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  Nathan R. Proctor
Proctor enlisted in the Thirty-Eighth Iowa Infantry and was assigned to Company G. He spent the first winter in camp at New Madrid, and then took part in the long siege against Vicksburg, after which the regiment went into camp at New Orleans, where from the effects of disease and hardship, Mr.
Proctor, who upon the altar of his country laid down his life, was a man of strong convictions and upright character who won the respect of all with whom he came in contact.
Proctor was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary McFadden, who at the age of three years came to this county with her parents who are now living near Randalia.
www.rootsweb.com /~iafayett/1891nateproctor.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Biographies Plus Illustrated
Proctor completed preparatory studies at Fisk and graduated with an A.B. degree in 1891 and then studied at Yale Divinity School, where he graduated with a B.D. degree in 1894.
By 1904 Proctor's work was winning him wider recognition; Clark University awarded him an honorary doctor of divinity degree, and he was elected as assistant moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches.
Proctor was "a magnificent specimen of a man, six feet two or three inches, and finely proportioned, with the dignity and self-command of the true orator; it is easy to understand the hold he maintains over [his] large congregation," said Washington Gladden.
www.richardsms.org /media/henryproctor.html   (883 words)

  
 The Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi's News Source
Henry Proctor, pastor of the House of Prayer in Tchula, is free on bond following his arrest in a continuing state investigation into welfare fraud.
Proctor, 43, of 326 Maple St. in Tchula, was charged late Friday with one count of welfare fraud.
Henry Proctor's arrest is the latest in a six-month investigation by the state Department of Human Services in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture Nutrition Service, the Holmes County Sheriff's Department and the Tchula Police Department.
www.clarionledger.com /news/0307/13/m04.html   (410 words)

  
 PROCTOR
Henry Procter is a member of a group led by Timothy Rogers [the Quaker].
According to Gersham Proctor's obituary Henry Proctor had 13 children.I do not know the names of all of Henry Proctor's children or their order of birth.He had 2 wives one was Elizabeth Dunham and the other was Sarah Shaw.I don't know which mother belonged to which children.
Henry Proctor is a juror in a Grand Inquest at York.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~hamiltonaikens/new_page_11.htm   (1467 words)

  
 Battle of the Thames
British Colonel Henry Proctor[?] was retreating, against the advice of his ally Tecumseh, from Fort Malden[?] after Oliver Perry's victory in the Battle of Lake Erie.
American General William Henry Harrison trailed Proctor through Ontario, until Tecumseh convinced Proctor to face Harrison in battle at Moraviantown on the Thames River.
The American cavalry under Colonel Richard Johnson charged Proctor's line, and the British either fled or surrendered, although Tecumseh remained and fought until he was killed in a second charge.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_the_Thames.html   (146 words)

  
 Wolcott Family of Somerset, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Henry Wollcot of Tolland, gent., was the overseer of the will of Giles Locke of Nynehead, written in 1644, and was probably the "Henrie Wollcott" who acted as an attorney for Henry Wolcott of New England in 1650.
Henry was one of the first twelve men elected to the lower house of Connecticut's first General Assembly in 1637, and in 1643 he was elected to the Magistrates, the upper house of that assembly where he was a member until his death on 30 May 1665.
Henry purchased a house and one furlong of land at Holford in 1555, and in 1556 was granted licence to "demise the same at farm for 21 years and dwell away from it." Henry then lived at Elworthy, about three miles northwest of Tolland.
www.wolcottfamily.com /somerset.html   (10586 words)

  
 Proctor, Henry
Proctor entered the British army on 5 April 1781 and was serving in Canada with the 41st Regiment when war with the US broke out in 1812.
Reversals in May and July forced a retreat, however, and in October 1813 Proctor was defeated by Gen Harrison at MORAVIANTOWN.
Maj-Gen Henry Proctor is often confused with the younger Henry Adolphus Procter (1787-1859) who served in Canada during the War of 1812 as a major in the 82nd Regiment and later rose to the rank of lietenant-general.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006512   (142 words)

  
 Military.com Content
Proctor -- known to the bitter Americans thereafter as "the Butcher" -- and the River Raisin Massacre were to remain vivid in the memories of the Americans who survived and either escaped or were paroled.
On his [Proctor's] left was the River Thames, with a high and precipitous bank, and on his right, a marsh running almost parallel with the river for about two miles.
On October 5, the day of the battle, Proctor placed his single battalion of the 41st on his left, across the road, between the river and the smaller swamp.
www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=PRthames   (1566 words)

  
 Battle of Fort Stephenson
Proctor called off the attack and the Indians returned to the field late at night to carry away the wounded.
Henry Proctor lifts his seige and the British withdraw.
Proctor first demands the Americans surrender, Croghan makes it clear that he will not surrender under any circumstances he also makes it clear he will fight to the last man. The British open fire from gunboats and artillery only to find that their 6-pounders have very little effect on the walls of the fort.
www.mywarof1812.com /battles/130802.htm   (1020 words)

  
 ~ William "Willis" Henry Green Proctor ~
Willis Henry 'Green' was born Jun 1826 and died on 20 Mar 1907 m.
Proctor was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer.
Proctor; Mesdames Andrew Herrin, E. Herrin, Mace Brown, Henry Brown and Mrs.
www.houseofproctor.com /genealogy/47.htm   (1550 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Tecumseh
On November 7, 1811, a U.S. force under the command of future President William Henry Harrison attacked Elskwatawa at the Battle of Tippecanoe, wiping out the Native camp and putting an end to Tecumseh's hope of a broad Native alliance.
The next British commander, Major General Henry Proctor did not have the same working relationship with Tecumseh as the latter had with Brock.
Proctor failed to appear at Chatham as expected by the Natives.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Tecumseh   (589 words)

  
 Henry Procter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Placed in command of Fort Detroit by Isaac Brock, he was soon faced by an attack from American General William Henry Harrison.
Proctor captured some Americans at the River Raisin, and subsequently turned the prisoners over to the custody of his Native American allies.
Procter's last name is also spelled "Proctor" in many documents and books, though scholars generally prefer "Procter".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Procter   (216 words)

  
 Robert Proctor 1816
Robert was born about 1816, the son of Thomas Proctor and Susanna Arabella Garraway, in Birmingham, Warwickshire.
son of Thomas Proctor and Susanna Arabella Garraway
son of Robert Proctor and Emma Cantrill Died 1851 3Q Bedminster 11 60
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Henry Proctor was responsible for the defense of the Detroit frontier during the year 1813.
He was pursued by the American army, who met him at the Battle of the Thames, which saw the death of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh.
Proctor lost the battle, and was later court-martialed for his conduct.
members.tripod.com /~war1812/proctor.html   (119 words)

  
 TheHistoryNet | Military History | War of 1812: Turning Point at Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison's stand along the Maumee River became a turning point in the War of 1812 on the Northwestern frontier.
Proctor agreed to "smoke out" the Americans from their "hive" at the end of April.
Proctor entered Maumee Bay the next day, landing his troops on the north shore, 12 miles northeast of Fort Meigs.
www.historynet.com /mh/blunsungsentinel   (1699 words)

  
 Battle of the Thames - Gurupedia
British Colonel Henry Proctor was retreating, against the advice of his ally
On October 4, Tecumseh skirmished the Americans, and Proctor's aide Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Warburton lost his supplies and ammunition to an American raiding party.
Proctor planned to trap Harrison on the banks of the Thames, driving the Americans off the road with his cannons, but the cannons failed to fire.
www.gurupedia.com /b/ba/battle_of_moraviantown.htm   (217 words)

  
 Henry Proctor Garrison and Elizabeth Welch
Henry Protor Garrison born abt 1818 in Tennessee married Elizabeth Welch (daughter of William and Lucy Welch), she was born abt 1835 in MO. Henry had children from a previous marriage including Martha Garrison born in 1844 in GA, who married James Leaonard Davis.
Henry and Elizabeth settled in Kerr County, TX where they are found on the 1870 Census.
They had Henry Oscar Garrison in 1857 in Texas, Howard J. Garrison in Sept 1864 in Texas, Semems Alex in 1866 in TX, Ulyssus Grant Garrison in March 1868 in Texas, Julie S. Garrison in abt 1868 in Texas and Richard Garrison in 1872 in Texas.
genforum.genealogy.com /garrison/messages/4406.html   (214 words)

  
 Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Veterans -- Henry & Katherine Twine
Henry L. Twine (1923 -1994) and Katherine "Kat" Twine (1925 - 2002) were both born in Tallahassee, Florida and came to St. Augustine at an early age.
The day he was felled by a stroke, he was scheduled to attend a meeting to plan the first archaeological dig at the last slave cabin in St. Augustine.
In her last year she took part in a ceremony declaring Henry Twine a "Great Floridian" and she was awarded the prestigious "de Aviles Award" by the City of St. Augustine.
www.crmvet.org /mem/twine.htm   (912 words)

  
 MCLS - History Links - Bygones of Monroe - 1814 Treaty of Ghent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Bulkley in his “History of Monroe” says it is the general belief of those who knew the nature of Tecumseh that if he had been at the River Raisin at the time of the massacre it never would have taken place.
Proctor had planned to make a stand about a mile and a half west of Moravian Town.
Proctor did not wait to see the end of the battle but fled with his personal staff.
monroe.lib.mi.us /rs_history_bygones_monroe_1814treaty.htm   (1222 words)

  
 FIFTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
He prospered as a tobacco farmer, and built a "pretty house" across the street from the farm (on Range Trap Road, inside a triangle of Rocky Mount, Tarboro, and Wilson, NC), which had carbide lights and other amenities that few people in that area had at the time.
On November 27, 1925, Henry and Mary deeded over all 49 acres of the land Mary had inherited from her aunt and uncle (minus two parcels totalling 4.5 acres which had been sold off some years earlier) to Bulluck and M.R. Robbins of Nash County.
When she married Henry Proctor, it was on this property that they lived during the early part of their marriage.
groverproctor.us /Proctor/d34.htm   (368 words)

  
 The Battle of Tippecanoe
Reinforcing British General Henry Proctor, this multicultural army suffered losses at Fort Meigs and Fort Stephenson, retreating from Fort Malden to the Thames River.
William Henry Harrison was a prodigal son of the young United States.
William Henry attended medical school in Philadelphia, but had little interest in becoming a doctor, enlisting in the army upon his father’s death in 1791.
www.wargamer.com /articles/tippecanoe/page4.asp   (711 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
William Henry Harrison planned to gather an army near the rapids of the Maumee River and to move against Detroit from there.
Winchester, no doubt weary from his long carriage ride over bad roads, said that tommorow would be time enough to take care of these things, and went off to stay in the comfortable home of one of the community leaders, more than a mile away from his soldiers.
Colonel Henry Proctor, who had succeeded General Brock as the British commander at Detroit, that night led six hundered soldiers and six hundred Indians against the Americans, attacking before dawn.
members.tripod.com /~war1812/batraison.html   (409 words)

  
 Re-living History: The War of 1812
However, British Major General Henry Proctor had yet to face the rest of Brigadier General William Henry Harrison's invasion army, about 3,500 men strong.
General Proctor realized that eventually he would have to stand and fight the American force.
General Proctor gathered what was left of his force and fled to the rest of the British army at Burlington.
library.thinkquest.org /22916/thames.html   (355 words)

  
 Leader-Major General Henry Proctor of the British Army
Leader-Major General Henry Proctor of the British Army
In 1815, the Montreal Herald published several anonymous letters defending Proctor.
These “Letters of Veritas” criticized Governor Gen. Sir George Prevost’s lack of support for the war in the Northwest and his subsequent harsh treatment of Procter.
www.mywarof1812.com /leaders/proctor_henry.htm   (566 words)

  
 Johnston Historical Society -- History of Providence County
His brother, Captain Russell Proctor, father of Walter Proctor, owned a large property in the place and was an old man when he died in 1838.
Captain Russell Proctor died in 1838 and was followed by Walter R. Proctor and he by Henry Proctor.
Henry M. Sessions, father of Henry M. Sessions, Jr., came here in 1830; both of them have been prosperous farmers.
members.cox.net /cscm88/history/bayles_p785-811.html   (9632 words)

  
 Beecher, Henry Ward; Proctor, Edna Dean: Life Thoughts Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Beecher, Henry Ward; Proctor, Edna Dean: Life Thoughts Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher
Proctor began taking notes for friends in a distant city of Mr.
The present book came into being because the notebook of the notes taken were passed from one person to another, and it was thought they should not be confined to just a few, but should be published in a volume & given to the many.
www.forbesbookclub.com /bookpage.asp?prod_cd=IKW03   (194 words)

  
 TheHistoryNet | Historical Conflicts | War of 1812: Battle of the Thames
A rare American land victory in the War of 1812, the Battle of the Thames helped the winning commander -- William Henry Harrison -- to the presidency and deprived the Indians of one of their greatest leaders -- Shawnee Chief Tecumseh.
In the War of 1812, sometimes called "the Second American Revolution," the U.S. Navy distinguished itself while the U.S. Army, hampered by incredibly bad leadership and state militia units whose discipline often left much to be desired, suffered greatly.
Proctor--known to the bitter Americans thereafter as "the Butcher"--and the River Raisin Massacre were to remain vivid in the memories of the Americans who survived and either escaped or were paroled.
www.historynet.com /historical_conflicts/3698591.html   (1107 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881, p 588 An established enterprise for the manufacture of a superior quality of butter was organized for business in June 1878 by J. and A. BLACKSTONE, George and Henry PROCTOR, and William WALTON, and is represented as engaged in a lucrative and gradually increasing business.
Attached to this is an ice house and residence, also of frame, and sufficiently complete in details for the wants of the service.
Three hands are employed, at a weekly compensation of $15, and the property of the company represents a valuation of $2,500.
www.rockvillemama.com /lafayette/whiteoakspringscreamery.txt   (300 words)

  
 Battle of River Raisin - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
During the War of 1812, General William Henry Harrison's Northwest Army divided to march by three routes through Ohio and Indiana in hopes of reuniting on the Maumee River (northern Ohio) to attack British forces stationed in Detroit.
In a poor defensive position, the division was massacred by a surprise attack of 1,200 Britons and 1,400 Indians under British General Henry Proctor.
The Kentuckians were pummeled by British artillery, and then attempted to flee but were hunted through the woods by the Indians.
www.kdla.ky.gov /resources/KY_BRR.htm   (372 words)

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