William Samuel Long Collection

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Early Years and Education: * William Samuel Long was born October 22, 1839 in Alamance County near Graham, NC. There are also a few sources that state he was born in Orange County, NC (3:10, 5:1) * Growing up, W.S. Long attended local public school and an academy in the community (3:2) * In July of 1858 he was educated at a teacher's institute that was held in the Graham court house under the supervision and direction of Reverend W.H. Doherty (5:7, 5:11) * In 1872, he was granted a Master of Arts Degree from Trinity College in Randolph County. Later in 1892 Trinity College moved to Durham County and later was named Duke University (3:2) * In 1890, he was granted Doctor of Divinity degree from Union Christian College in Muncie, Indiana (3:2)

Career: * Beginning in 1861, W.S. Long was a teacher in Halifax County, VA (3:1, 3:5) * After the Civil War in 1865, he established the Graham Female Seminary which later was named Graham High School, which was later chartered as Graham Normal College in 1880, and named Graham College in 1887. This school existed until 1889/1890 when Elon College was chartered in 1889 (3:1, 3:5) * W.S. Long was one of the founder's of Elon College and served as the college's first president from 1889-1894 (3:1, 3:5) * In 1894 W.S. Long resigned from Elon College and served as a minister in churches in both North Carolina and Virginia, as well as being the superintendent of public schools in Alamance County (3:1, 3:5, 3:10, 5:17) * He served in these capacities until 1910, when he moved to Chapel Hill, NC (3:1, 3:5, 3:10) * There is also record that he served as a professor of English at the Normal school that was part of the University of North Carolina (now University of North Carolina at Greensboro) (5:5)

Family: * W.S. Long's father was Jacob Long and his mother was Jane Stuart Stockard Long (she was the daughter of the Colonel John Stockard) (3:2, 3:3, 3:6, 5:1) * W.S. Long's parents were married on January 3, 1833 (3:2, 3:2, 3:6, 5:1) * On June 25, 1861 W.S. Long married Artelia Elizabeth Jane Faucette (she was the daughter of John Faucette, then Clerk of Superior Court in Alamance County) (3:2) * They had many children, not all survived infancy. Annie L. Holleman, W.S. Long, Jr., Benjamin Long, Edgar Long, Julia Long (did not survive infancy), Lizzie Jane Long Franklin (married Mr. Albert Franklin of Richmond, VA) (3:2, 3:3, 3:6, 5:1) * Benjamin and Edgar Long both graduated from Elon College in June of 1893 (3:2) * On October 27, 1903, Elizabeth Faucette passed away * W.S. Long re-married on April 19, 1905 to Mary Virginia Ames (Gaskins?) (3:2) * For more information on all the brothers of W.S. Long and some of his children, please refer to the following series/folders in this collection 3:3-3:6

Memberships: * For eight years, W.S. Long served as the President of the Southern Christian Convention (3:2) * Member of the North Carolina Conference (3:10) * Member of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees (3:10) * Chairman of County Superintendents of North Carolina and conducted Teachers' Institutes around the state (5:5) * October 1860-licensed to preach by the North Carolina Conference of the Christian Church (5:11)

Later Years: * On July 30, 1924, W.S. Long was in a tragic auto accident (3:10, 5:1) * On August 3, 1924 he passed away in the hospital in Sanford, NC (3:10, 5:1) * W.S. Long is buried in the Long plot in Linwood cemetery with both of his wives next to him. His younger brother Daniel is also buried in the Linwood cemetery (3:6)

Biographical Sources: Mss.Coll.#007-3:1-3:3, 3:6, 3:7, 3:10, 3:11, 5:1-5:3, 5:5, 5:7, 5:9, 5:11-5:14, 5:17, 5:18