Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-04
COL. FLETCHER D. PROCTOR.

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A STRONGLY SUPPORTED CANDIDATE 70
THE GUBERNATORIAL CHAIR.
A Sketch of His Life and Political Career.
Graduate of Amherst College Formerl
Superintendent Of the Vermont Marbl
Company and Now Its President and Activ
Manager Secretary to Governor 0rmsbee
1886, Town Representative 1890, Senator i
1892 and Speaker of the House in 1900.
Fletcher ID. Proctor was born in tn
town of Cavendish, November Z, 1860
son of Redfield and Emily (Dutton
Proctor. His early education was fol
lowed by course of study at the Rut
land Military institute and the Mid
dlebury High school, and afterWard n
entered Amherst college, graduating
in 1882 While student he worked
during his vacations for the Vernon
Marble company, and entered its per
manent employ as soon as he left col
lege He became assistant superln
tendent, then general superintendent
and since 1889 has been the company
president and its active and response
BILE manager.
Under his management the company
has grown rapidly and at present en-
ploys nearly 1000 men. The company
has branches in Boston, New York,
Philadel phia, Cleveland, Chicago, st.
Louis and San Francisco, and all but
one of them operate mills and factor
les. The company ships about 60, WC
tons of marble annually and sends its
product to all parts of the globe.
Col. Proctor is president of the Proc
tor Trust company and of the Claren
don and Pittsford railroad company,
which owns and operates steam rail
way connecting the different quarrles,
mills and shops with each other and
with the Rutland and Delaware a. Hud-
son railroads. Mr. Proctor was brought
up in the midst of the great business
which he.now directs and since l0years
of age has always resided in the village
which is its center. The Vermont
Marble company has always been lib
eral in its support of public improve
ments. To this end Mr.. Proctor has
devoted his personal energies, ac-
tivelyS participating in local pub
lie interests of the community
which is his home. In 1884 and
1885 he was selectman of the old town
of Rutland, before the incorporation
of the town of Proctor, and from 1887
to 1890 was selectman of the town of
Proctor He has been member of
the-school board of the village of Proc
tor since 1888, in which time the
schools have grown from four ungraded
schools to graded system with 10
teachers and 800 pupilc.
In.1S96. after personally visiting and
inspecting many of the smaller New
England hospitals Mr.. Proctor built at
Proctor, at the expense of the com
pany, a modern hospital fully equipped
and although its management has been
committed to representative board
the company contributes about nine
tenths of the hospitals income. Mr..
Proctor was married May 26, 1856, to
Minnie T.. Robinson of Westford, and
they have three children, Emily, Nor
timer r., and Minnie.
Politically, Mr., Proctor is Repub
lican of the original stock and after
the original pattern. In 1896, he WAS
secretary of civil and military affairs
to Governor Ormsbee. He represented
Proctor in the House in 1880, serving
ID the committee of ways and means,
and as chairman of the general com
nittee. In 1892 he was member of
he Senate from Rutland county and
served with ability on the committee
IN finance, aud as chairman of the
general committee. He was again
,lected the representative from Proc /