Background
Tristram was the son of Simeon Hyde and Ann Elizabeth Tupper.
Tristram was the son of Simeon Hyde and Ann Elizabeth Tupper.
He attended the High School of Charleston.
He was also president of Commercial Savings Bank, White Swan-Ideal Laundry and Francis Marion (Hotel) Corporation. A notable development of his time in office was the ceding of a large portion of Hampton Park to the state for use in building a new campus for the Citadel so that the school remained in Charleston and also the formation of a public waterworks. In private affairs, he was engaged in diverse business interests including being one of the principal backers of the company that built the Fort Sumter Hotel on the Battery.
He is buried at Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South Carolina).
