Jones, John Luther 'Casey' b. March 14, 1863 d. April 30, 1900 American Folk Figure. He was killed in train wreck (Illinois Central Train #1, The Cannonball Express) at Vaughan, Mississippi, April 30, 1900 at 3:52 a.m. The only one killed, he stayed with the train to slow it down as much as possible and thus it is believed that passengers were saved from injury and possible death. He is memorialized to this day in the famous ballad of "Casey Jones" by his friend Wallace Saunders. The spelling of Casey's "hometown" was Cayce, Kentucky, which is pronounced "...[Read More] Mount Calvary Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
b. March 14, 1863 d. April 30, 1900