Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Procter, John B. 1861 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

JOHN B. PROCTER, Santa Monica, was born September 12th, 1861, and was the third
son of the Rev. Gilbert Procter of Penny Bridge, near Ulverston, Lancashire,
England, who was vicar of the parish of Egton. Mr. Procter came to the United
States in the spring of 1883, and located at Larchwood, Lyon county, Iowa, where
for four years he was a member of the English colony established there.
Returning to England in 1887, he married the only daughter of Thomas M. Machell,
Esq., of Newby Bridge, Lancashire, and towards the end of the same year he came
to California, settling at Santa Monica, where he has resided continuously for
the last twenty-one years. In 1900 he was elected to the office of City Clerk
and Assessor, for the term of two years, and in 1904 he was again appointed City
Assessor, continuing in office for two years more, proving an efficient and
popular public servant. Besides being a Mason, he is a Forester of America, and
a prominent and influential Elk, holding the office of Secretary since the
organization of the lodge five years ago. For a number of years he has acted as
Clerk of the Vestry for the Parish of St. Augustine-by-the-Sea^ He. has two
sons, James Machell and Gilbert, both " Native Sons." Mr. Procter is an
enthusiastic sportsman, and was one of the first to introduce the game of polo
in California. For many years he was engaged in the real estate and insurance
business, and is now manager of the extensive property interests of Mrs. Arcadia
B. de Baker at Santa Monica.

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Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


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