Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Proctor, Thomas J. 1825 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Proctor, Thomas J. Was born in Jessamine county, Kentucky, April 12, 1825. Here
he was educated. At the age of twenty-one he was commissioned Third Lieutenant
of Company F, Second United States Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Willis, the
regiment being commanded by McKee and Clay, serving in the Mexican war in the
department under command of General Taylor. He was discharged after a service of
fourteen months and returned to his home in Kentucky, where he married Joanna
P., daughter of Pendleton Thomas, on May 4, 1848. She was born in Mercer county,
Kentucky, September 10, 1829. They resided in Harrodsburg, in that State, till
1851, then moved to Trenton, Grundy county, Missouri, and left this place on May
4, 1862, for Oregon, crossing the plains with teams, arriving on the 7th
September following and settling in Powder River valley, in Baker county. Here
Mr. Proctor built a hotel and was its proprietor for four years, then sold out
and came to Sonoma county, locating in Santa Rosa, where he has since resided.
Was engaged in various branches of business till 1875, when he entered the real
estate agency which he is now conducting. He was appointed Mayor of Santa Rosa
September 24, 1878, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. George A. Johnson. His
children are: Thomas A. and William M.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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