Proctor, H. P.

PROCTOR, HAMLIN

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 1/23/2013 at 08:09:54

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

PROCTOR, H.P.—Grinnell Twp—pg 921. Dealer in jewelry, etc., Grinnell. Was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, January 14, 1855, and was there partly educated. When nine years of age he went to Jasper county, Iowa, remaining for five years, when he came to this county and located in this city and here finished his schooling. He then learned the jeweler’s trade and has since followed it as his occupation, having one of the finest stores in the county. In the spring of 1874, he went to Fontanelle, Adair county, where he first started the jewelry business, but only remained until the spring of 1876 and then returned here. He also deals in two kinds of sewing machines. Mr. Proctor was married in Grinnell, October 23, 1867, to Miss Emma P. Hamlin. They have one child, Hattie (born August 25, 1879).