Samuel Yoer Tupper Sr. ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: Age: 62 Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self in 1880 in Charleston, Charleston, SC. ⁵

2. Military in 1836 in , , FL: Seminole War. ¹

3. Residence: 52 Tradd Street in Charleston in 1849 in Charleston, Charleston, SC. ¹¹ The 1849 Directory of the City of Charleston listed:

Tupper & Son, Commission Merchants, Brown's Wharf, Tristram Tupper, Samuel Y. Tupper
Tupper, James, Attorney, 52 Broad St.
Tupper, S. Y., Merchant, Brown's Wharf, res. 52 Tradd St.
Tupper, Tristram, Merchant, Brown's Wharf, res. 52 Tradd St.
.

4. Residence: Age: 32 in 1850 in St Michael and St Phillip, Charleston, SC. ¹⁰

5. Slaves: in 1860, in Charleston, Charleston, SC. ¹² The 1860 Census Slave Schedule shows Samuel Tupper owning these slaves:

Home in 1860: Charleston City Ward 5, Charleston, South Carolina
Name of Slave Owner: S Y Tupper
All Slaves Owned:
Age Gender
30 Female
18 Female
40 Male
2 Male
1 Female.

6. Evidence: Samuel Yoer Tupper Family Papers, 1850-1907, (letters, pems, photos) on file at South Carolina Historical Society., From 1850 to 1907, Charleston, Charleston, SC. ¹³

7. Residence: Samuel Y. Tupper, 2 Ann Street in 1861 in Charleston, Charleston, SC. ¹⁴ The 1861 Charleston Census recorded these Tuppers:

2 Ann Street, brick, Samuel Y. Tupper, occupant and owner.
74 Broad Street, brick, office of James Tupper, owner.
76 Broad Street, brick, James Tupper owner, office of Henry W. Carr.
58 Church Street, brick, Samuel Y. Tupper, owner; occupant William H. Swinton.
4 Franklin Street, brick, Tristram Tupper Jr., occupant and owner.
241 Meeting Street, wood, James Tupper, occupant and owner.
5 Prioleau Street, brick, Estate Thomas Napier, owner; occupant Tristram Tupper & Son.
30 Smith Street, wood, James Tupper, owner; occupant Morris Edwards, f. p. c.
52 Tradd Street, brick, Tristram Tupper, owner and occupant.

8. Occupation: President of Charleston Chamber of Commerce from 1871 to 1885 in Charleston, Charleston, SC. ¹

9. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Samuel Y. Tupper, 1891. ⁹
Tupper, Samuel Y., merchant and insurance president, was born in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 16, 1817, the eldest son of Tristram Tupper, an eminent merchant and railroad president of the city, whose English ancestry was of blended Puritan and Cavalier stock.

Samuel was educated at the College of Charleston. In 1836 he volunteered for service duty and at the defense of St. Augustine. In 1838 he became a partner in his father's business at Charleston, and in 1846 went to New Orleans, La., where he established a branch of the house.

The war with Mexico commencing in 1847, he organized a company of South Carolinians, sixty strong, for service under Gen. Zachary Taylor, but by the limitation of the Louisiana quota of troops, it was shut out from taking part in the war.

Returning to Charleston, he was for many years an officer of the old and effective fire department. Mr. Tupper was made president of the Firemen's Insurance Co. of Charleston in 1850, and held the position for fifteen years. He was for several years a member of the city council, giving much attention to matters of public finance; was commodore and president of the South Carolina Regatta Association, and vice-president of the Howard Association, a well-known benevolent society.

In the civil war he was captain of 100 riflemen, whom he equipped for state and Confederate service. He has since been president of the Charleston board of underwriters, chairman of the board of harbor commissioners, a trustee of the College of Charleston, and president of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. The most original and important work of his recent career was his correspondence and co-operation, for more than ten years, with the late Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, U. S. engineer corps, in carrying out the latter's plan for construction jetties to deepen Charleston harbor.

Mr. Tupper died at Charleston, S. C., July 18, 1891.

10. Magazine: The Invincible A Magazine of History and Biography: lineage of Tupper., Jun 1913, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ¹ TUPPER, SAMUEL YOER of Charleston, S. C. , b. there Sep. 16 1817, educated at Charleston Coll., partner with his father, 1838, served in Seminole war, 1836, member of the city council several years, pres. of insurance co. 15 years, aid to Gen. Kirby Smith at the battle of Manassas in the late Civil War, later capt. of riflemen and commanding battery on sea coast, pres. Charleston Chamber of Commerce, 1871, served 14 years, pres. bd. of underwriters, chm. harbor commrs., vice-pres. Carolina Art. Assoc., trustee Charleston Coll., held other offices (m. Apr. 20, 1847, Virginia M., dau. of Edward Davis of Charleston, S. C., b. at Richmond, Va., d. 1838, printer, writer), the children of S. Y. Tupper are Samuel Y., grad. Nashville Univ., Kirby S., grad. Charleston Coll., and Harry, ex-cadet State Mil. Acad.;

son of TRISTRAM of Charleston, S. C., b. at Dresden, Me., Oct. 15, 1789; d. at Charleston, May 20, 1865, moved there in Dec., 1809, prosperous merchant, one of the projectors of the So. Ca. railroad, president same 6 years, noted for public enterprise and benevolence, his tablet on interior wall of 1st Baptist Church records his usefulness, president of its corporation many years (m. Dec. 3, 1816, Eliza Yoer, b. at Charleston, Aug. 5, 1800, d. there July 13, 1887, dau. of Jacob S. and Catherine Yoer of Charleston, he b. there Mar. 4, 1771, d. Oct 12, 1811, of uncommon excellence of character, she dau. of George Harral, who served at siege of Charleston, 1780, under Gen. Moultrie, and d. Dec. 20, 1799 (m. Barbara);

son of JAMES of Richmond, and Pownaboro, Me., b. at Nantucket, Mass., Apr. 12, 1754, d. on Staten Island, N. Y., Sep. 14, 1819, educated at Sandwich, Mass., physician (m. May 15, 1785, Deborah, dau. of Jonathan Allen of Chilmark);

son of BENJAMIN alternately of Nantucket and Pownalboro, b. Oct. 4, 1721, d. 1793, physician (m. Sep. 5, 1745, Eliza Ellis);

son of ELDAD of Sandwich, Mass., b. May 31, 1674, d. Sept. 15, 1750, appointed with others to act for the Indians, rep. of Sandwich 13 years, largely engaged commercially, his register shows numerous charities, had a large estate (m. Dec. 30, 1701, Martha Wheaton);

son of THOMAS of Sandwich, Mass., b. Jan. 16, 1638, d. in Mar., 1706, active in public affairs, missionary to the Indians, a man of ability, com. to hold select court 1679, town clerk, deputy, rep., large land holder, etc. (m. Oct. 22, 1661, Martha Mayhew, d. Nov. 15, 1717, dau. Gov. Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, etc.);

son of THOMAS of Sandwich, Mass., b. in England in Jan., 1578, d. Mar. 28, 1676, came to New England in 1635, one of the ten founders of Sandwich, 1637, bore title of captain, founded a church near Herring river, member council of war, selectman, deputy 19 years, gave his attention to instruction of the Indians 1658, in favor with the government and in difficulty sustained by court influence 1663, of large influence in all public affairs (m. Anne, who d. June 4, 1676, aged 90). The ancestors of Thomas were originally from Saxony, descendants of Von Toppher, who in 1260 was so-called as lord and chieftain of several clans of nearly the same name. About 1520 three brothers Tupper migrated from Hesse Cassel to England and were founders of the family there. Thomas is believed to be the grandson of Robert, one of these brothers of the Sandwich, Eng., branch.

11. Book: The Letters of William Gilmore Simms. Vol. 1, 1952. ¹⁵
SAMUEL, YOER TUPPER

S. Y. Tupper (1817-1891) was the business man of the coterie which gathered at Simms' Charleston house. Simms and Tupper were close neighbors on the Neck. Tupper's literary proclivities and his notable contribution in building up the city fire depart- ment, as well as his services as a soldier in the Seminole War and in the Confederate War, are almost completely shadowed by a business career in which his name was closely associated for a half century with the commerical and maritime interests of Charleston. He was a member of the firm of Tristram Tupper & Son, one of the largest importing and exporting houses of Charleston. He was among the first to realize the importance of improving the harbor, and the great work of deepening the bar by the construction of the jetties was largely due to his efforts. He worked all his life for railroads which would open Charleston trade to the West.

Tupper was president of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce for fourteen years of the troublous period of war and reconstruc- tion. He served as a delegate to interview Grant and again to interview Hayes in the interest of conservative government in South Carolina. In 1879 he was elected one of the vice-presidents of the United States Board of Trade and delivered the farewell address before that body. For nearly fifty years he was an in- fluential and guiding spirit in the business life of Charleston.

Samuel married Virginia Martha Davis on 20 Apr 1847 in Charleston, Charleston, SC.¹ (Virginia Martha Davis was born on 12 Aug 1825 in Charleston, Charleston, SC,¹⁶ died on 17 Mar 1905 in Charleston, Charleston, SC ¹⁶ and was buried in Charleston: First Baptist Churchyard, Charleston, Charleston, SC ¹⁶.)