THE JOHN SIDNEY “Sid” PROCTOR [1872 – 1934] and MARY ELIZABETH JONES [1882 – 1955] FAMILY, 1872 – 1994.
Submitted by: Earl P. Bell, Jr.
Date: 28 January 2010; Richard Proctor added on 16 February 2010; as of this date there are four first cousins left and none of us had every heard of a Richard Proctor; it was a shocking discovery.
Comments to: earl.bell3@gmail.com
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HUSBAND’S NAME: JOHN SIDNEY [SID] PROCTOR
When Born: 23 September 1872
Where: Cooper’s Township, Nash County, North Carolina
When Married: 1 February 1899
Where: Cooper’s Township, Nash County, North Carolina
When Died: 4 May 1934
Where: Rocky Mt., Edgecombe, North Carolina
Where Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mt., NC
Occupations: Merchant, Farmer, Land Speculator. Tobaccoist
HIS FATHER: HANSEL “Harry” HARRISON PROCTOR, JR.
HIS MOTHER [By Maiden Name]: SARA JANE VAUGHN, sister of ELIZABETH VAUGHN who married HARRY PROCTOR’s brother GRANDBERRY PROCTOR.
Names of Other Wives[if any]: NONE
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WIFE’S MAIDEN NAME: MARY ELIZABETH JONES
When Born: 26 May 1882
Where: Cooper’s Twp., Nash County, North Carolina
When Died: 17 June 1957
Where: Rutledge Road, Newport News, Virginia
Where Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mt., NC
Occupation: Housewife
HER FATHER: JOHN [JACK] DANIEL JONES
HER MOTHER [By Maiden Name]: BEADY TREVATHAN [1853 – 1882]
Names of Other Wives[if any]: MARTHA ANN PEEBLES [1861 – 1940]
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CHILDREN OF JOHN SIDNEY PROCTOR [1872 – 1934] and MARY ELIZABETH JONES [1882 – 1957]:
1. MATTIE LEE PROCTOR. Female.
Born: 16 Nov. 1900.
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC.
Died: 13 January 1978
Where: Ahoskie, Hertford County, NC
Husband: GEORGE FRANKLIN COWAN
Born: 10 March 1899.
Where: Red Springs, Robeson County, NC.
Died: 11 June 1935.
Where: Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
Buried: GEORGE FRANKLIN and MATTIE LEE PROCTOR COWAN are buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mt., Edgecombe County, NC.
2. EULA LEE PROCTOR. Female
Born: 1902.
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Died: ca. 1908
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Burial: Unknown. Probably the Proctor Graveyard in Cooper’s Township, on the western service road, just off Interstate 95, north of Sandy Cross Road, where HANSEL HARRISON PROCTOR, JR. owned a farm amd is buried.
3. SIDNEY DANIEL PROCTOR. Male [Middle Name from his grandfather JOHN DANIEL JONES [1856 – 1925]
Born: 7 Oct.1905
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Died: March 1985
Where: Norfolk, Virginia
Wife: RUTH BROWN
Born: 25 January 1918
Where: Norfolk, Virginia
Died: September 1981
Where: Norfolk, VA
Buried: SIDNEY DANIEL AND RUTH BROWN PROCTOR are both buried in Norfolk, Virginia.
4. INFANT [SIDNEY’S TWIN]. Male
Born: 7 Oct. 1905
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Died: 7 Oct. 1905
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Burial: Unknown
5. WILLIAM “Bill” HANSEL PROCTOR
Born: 29 October 1906.
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Died: 5 July 1960
Where: Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, NC
Buried: Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, NC on 8 July 1960.
Address at the Time of Death: 609 Henry Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC
Wife: EVELYN BRIDGER
Born: 7 June 1902
Where: Bertie County, North Carolina
Died: 4 August 1999
Where: Raleigh, Wake County, NC [Nursing Home]
Buried: Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, NC.
6. ALICE LEE PROCTOR. Female
Born: 2 Feb. 1909
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Married: 11 April 1936.
Where: First Methodist Church, Rocky Mt., Edgecombe County, NC.
Died: 11 March 1994
Where: Elon College, Alamance County, NC
Husband: EARL P. BELL, SR. [born and raised in Nashville Twp., Nash County, North Carolina]
Born: 8 September 1910
Where: Nashville Twp., Nash County, NC
Died: 11 August 1971
Where: Aulander, Bertie County, NC
Buried: Both are buried in the Aulander Cemetery, Aulander, Bertie County, NC
7. ETTA LEE PROCTOR
Born: 16 Sept. 1910
Where: Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC.
Married: 24 July 1940
Where: Myrtle Beach, SC
Died: August 1987
Where: 12 Rutledge Road, Newport News, Virginia
Husband: JAMES “Jimmy” H. JENKINS, JR. [Jimmy was raised in Gates County, North Carolina]
Born: 28 March 1900
Where: Gates County, North Carolina
Died: November 1983
Where: Yorktown, York County, Virginia
Buried: JIMMY AND ETTA PROCTOR JENKINS are buried in Peninsula Memorial Cemetery in Newport News, Virginia.
8. RICHARD PROCTOR
Born: March, 1914
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC
Died: 9 November 1914 at 7 P.M. of Cholera
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC
Buried: Unknown; he was buried on: 10 November 1914
Other information: on his NC Death Certificate, which was filed on 8 December 1914, it is states that he was nine months old, the Doctor D. Russell Dixon of Rocky Mount was attending to him and his mother Mary Jones Proctor since 7 November 1914; the informant is listed as: J. S. Proctor, Route #2, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC; his father is listed as: J. S. Proctor of Nash County and his mother is listed as Mary Jones of Nash County, NC
9. ANNABELLE LEE PROCTOR [in her grade school books her name is written “Annie Belle.”
Born: 21 May 1918
Oak Level Twp., Nash County, NC
Married: ca. 1942
Died: 22 March 1966
Where: Yorktown, York County, NC
First Husband: WARREN DOW
Born: 25 October 1919
Where: Malden, Middlesex County, MA
Died: 7 November 1988
Where: Seattle, WA
Second Husband: LEWIS DAVIS [1919 – 1961]
The documentation for the above information comes from census, birth and death records and the knowledge of family members
JOHN SIDNEY AND MARY ELIZABETH JONES PROCTOR are the grandparents of: BARRETT BRIDGER PROCTOR McCANDLESS (deceased) of Hawaii; SAUNDERS PROCTOR BLACK of Stanley, NC; EARL P. BELL, JR. of Olympia Fields, IL; MARY ALICE BELL BRAGG of Elon College, NC; WILLIAM HANSEL BELL (deceased) of Benicia, CA; and BETH JENKINS STILLWELL of Yorktown, VA.