Henry Prothero and Mrs. L. B. Prothero

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Husband Henry Prothero ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1839 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Prothero (1813-1886) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Clark (      -1888) 2 3 4

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Wife Mrs. L. B. Prothero ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Prothero

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He received the beginnings of his education in the public schools of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, afterward attending Glade Run Academy. He began work as a clerk in the general merchandise store of his father, with whom he remained until 1861, when upon the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in Company B, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves, known as the 40th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served three years, being honorably discharged June 12, 1864, and saw much hard service, the engagements in which he participated including the important battles of Bull Run, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bentonville, New Hope Church, Bristoe Station (Va.) and the seven days' fight before Richmond. He was promoted to the rank of corporal. Bates's history of the Civil war records an incident Mr. Prothero well remembered: While they were ascending South Mountain, when the battle raged the hottest, Corporal Kuhn, who possessed great powers of mimicry, crowed lustily like a cock uttering the note of triumph, which inspired the men with renewed zeal to press forward to assured victory. Three months later, at the battle of Fredericksburg, this brave soldier was shot, falling dead at Mr. Prothero's feet. At the battle of Antietam Tom Moore, a fine young soldier belonging to the same company as Mr. Prothero, was shot in the breast while the command was engaged in the famous cornfield that was taken and retaken five times that day. The Captain ordered Mr. Prothero to take him from the field. After he had placed the injured man in the ambulance he said, "I believe I will die, but I know I shot down that Rebel flag."
In August, 1864, shortly after his return from the army, Mr. Prothero embarked in the mercantile business at Hortons, Indiana County. In 1867, as above related, his brother George became associated with him, and their interests grew steadily, the brothers engaging in several profitable lines, including farming, stock raising (horses, cattle, sheep, etc.) and dealing in lumber and coal. Henry Prothero was postmaster at Hortons for the long period of twenty-eight years, until he sold out in December, 1892. He removed to Hortons and looked after his coal and lumber business until 1902, and then came to Indiana. He was a director of the First National Bank of Indiana beginning Jan. 12, 1904, but gave practically all his time to the Clearfield and Cush Creek Coal & Coke Company, of which he was vice president. The mines are at Glen Campbell.
Mr. Prothero had many interesting experiences in his long and active life. He crossed the Rocky Mountains in a stage coach in the early days of Leadville, and came through from California over the Southern Pacific road when the road was first opened, when soldiers were stationed on each car to protect the passengers from robbers. In 1870 he visited the home of his ancestors in England, making another trip to Europe in 1878, when he traveled through England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and visited the World's exposition at Paris.
He was a charter member of the union Veterans Legion at Indiana.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 526.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1200.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1557.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413, 526.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1201.