Death
Proctor died in Washington, D.C. on March 4, 1908. He is interred at South Street Cemetery, Proctor, Rutland County, Vermont. Two of Proctor's children, Fletcher D. Proctor and Redfield Proctor, Jr., served as Governors of Vermont. Aaron Proctor is a distant relative.
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