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John Isaac Black

Engineer

John Black of Paris, Tennessee, was the engineer on a Louisville and Nashville Railroad train that plunged from an open drawbridge in Clarksville, Tennessee, into the Cumberland River 50 feet below on June 13, 1947.Read More
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Birthday: December 19, 1897 Anniversary: June 13, 1947
Biography

John Black of Paris, Tennessee, was the engineer on a Louisville and Nashville Railroad train that plunged from an open drawbridge in Clarksville, Tennessee, into the Cumberland River 50 feet below on June 13, 1947.

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Marion Eulan Carter

Fireman

M.E. “Red” Carter of Mansfield, Tennessee, was the fireman on a Louisville and Nashville Railroad train that plunged from an open drawbridge in Clarksville, Tennessee, into the Cumberland River 50 feet below on June 13, 1947.Read More
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Birthday: February 18, 1918 Deceased: June 13, 1947 Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33809120/marion-eulan-carter
Biography

M.E. “Red” Carter of Mansfield, Tennessee, was the fireman on a Louisville and Nashville Railroad train that plunged from an open drawbridge in Clarksville, Tennessee, into the Cumberland River 50 feet below on June 13, 1947.

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James Oscar Greenwell

Engineer

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Birthday: September 6, 1883 Deceased: July 20, 1940 Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46752209/james-oscar-greenwell

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John LaRue Helm

President

John LaRue Helm became the railroad's second president on October 2, 1854, after the previous president had been forced out following a disagreement with Louisville's board of aldermen. On February 4, 1860, two members of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's board of directors asked Helm to resign, saying they voted for his re-election as president of the company with the understanding that he would resign when the main line between Louisville and Nashville was finished.…Read More
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Birthday: July 4, 1802 Deceased: September 8, 1867
Biography

John LaRue Helm became the railroad’s second president on October 2, 1854, after the previous president had been forced out following a disagreement with Louisville’s board of aldermen. On February 4, 1860, two members of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad’s board of directors asked Helm to resign, saying they voted for his re-election as president of the company with the understanding that he would resign when the main line between Louisville and Nashville was finished. Helm resigned on February 21, 1860, and was replaced by James Guthrie.

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James Matt Lowe

Conductor

Captain Matt Lowe (May 17, 1893-December 16, 1916), a native of Clarksville, Tennessee, joined the Louisville & Nashville Railroad circa 1857 and worked on the Memphis Branch. Early in his career, he worked with Conductor A.H. Haines. On July 28, 1869, Lowe was the conductor on a Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad train when it crashed at Budds Creek near Clarksville, Tennessee.…Read More
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152856850/james-m-lowe
Biography

Captain Matt Lowe (May 17, 1893-December 16, 1916), a native of Clarksville, Tennessee, joined the Louisville & Nashville Railroad circa 1857 and worked on the Memphis Branch. Early in his career, he worked with Conductor A.H. Haines.

On July 28, 1869, Lowe was the conductor on a Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad train when it crashed at Budds Creek near Clarksville, Tennessee.

He later lived in Louisville, Kentucky, and retired from the railroad in about 1906. When he died in December 1916, a newspaper called him the oldest living Louisville & Nashville conductor active or retired.

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