Girard, KS
example from LOST GALLERY
James Henry Proctor and his son Edward were photographers in Girard and nearby towns for most of their careers. James moved to Omaha, NE, some time between 1896 and 1900. His son, Edward lived in Girard, KS, Omaha, NE, and Neosho, MO.
While they both lived in Girard, KS, the newspaper ads often only mentioned the studio by the name “Proctor” leaving it unknown if it was for James Henry or Edwin L Proctor. They both moved around the Girard town square a couple times, so ads place them, for example, at “North Side of square” or “East side of Square”
James Henry Proctor
(1831-1906)
1831 Jan 29
Philadelphia, PA, state records, James Henry Proctor is born to William Giles Proctor and Sarah Bodman
1863 May 05
Jackson, Indiana, state records, James Proctor and Mildred Comwell are married
1864 Aug 24
Girard, KS, civil war draft registration, James H Proctor as Artist drafted to army as paymaster
1865 Jun 12
Girard, KS, civil war draft registration, James H Proctor as artist discharge from army
1870
Hastings, MN, state records, Son Edwin L Proctor is born
1870 Jul 25
Hastings, MN, US census, J H Proctor as photographer
1875 May 01
Hastings, MN, Territorial and State census, J H Proctor of PA, no occupation shown
1880 Jun 11
Hastings, MN, US census, James Proctor as photographer
1881 May 19, 1881 Jun 02
Girard (KS) Press, news item says James H Proctor from Hastings, MN, is building a Photograph Studio in Girard
1882 Jan 12
Girard (KS) Press, news item lists two photographers in Girard: J C Sunderland and J H Proctor
1882 Aug 10
Girard (KS) Press, news item describes new location on south side of square
1883 Apr 26
Girard (KS) Western Herald, news item describes a post mortem portrait finished by Proctor Art Gallery
1884 Mar 27
Girard (KS) Press, news/ad item about the Photographic art gallery of J H Proctor, south side of square; mentions also his arrival from Hastings, MN, three years previous
1884 Dec 25,
Girard (KS) Press, small ad for Proctor’s Gallery, south side of square
1885 Mar 01
Girard, KS, state census, J H Proctor as Artist
1885 Mar 18, 1885 Oct 08
Girard (KS) Press, small ads for J H Proctor, photographer
1885 Dec 03
Girard (KS) Press, small item mentions J H Proctor’s son ED, is in charge of the photo gallery in Weir, KS
1886 Jan 07
Girard (KS) Western Herald, small item/ad describes the south side artist J H Proctor
1886 Jan 21, 1886 Fe 04
Girard (KS) Press, small item says E L Proctor has opened a gallery on the north-west corner of the square
1887 Sep 22
Girard (KS) Western Herald, item says J H Procor has put up a portable gallery in Hepler (KS) to be operated on Saturdays. (from the Walnut Journal)
1887 Dec 10
Girard (KS) Press, item/ad for Proctor at “South side, Girard”
1887 Dec 22
Girard (KS) Western Herald, item says J H Proctor has taken a partner, H M Brown
1888 Mar 03
Girard (KS) Press, item says partnership of Proctor and Brown dissolved 23 Feb 1888
1889 Sep 26
Girard, KS, Press, item mentions “Ed” Proctor the south side photographer
1889 Dec 12
Girard (KS) Press, item says Ed L Proctor has moved to Nevada, MO
1890 Dec 18, 1890 Dec 27
Girard (KS) Press, ads for Proctor’s South side Gallery
1891 Jan 10
Girard (KS) Western Herald, ads for South Side Gallery and East Side Gallery
1891 Oct 15
Girard (KS) Press, item says J C McFall has leased the J H Proctor Gallery
1892 Apr 21
Girard (KS) Press, item says Mrs J H Proctor joins her husband in Omaha, NE, who is in business there
1893 Jun 22
Girard (KS) Press, item says Proctor Photo Gallery, south side of square, is again open
1896 Aug 11
Girard (KS) Press, item mentions J H Proctor of Omaha, NE, daughter Mrs E W Arnold and son “L N” Proctor of Marshal County KS
1900 Jun 14
Omaha, NE, US census, James H Proctor as photographer; res 3316 Ruggles street
1901 Jan 24
Girard (KS) Independent, item says J H Proctor was in business in Girard, about eight years back
1906 Mar 01
Neosho (MO) Times, obituary for James H Proctor, dead at age 75 ; mentions son Edwin L Proctor of Neosho, MO, and daughter Mrs E W Arnold of Girard, KS
19 May 1881
02 Jun 1881
12 Jan 1882
10 Aug 1882
22 Mar 1883
26 Apr 1883
27 Mar 1884
03 Dec 1885
07 Jan 1886
21 Jan 1886
22 Sep 1887
03 Mar 1888
26 Sep 1889
12 Dec 1889
18 Dec 1890
10 jan 1891
15 Oct 1891
21 Apr 1892
22 Jun 1893
24 Jan 1901
01 Mar 1906
01 Mar 1906
03 Mar 1906
Girard, KS
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Girard, KS
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Girard, KS
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Girard, KS
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Photographer: Bell
Eastside Square, Girard, Kans.
probably finished between 1888 and 1896 by
James R Bell
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Girard, KS
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Girard, KS
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Girard, KS
(See also Paola and Spring Hill, KS)
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No connection o J H Proctor of Girard, KS, has been made.
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