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Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, 
Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871
(page 39)

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William Proctor, the subject of this sketch, was born October 13th, 1795, at Danstable, Massachusetts, being the fourth and youngest son of his father, and the only one now living. Mr. Proctor's father, Gersham Proctor, was born 1751, at Danstable, Massachusetts. His mother's maiden name was Nancy Haygett, also a native of Massachusetts. She was born 1760. 
    
Mr. Proctor, at the age of sixteen, applied himself to the tanners' trade, emigrated to the west in 1818, and settled in Sangamon county, Illinois, near Springfield, where he remained until June, 1828. He then came to Lewistown, which was at that time a village of some twenty log cabins. He settled in the town, and in the spring of 1831 began the mercantile business, which he continued till 1850. Since than time he has given his attention to farming. Mr P. was married June, 1824, to Laura Warren, a native of Palmyra, New York. They have had but two children -- John W., who is now a member of the firm of Worley & Procter, woolen mill, and Maria, the wife of R. B. Stevenson, of Lewistown. 
    
Mr. Proctor is a prominent and useful member of the Presbyterian church, giving liberally of his ample means to the cause he has most at heart.