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About William Ross Proctor, Sr.
William Ross Proctor grew up in New York City where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the Scool of Mines of Columbia University in 1884 with a degree in architecture. Proctor took up the practice of architecture in Pittsburgh, PA, but after the death of his father, he retired from the profession to take charge of his father's estate.
While living in Pittsburg he meet Elizabeth Singer to whom he was married June 9, 1886. The wedding took place in the grand home of William Henry and Hester Laird Singer.
Later he became a special partner in the New York Stock Exchange firm of Barbour & Co. In 1915 he became a special partner in the firm Abbott, Hoppin & Co.
He held memberships in over thirty clubs and societies, among which were the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Architectural League of New York, the Union League Club, the Society of Colonial Wars in the United States and the New England Genealogical Society. He was Vice President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society where he was instrumental in overseeing the construction of their new building in 1929.
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William Ross Proctor, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1863 |
April 5, 1863
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New York, United States
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| 1891 |
October 26, 1891
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| 1893 |
June 10, 1893
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