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On January 11, 1887, education advocate Calvin Henderson Wiley died. Born in Guilford County in 1818, Wiley practiced law, edited a newspaper, and wrote novels before entering the political realm. He was representing Guilford County in 1852 when he was instrumental in passing the legislation that created a state superintendent who oversaw all public schools in the state. Leaving the General Assembly later that year, Wiley was selected as North Carolina’s first superintendent, an office he held until April 1865.