Biographical Note

Various sources note that J. P. Harvey was a store merchant in Blacksburg during the 1890s, and the 1900 census describes 39-year-old Blacksburg resident James P. Harvey as a merchant. He is listed again as a dry goods merchant in the 1910 census. An obituary for James P. Harvey, appearing in the June 15, 1915 edition of the Lynchburg News, states that he had been a lifelong Blacksburg resident, was married with two sons, and served as director of the Virginia Tech band. He is listed as musical director or director of the band in the university catalog intermittenly from 1893 until 1914.

There is also a Harvey family buried in Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg: James Patton Templeton Harvey (1861-1915), Margie S. Effinger Harvey (1860-1928), Jerry Effinger Harvey (1893-1915), and James Richard Harvey (1896-1916).

Sources:

U.S. Censuses, 1900, 1910.

University Catalogs, 1893/1894-1913/1914.

"James Patton Templeton Harvey" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74334899/james-patton_templeton-harvey, accessed Nov. 29, 2022.

Obituary for James P. Harvey, Lynchburg News, June 15, 1915.

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