Notes for William Purviance Tams

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Notes for William Purviance Tams


"Gleanings of Virginia History, An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources", by William Fletcher Boogher (Washington, DC, 1903), pp. 344-45:

In 1853 his parents settled at Staunton, V.; here he received his early training. In 1873 he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute with distinction. After teaching military tactics and chemistry for one session, he returned to Staunton, and shortly thereafter entered the service of the Augusta National Bank, becoming its cashier in 1880, which position he still occupies. He has been active in municipal affairs, and is at present chairman of the city council. He married, Nov. 17, 1880, Sue Lewis Frazier, born May 19, 1859, daughter of the late Hon. William and Susan Massie Lewis Frazier, of Staunton, Va.

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