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Biographical Info
J.T. Sullivan was the engineer of the northbound Southern Railway passenger train that crashed into Camp Creek near McDonough, Georgia, on June 23, 1900.
He was born in Atlanta circa 1858. J.T. Sullivan worked for the Western and Atlantic Railroad and the Southern Railway for twenty years. According to a newspaper account of his death, he was among the best-known and most popular engineers running out of Atlanta. He was highly esteemed by other engineers and idolized by his family.
He left behind a widow and six children. He lived at 608 South Pryor Street in Atlanta at the time of his death.