In 1894, Eva Packard was on her father's ship in Lake Michigan when she fell overboard. William Bradford, a sailor on that ship, jumped in to save her. When Captain Packard died in 1904, he bequeathed one third of his estate — $8,000 in 1904 dollars — to Bradford, in gratitude; as the sole surviving Packard, Eva was bequeathed the other $16,000.