Cumberland County, Maine - Dr. Samuel Adams Packard
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Biography
Dr. Samuel Adams Packard
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 581-582


Dr. Samuel Adams Packard, one of the oldest active practitioners of dentistry in
the city of Portland, where he has been located since 1869, was born at
Wiscasset, Lincoln County, March 26, 1842.

His father, the late Nathaniel Packard, was a native of Readfield, Kennebec
County. He received a liberal education, and made teaching his life work, being
employed mostly in the schools of Lincoln and Kennebec Counties, having charge
of the Wiscasset Academy during the winter in which he celebrated the seventieth
anniversary of his birth. He was recognized by his fellow-townsmen as a man of
unusual ability; and he was called to serve in the various local offices, as
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Supervisor of Schools, and Town Auditor, his
skill as a penman making him particularly valuable in clerical work. He acquired
considerable property, owning a good farm in Wiscasset. He married Charlotte
Tibbetts, daughter of Deacon Thomas Tibbetts, one of the patriarchs of the town
of Woolwich. The death of Nathaniel Packard occurred February 22, 1869, that of
his wife, a long while after, she being, at the time of her decease, September
6, 1895, fourscore and ten years of age. She was the mother of nine children, of
whom Dr. Packard is the only one now living. Both parents were earnest laborers
in the cause of Christianity and devoted members of the Free Will Baptist
church.

Having completed the course of study in the public schools of Bath, Samuel A.
Packard there studied dentistry with Dr. A. K. Gilmore, in the mean time taking
a course of lectures at the Bowdoin Medical College. In November, 1863, he
enlisted in Company B, Second Maine Cavalry, and with his regiment was sent to
the Department of the Gulf. Eight months later he was appointed hospital steward
in the United States regular army, in that capacity being at different points up
and down the Mississippi River until the expiration of his term of service. He
then went before the Board of Examiners, and passed for promotion; but the
regiment was too much depleted to give opportunity for, any further rise in
rank. After returning home Dr. Packard spent some time in recruiting his
physical energies, then resumed the work of his profession, locating in this
city. He met with signal success from the first, building up a large practice,
and becoming one of the leading dentists of the city. For the past twenty two
years Dr. Packard has been the occupant of the office at the corner of Temple
and Middle Streets, where he has ever been kept busily employed.

Dr. Packard was united in marriage in March, 1872, with Miss Lizzie R. Allen,
daughter of Reuben Allen, of Falmouth. Their household circle has been enlivened
by the birth of six children, namely: Maude Eloise, a teacher in the public
schools of Deering; Herbert E.; Samuel A., Jr.; Reuben A.; Benjamin Franklin;
and Florence R.

Dr. Packard has always evinced a genuine interest in the advancement of
learning, and for eight years was a member of the Deering Board of Education.
Socially, he is a member of the Beacon Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science, and of the Maine Dental
Association.