Background
Wiley, Calvin Henderson was born on February 3, 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. Son of David L. and Anne (Woodburn) Wiley.
Wiley, Calvin Henderson was born on February 3, 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. Son of David L. and Anne (Woodburn) Wiley.
Graduated from the University North Carolina, 1840.
Edited Oxford (South Carolina.) Mercury, 1841-1843. Member North Carolina Legislature, 1850-1852. Superintendent common schools of North Carolina, 1853-1865.
Established Common School Journal, 1856.
General agent American Bible Society, 1869. Licensed to preach by Presbyterian Church, 1855, ordained, 1866.
Believed in universal free education Author: Alamance. Or, the Great and Final Experiment, 1847.
Roanoke; or Where Is Utopia? (novel), 1849.
The North Carolina Reader (standard school text), 1851.
Member North Carolina Legislature, 1850-1852.
Married Mittie Towles, February 25, 1862, 7 children.