Gannaway, William T.

William Trigg Gannaway was born in Wythe County, Virginia in 1826. He graduated from Emory and Henry College in Bristol, Tennessee in 1847. In the autumn of that year, he opened a high school at Floyd Court House, Virginia. He conducted this school for a few years when he was elected head of a high school at Germanton, North Carolina. He ran this school until he was appointed Professor of Latin and History at Trinity College in Randolph County, North Carolina in 1857. In the absence of Braxton Craven, Gannaway served as President of the college from 1863-1865. He remained at Trinity College until it moved to Durham in 1892, when he retired from teaching. After retiring, he kept his home and farm in Randolph County. He died in 1911.

From the guide to the William T. Gannaway papers, 1853-1906, (University Archives, Duke University)

William Gannaway was a Professor of Latin and History at Trinity College in Randolph County from 1857 until his retirement in 1892.

From the description of William T. Gannaway papers, 1853-1906. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 163586750