US ARMY
Spanish American War
Private Thomas Francis Proctor, Jr., was born on December 8, 1878, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to Thomas Francis Proctor and Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Jones. His father had served in the 30th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Thomas Senior was captured outside Richmond in June 1864 and held prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland, and Elmira, New York, before being released in June 1865. Following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898 Thomas and his brothers John Burwell and Joseph Lee enlisted in Company K (known as the Washington Guard) of the 3rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The Proctor brothers and the 3rd Virginia moved from Richmond to Camp Alger (named for Secretary of War Russell A. Alger) near Falls Church for training in June 1898. Because of overcrowded conditions and poor sanitation Camp Alger was marked by many deaths and experienced a typhoid fever epidemic that summer. Fortunately, the Proctor brothers survived the epidemic and mustered out with the 3rd Virginia without seeing combat in November 1898. Thomas married Eva Gertrude Bragdon in 1899 and the couple settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia. They had two daughters (Eva Frances and Frances Evelyn) before divorcing in 1935. Thomas then married Willie Perry Jones in 1937. He worked as a railroad yard master as well as a clerk and store manager in Fredericksburg and Orange County, Virginia. Thomas passed away on February 29, 1964, in Gordonsville, Virginia, and rests in Section A1 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
Spanish American War
Private Thomas Francis Proctor, Jr., was born on December 8, 1878, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to Thomas Francis Proctor and Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Jones. His father had served in the 30th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Thomas Senior was captured outside Richmond in June 1864 and held prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland, and Elmira, New York, before being released in June 1865. Following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898 Thomas and his brothers John Burwell and Joseph Lee enlisted in Company K (known as the Washington Guard) of the 3rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The Proctor brothers and the 3rd Virginia moved from Richmond to Camp Alger (named for Secretary of War Russell A. Alger) near Falls Church for training in June 1898. Because of overcrowded conditions and poor sanitation Camp Alger was marked by many deaths and experienced a typhoid fever epidemic that summer. Fortunately, the Proctor brothers survived the epidemic and mustered out with the 3rd Virginia without seeing combat in November 1898. Thomas married Eva Gertrude Bragdon in 1899 and the couple settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia. They had two daughters (Eva Frances and Frances Evelyn) before divorcing in 1935. Thomas then married Willie Perry Jones in 1937. He worked as a railroad yard master as well as a clerk and store manager in Fredericksburg and Orange County, Virginia. Thomas passed away on February 29, 1964, in Gordonsville, Virginia, and rests in Section A1 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
US ARMY
Spanish American War
Private Thomas Francis Proctor, Jr., was born on December 8, 1878, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to Thomas Francis Proctor and Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Jones. His father had served in the 30th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Thomas Senior was captured outside Richmond in June 1864 and held prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland, and Elmira, New York, before being released in June 1865. Following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898 Thomas and his brothers John Burwell and Joseph Lee enlisted in Company K (known as the Washington Guard) of the 3rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The Proctor brothers and the 3rd Virginia moved from Richmond to Camp Alger (named for Secretary of War Russell A. Alger) near Falls Church for training in June 1898. Because of overcrowded conditions and poor sanitation Camp Alger was marked by many deaths and experienced a typhoid fever epidemic that summer. Fortunately, the Proctor brothers survived the epidemic and mustered out with the 3rd Virginia without seeing combat in November 1898. Thomas married Eva Gertrude Bragdon in 1899 and the couple settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia. They had two daughters (Eva Frances and Frances Evelyn) before divorcing in 1935. Thomas then married Willie Perry Jones in 1937. He worked as a railroad yard master as well as a clerk and store manager in Fredericksburg and Orange County, Virginia. Thomas passed away on February 29, 1964, in Gordonsville, Virginia, and rests in Section A1 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
Spanish American War
Private Thomas Francis Proctor, Jr., was born on December 8, 1878, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, to Thomas Francis Proctor and Elizabeth Frances "Betty" Jones. His father had served in the 30th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Thomas Senior was captured outside Richmond in June 1864 and held prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland, and Elmira, New York, before being released in June 1865. Following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898 Thomas and his brothers John Burwell and Joseph Lee enlisted in Company K (known as the Washington Guard) of the 3rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The Proctor brothers and the 3rd Virginia moved from Richmond to Camp Alger (named for Secretary of War Russell A. Alger) near Falls Church for training in June 1898. Because of overcrowded conditions and poor sanitation Camp Alger was marked by many deaths and experienced a typhoid fever epidemic that summer. Fortunately, the Proctor brothers survived the epidemic and mustered out with the 3rd Virginia without seeing combat in November 1898. Thomas married Eva Gertrude Bragdon in 1899 and the couple settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia. They had two daughters (Eva Frances and Frances Evelyn) before divorcing in 1935. Thomas then married Willie Perry Jones in 1937. He worked as a railroad yard master as well as a clerk and store manager in Fredericksburg and Orange County, Virginia. Thomas passed away on February 29, 1964, in Gordonsville, Virginia, and rests in Section A1 of Culpeper National Cemetery.
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