Long, Paul Chancellor

Title

Long, Paul Chancellor

Last Name

Long

First and Middle Name

Paul Chancellor

Biographical Text

P.C. Long, or Paul Chancellor Long, was born on the Fourth of July in 1896 in Roanoke to George and Rebecca Long. While attending VPI, Long was a member of the Roanoke Club and the German Club, and graduated in 1920. During the First World War, he served as a Second Lieutenant of the Field Artillery of the Reserve Officers of the United States. Following the war, Long married Anne Long, and had three children. Employed as a worker in the automobile industry and a mechanical engineer in an electrical appliance factory in St. Louis, Missouri during his life, Long spent the rest of his days in Dayton, Ohio, dying on June 25, 1951.

Nicknames or Other Names

Paul Chancellor Long
Paul Chandelor Long
Note: The entirety of the research of this was based on the identity of Paul Chancellor Long, who was a resident of Roanoke, and was found in the U.S. Army Register, Volumes 1-10, in which the information found matched the War Bugle of 1919's information. However, in the Bugle of 1917, there is an appearance of the name Paul Chandelor Long, a resident of Roanoke. In no other document available is this name found again.

Hometown

Roanoke

County and/or State

Virginia

Birth Date

July 4, 1896

Birthplace

Roanoke, Virginia

Death Date

June 25, 1951

Place of Death

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Parents

Mother: Rebecca Jane Long
Father: George Alfred Long

Siblings

Thomas P. Long
Jane Long
Edith F. Long
Virginia B. Long
Mary W. Long
Mattie E. Long
Eugene R. Long

Spouse(s)

Emma Long

Children

Paul Long, Jr.
Mary Jane Long
George Long

VPI Graduating Class

1920

Service Branch

Reserve Officers

Unit

Field Artillery

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Military Events

Employed by 4th Officers Training Camp, Camp Jackson, in Columbia, S.C., during 1918.

Postwar Life

Worked in the automobile industry in 1930, in St. Louis Missouri.
Worked as a mechanical engineer in an electrical appliance factory in St. Louis, Missouri in 1940.

Occupation

Clerk at a railroad in 1920.
Worked in the automobile industry in 1930, in St. Louis Missouri
Worked as a mechanical engineer in an electrical appliance factory in St. Louis, Missouri in 1940.

Contributing Researchers

Sophia Rademaker

Bibliography

War Bugle, 1919
World War I Draft Registration Card
1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 U.S. Federal Censuses
1951 U.S. Social Security Claim

Files

40392_B075765-00242.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Long, Paul Chancellor,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 24, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/846.

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