Background
Pack was born in Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Career
Pack moved to Kirtland, Ohio, then to Missouri, and then to Nauvoo, Illinois. Pack also served as a policeman in Nauvoo. He held the ranks of Captain of Fifty in the company as well as Colonel in its military organization.
At the time of Joseph Smith"s death, Pack was serving as a missionary in New Jersey with Ezra T. Benson.
The University of Deseret, the predecessor of the University of Utah, began in the home of John Pack. Pack was in this mission until 1852, but he spent most of his time preaching in the Channel Islands.
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Membership
In 1836, Pack was baptized a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. He was a member of the Nauvoo Legion holding the rank of Captain. Ward Eaton"s daughter, Grace, married Charles A. Callis, who was later a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
