Old Africa, Athens then Zenda, "home" of Long's Chapel
Long's Chapel
ZENDA Driving Tour
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Lucy Frances Simms, 1859 - 1934
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Lucy F. Simms was a well known and revered educator in the Black Community of Harrisonburg and one of the first teachers at Long's Chapel.
In the book Twenty Two Years Work, Hampton Normal And Agricultural Institute published in 1893 her birthplace is listed as Roanoke County, Virginia in 1859. Other historians have listed her place of birth as Rockingham County and her half brother U.G. Wilson put Rockingham County on her death certificate.
In the book Twenty Two Years Work, Hampton Normal And Agricultural Institute published in 1893 her birthplace is listed as Roanoke County, Virginia in 1859. Other historians have listed her place of birth as Rockingham County and her half brother U.G. Wilson put Rockingham County on her death certificate.
Slide show of the July 2014 & 2015 Open Houses at Long's Chapel and Newspaper Articles contributed by June White.
Long's Chapel
Long's Chapel
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1885 Lake's Atlas Map and Aerial Photo of Zenda
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EIN 81-1709430
EIN 81-1709430