Arizona, with whose history he has been actively associated since 1880. Mr. Packard was born in Portville, New York, November 1, 1847, and was educated principally under private tutors, but later attended Alfred Academy, New York. His parents, Ashley G. and Virtue V. Crandall Packard, were of English descent. Mr. Packard's business life began at the age of sixteen, when he went into the lumber business with his father; at eighteen he became associated with the mercantile business, and after six years of service in this capacity, located in Bradford, Penn., where he operated in oil. His next move was to Arizona, where he took up mining and cattle business, and located at Tombstone, and during his residence there owned, developed and sold several large mines at remunerative figures. Since 1884 his interests have been largely in the cattle business and he was formerly associated with William C. Greene in the ownership of the Turkey Track Cattle Company, operating in Sonora, Mexico, and Arizona, whose holdings comprise about 700,000 acres of land and 40,000 head of cattle. Politically, Mr. Packard has been actively interested in the affairs of the Democratic party, but the demands of business have prevented his devoting but little time to official life. He has, however, represented the County of Cochise in the Council during the 18th and 19th sessions of the Legislature. In the former he gained much distinction as author of the redistricting bills and other measures that have proven of great benefit to the state. In the latter he was member of the Committees on Mines and Mining; Ways and Means; Enrolled and Engrossed Bills; Claims, and Territorial Affairs, and was a strong influence in the Council. He is president of the First National Bank of Douglas, to which position he was chosen in 1907. He is a prominently known Mason of the 32nd degree and member of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Packard has been twice married. His first wife, formerly Miss Ella Lewis, of New York, to whom he was married in 1879, died in 1891, leaving three children. In May, 1903, Mr. Packard was again married to Mrs. Carlota W. Holbrook, of Tucson.

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