Brief Life History of John J
When John J Proctor was born on 8 March 1813, in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, his father, James D Proctor, was 38 and his mother, Mary Magdalene Brenneman, was 32. He married Mary Adeline Butler on 9 November 1833, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 16 June 1896, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- John Proctor, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Proctor, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- John Proctor, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1825
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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