Background
Squires, William Henry Tappey was born on April 14, 1875 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Brigadier General Chas. Winder and Emily Elizabeth (Tappey) Squires.
Squires, William Henry Tappey was born on April 14, 1875 in St. Petersburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Brigadier General Chas. Winder and Emily Elizabeth (Tappey) Squires.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1895. Doctor of Divinity, 1916. Master of Arts, King College Bristol, Tennessee, 1897, Doctor of Letters, 1930.
Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, 1901.
Studied Columbia University, summer, 1922.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, October 20, 1901. Founded and organized Overlook Church, Richmond, 1900, Church, Damascus, Virginia, 1904, Lafayette Church, Norfolk, 1911, New Jamestown Church, Norfolk, 1916, Lynnhaven Church, 1917, Glenwood Park Church, Norfolk, 1931. Pastor Central Church, Bristol, Virginia, 1901-1909, Knox Church, Norfolk, 1909-1929, Ingleside and Glenwood Park churches, 1930-1941.
Appointed assistant historian in chief National Societies Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1933.
Member Historical Commission, Norfolk Virginia, World World World War II, 1943-1945, 1946-1947.
Member Virginia History Society, Theophilus Society (clerical), Sons of Confederate Veterans (chaplain Pickett-Buchanan Camp 1933. Member of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern), 1907, 14, 27, 38.
Married Anna Sarah Hull, April. Children: David Denton, Emily Elizabeth (Mistress John Hanning), William Henry Tappey, Graham Bane.