Search results
William Doud Packard (November 3, 1861 – November 11, 1923) was an American automobile manufacturer who founded the Packard Motor Car Company and Packard Electric Company with his brother James Ward Packard.
Feb 14, 2023 · What resulted in 1900 was the mighty push by Ward Packard and brother William Doud Packard (as promoter and office coordinator) to launch the first year of production for Packard, late 1899 having been the introductory date foreshadowing that soon-to-come production.
William Doud Packard. William Doud Packard was born the oldest of Warren and Mary Packard’s five children in Warren, Ohio on November 3, 1861. As a young man, William kept the books for the family hardware store, the Lakeview House hotel, and the saw mills.
Packard, William Doud. Submitted by Cindee Mines. W.D. or Will as he was known to close friends and family, was the oldest of the Warren and Mary Packard children. He was born Nov. 3, 1861, 1 year after his parent’s marriage. He was extremely social, having many friends and belonging to many clubs-serving as an officer in many of them.
William Doud Packard. Brother of James Ward Packard and co-founder of the Packard Motor Car Company. Grave is not easily seen from the road. When entering the cemetery, drive straight until you get to the hill. It is on the hill up on the right.
About 1915, William Doud Packard built a Jacobean Revival Style Mansion summer home on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution for the incredible sum of $175,000 (more than $5M today).
Packard was founded by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss, in Warren, Ohio, where 400 Packard automobiles were built at their factory on 408 Dana Street Northeast, from 1899 until 1903.
