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Larkin J. Procter (Edmonson County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, hotelkeeper, and Mammoth Cave lessee)

b. 1822-03-12 d. 1895-11-19

Edmonson County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, hotelkeeper, and Mammoth Cave lessee. Bracken County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Eleanor Roberts Procter on October 24, 1844. Father of Walker R. Procter, David L. Procter, and James Procter. Resident of Mason County, Kentucky, in 1836. Studied law and admitted to the bar in 1841. Member of the Whig Party. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Lewis County from 1843 to 1844. Delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention from Lewis County in 1849. Attorney in Edmonson County in 1850. Resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1853 to 1856. Lessee of Mammoth Cave in Edmonson County, Kentucky, from 1856 to 1861. Hotelkeeper in Edmonson County in 1860. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Edmonson County from 1861 to 1862.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 203.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 85.

Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Ky.), November 22, 1895.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994045 Lewis County Marriages.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film 000344051, p. 86.

"Larkin J. Procter (1822-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial 42902849, accessed August 10, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42902849.

KYR-0001-004-0855.

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Procter, Larkin J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206142 (November 12, 2026).

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