SIMON PROCTOR
Simon Proctor came in 1869, bought two hundred and forty acres of wild land on section 14, and in the fall erected a frame house, into which the family removed, and where he lived until his death.
Simon Proctor, (deceased) was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in January 1818. When he was quite young, his parents removed to Washington county, of the same State, left Washington when a boy, went to Guernsey county where he was joined in marriage with Huldah French. After marriage he settled in Guernsey county, Ohio, where, September 4, 1853, Mrs. Proctor died, leaving five children, three of whom are now living--A. Edward, Joseph and Mary Caroline. Mr. Proctor was again married in 1855, to Mrs. Elizabeth J. (Blakely) Gordon, widow of M. H. Gordon. She was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. They remained in Guernsey county, where Mr. Proctor owned a farm until 1868. They then moved to Missouri and lived upon rented land in that State until the spring of 1870, when they came to Cass county and settled in Pleasant township. He had previously traded his farm in Ohio for two hundred and forty acres of unimproved land on section 14, and in the fall of 1869, he had come here and erected a frame house, into which the family moved on their arrival. Mr. Proctor resided here until his death, in February, 1877. He had by his second marriage, seven children--Alice, Emma V., Walter C., Elmer E., Sherman, Charlie C. and John Oscar. Mrs. Proctor has one son by her former marriage--William B. Gordon.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 811.
