William Proctor
Richard Proctor was born in Ireland, came to the United States in 1792, and located in York County, Pennsylvania, where the same year he married Rebeeca Stringer. They raised a family of eight children, only one of whom is now living, viz., William Proctor, the subject of this sketch, who was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1796. In the year 1817 he came to Ohio, and located in Butler County, where in 1822 he married Ruth Tannehill, with whom he had seven children. In 1831 he moved to Logan County, and settled in the woods where he had previously entered land. This land be cleared himself, then sold it, and bought a place in Shelby County, to which he moved in 1854. Here his wife died in 1863. In 1866 he married Mary Trahern, his present wife. Mrs. Proctor was the daughter of Eliacum Staples, who was of Scotch descent. Her mother was Nancy Neal, of English descent,who came to America early in the eighteenth century, and located in the State of Maine. Mrs. Proctor was born in New Hampshire in 1816. When quite young she was taken to Philadelphia, where in about 1832 she married Thomas Lloyd, with whom she had one child, Henri. Mr. Lloyd died in 1839. She afterward married Asa Trahern, with whom she lived until 1860, when he died. She then in I866 married Mr. Proctor.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883