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PRIVATE
WILLIAM PENISTON TATEM was born in Collingswood NJ on November 29, 1892. He
was the son of Henry P. and Kate Ann Tatem, and lived at 885 Haddon
Avenue, Collingswood NJ. He
was a member of the Collingswood Presbyterian Church, which stood at
Fern Avenue in Collingswood.
His father was a real estate agent. William Tatem was working as an
automobile salesman at a Packard dealership on North Broad Street in
Philadelphia when he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917.
William
Tatem enlisted in the United States Army on March
1, 1918, at the age of 25. On March 18 he was sent to Fort Slocum NY.
After a few days he was sent to Camp Devins Massachusetts, where he was assigned to
Company B, 33rd Engineer Regiment. Private Tatem died of
pneumonia at Camp Devins on March 30, 1918.
William
Tatem was survived by his parents, five sisters, Buelah, Alice M.,
Gladys, Achsa W., and Katherine, and a brother, Henry P. Tatem Jr. The
Tatem family was still at the Haddon Avenue address as late as April of
1930.
The
Tatem-Shields Post American Legion Post 17 at 622 Atlantic Avenue in
Collingswood NJ is named in part for William P. Tatem. The William P. Tatem Elementary
School in Collingswood was named in his memory.
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