Harry Eldred Packer

ASA PACKER: A MAN IN THE AGE OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION (8/9)
The Importance of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company to Asa Packer and His "Railroad Family"

Harry Packer, Asa’s youngest son, was born on June 4, 1850. He was a graduate of the school that his father had founded, Lehigh University. He held various positions in the Lehigh Valley Railroad, including becoming the president of the company. Also, like his father, Harry became an associate judge for Mauch Chunk and a vestryman for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Mauch Chunk. However, Harry died on February 1, 1884, when he was the president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.