Helen Caldwell Long

(b. 1834)

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At a Glance

Helen Caldwell Long was the granddaughter of Dr. James Webb of Hillsborough, who encouraged Mrs. Burwell to open a school and underwrote the construction of the Brick House which housed the school when it opened in August 1837 and still stands today. Helen's aunt, Mary Webb , was officially the Burwell School's first student [1].

Story

Helen Caldwell Long was the daughter of Dr. Osmond Fitz Long and Frances Helen Webb. Helen's maternal grandparents were Dr. Dr. James Webb and Annie Annie Alves Huske of Hillsborough. Soon after the Burwell family's arrival in Hillsborough in December of 1835, Dr. Dr. James Webb approached and encouraged Mrs. Burwell (Anna Robertson Burwell ) to open a school. Dr. James Webb donated the bricks for the construction of the School House, and his daughter, Mary Webb , was officially the Burwell's first student.

Helen followed in the footsteps of many Burwell graduates and became a teacher. She never married and lived with her mother, Frances Helen Webb, well into the late nineteenth century. Helen's sister Margaret Taylor Long , also attended the Burwell School [1].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Helen Caldwell Long was born in 1834, in Hillsborough, NC.

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough, NC, from 1834 [1].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Osmond Fitz Long (1808-1864) [1] and Frances Helen Webb (1810-1888) [1].
• Maternal grandparents: Dr. James Webb [1] and Annie Alves Huske [1].
• Sibling: one sister, Margaret Taylor Long  [1].
• Uncles: William John Long [1], Michael William Holt (1811-1858) [1], Thomas Webb, Dr. Henry Webb (1808-1878) and James Webb Jr. (b. 840s).
• Aunts: Mary Webb (b. 1823)  [1] and Anne Webb (1814-1850) [1].
• Cousins: Mary Alves Long (b. 1864) [1], Annie Holt (d. 1918)  [1], Mary Jane Holt (1849-1850), Sallie Holt, William Michael Holt, Annie Webb Long (1846-1914), Elizabeth Strudwick Long (b. 1850), Sabra Ramsey Long (b. 1844), Jane Taylor Long (b. 1848), John Long (1852-1854), William Osmond Long (1854-1928), John Henry Long (1856-1917), Margaret Taylor Webb (1855-1939), John Norwood Webb (1858-1934), Annabella Giles Webb (1860-1935), Benjamin Huske Webb (1863-1866), Alves Webb (1865-1924), James H. Webb (1868-1927), Thomas H. Webb (1871-1939), Robin Webb (1874-1941), Eliza Plumer Webb (1876-1877), Anne Huske Webb (1834-1892) , James Webb, III (b. 1878), John Cox Webb (1883-1965), Mary Jones Webb and Browne Ruffin Webb (1881-1935).
• Other: Rufus Barringer (brother-in-law, 1821-1895) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).