Thomas F. Carraway1
M, #1430, b. 1907, d. 12 April 1934
Thomas F. Carraway|b. 1907\nd. 12 Apr 1934|p1430.htm|James Edward Carraway|b. Aug 1864\nd. 1914|p1422.htm|Mary Hannah Crowder|b. May 1872|p1423.htm|||||||Thomas J. Crowder|b. 1835|p2305.htm|Catherine (?)|b. 1840|p2306.htm|
Last Edited=22 Nov 2008
Thomas F. Carraway was born in 1907 at Virginia.1 He was the son of James Edward Carraway and Mary Hannah Crowder.1
Thomas F. Carraway appeared in the 1910 census as a son of James Edward Carraway on 4 May 1910 in Sapony, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was listed as Thomas F. Carraway, age 3, born in Virginia.1
Thomas F. Carraway appeared in the 1920 census as a son of Mary Hannah Crowder on 17 February 1920 in Sapony, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was listed as Thomas F. Carraway, age 13, born in Virginia, attending school.2
Thomas F. Carraway married Eula (?) before 11 April 1934.3
Thomas F. Carraway died on 12 April 1934 at Petersburg, Virginia.4 He also appeared in a news article about the train accident that killed her (Catherine Stewart) at Petersburg, Virginia, on 13 April 1934 with Catherine Stewart . He was listed as Mr. T. F. Carraway, age 42, whose home was on the Petersburg-Hopewell pike was killed almost instantly.5
Catherine Stewart's news article read as follows:
Catherine Stewart's news article read as follows:
On 15 April 1934, Thomas F. Carraway's combined obituary appeared in the newspaper in Petersburg, Virginia. It listed Edmund Hampton Stewart, Fannie B Carraway Stewart, Edward Hampton Stewart, Mary Hannah Crowder Carraway and Eula Carraway as surviving him. The obituary listed James Edward Carraway as preceding him in death.6,7
Thomas F. Carraway's obituary read:
Thomas F. Carraway appeared in the 1910 census as a son of James Edward Carraway on 4 May 1910 in Sapony, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was listed as Thomas F. Carraway, age 3, born in Virginia.1
Thomas F. Carraway appeared in the 1920 census as a son of Mary Hannah Crowder on 17 February 1920 in Sapony, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He was listed as Thomas F. Carraway, age 13, born in Virginia, attending school.2
Thomas F. Carraway married Eula (?) before 11 April 1934.3
Thomas F. Carraway died on 12 April 1934 at Petersburg, Virginia.4 He also appeared in a news article about the train accident that killed her (Catherine Stewart) at Petersburg, Virginia, on 13 April 1934 with Catherine Stewart . He was listed as Mr. T. F. Carraway, age 42, whose home was on the Petersburg-Hopewell pike was killed almost instantly.5
Catherine Stewart's news article read as follows:
2 Killed, 3 Hurt near Petersburg - Train Auto Crash Occurs West of City Where Bridge is Planned"
Special to the News Leader
Petersburg, April 13 - Two were killed and 3 persons injured when a S.A.L. train crashed into an automobile at the intersection of Rt 1, near the city limits, yesterday about 6:06 o'clock. A sixth occupant of the car is reported to have escaped injury.
T. F. Carraway, 42, whose home is on the Petersburg-Hopewell pike was killed almost instantly. Catherine Stewart, 8 years of age, Stop 58, Petersburg-Richmond pike also died in the crash.
Mrs. T. F. Carraway, 105 Hopewell highway, sufferred severe cuts and bruises. Mrs. M. H. Carraway, 60, of Stop 58, Petersburg-Richmond pike, was severely injuried about the head and shoulders. Hampton Stewart, aged 10, from the same address, sustained a fractured skull. The other passenger in the automobile, Mrs. F. H. Stewart, escaped with minor injuries.
The automobile is reported to have been travelling east on Rt 1 near the city limits when the Seaboard Air Line train which had just left Dunlop-street station in this city at 5:5p pm reached the grade crossing.
Plans have already been made and the preliminary work started for an overhead bridge to be constructed at this point unde rthe public works... (more - not copied)
4 Thomas F. Carraway also appeared in a news article about detailing the events surrounding her death and that of her uncle, Thomas F. Carraway at Petersburg, Virginia, on 13 April 1934 with Catherine Stewart.6 Special to the News Leader
Petersburg, April 13 - Two were killed and 3 persons injured when a S.A.L. train crashed into an automobile at the intersection of Rt 1, near the city limits, yesterday about 6:06 o'clock. A sixth occupant of the car is reported to have escaped injury.
T. F. Carraway, 42, whose home is on the Petersburg-Hopewell pike was killed almost instantly. Catherine Stewart, 8 years of age, Stop 58, Petersburg-Richmond pike also died in the crash.
Mrs. T. F. Carraway, 105 Hopewell highway, sufferred severe cuts and bruises. Mrs. M. H. Carraway, 60, of Stop 58, Petersburg-Richmond pike, was severely injuried about the head and shoulders. Hampton Stewart, aged 10, from the same address, sustained a fractured skull. The other passenger in the automobile, Mrs. F. H. Stewart, escaped with minor injuries.
The automobile is reported to have been travelling east on Rt 1 near the city limits when the Seaboard Air Line train which had just left Dunlop-street station in this city at 5:5p pm reached the grade crossing.
Plans have already been made and the preliminary work started for an overhead bridge to be constructed at this point unde rthe public works... (more - not copied)
Catherine Stewart's news article read as follows:
2 Dead, 3 Hurt (obscured on microfilm) Carraway & Child lose lives in Cox Road Crossing crash
The lives of two persons were snuffed out in a grade crossing accident yesterday afternoon at 6 o’clock when the “Southern States Special” fast southbound Seaboard Air Line passenger train, struck and demolished an automobile occupied by six persons at the Cox road Crossing, National Highway No. 1.
T. F. Carraway, 27, of 105 Petersburg-Hopewell highway, and Catherine Stewart, 8 years old daughter of Mrs. Fannie Stewart of Stop 58, Richmond-Petersburg turnpike, were fatally injured in the crash. The child was killed outright while Carraway lived only a few minutes after the collision had hurried the roadster he was driving about ten feet from the crossing.
Wife & Mother Hurt
Persons injured in the crash were Mrs. Eula Carraway, wife of the man killed, abrasions of the arm; Edwin Stewart, ten, brother of the child killed, scalp wound, and Mrs. M. H. Carraway, 60,mother of the dead man and grandmother of Catherine and Hampton Stewart, multiple abrasions of the body. Mrs. Fannie Stewart, mother of the two children and sister of Carraway, suffered from shock but was not admitted to the hospital.
Coroner E. L. McGill will conduct an inquest but has not set the time for the inquiry which probably will be held in the next few days. …(other news omitted and article continued to age 2) …
(page 2)
2 Dead, 3 Hurt as Train Hits Machine Here - Worst Crash in Years
The grade crossing accident was one of the worst to be recorded in Petersburg in many years. An investigation by Patrolman Parrish of the Petersburg police department, Sgt. Lawrence of the state police force and other local and state officers disclosed that the roadster, traveling toward Petersburg, was struck almost in its center. It is considered remarkable that four of the occupants of the card escaped death.
Police said that three persons were riding in the front seat of the automobile and three in the rumble seat. All of the passengers were thrown out of the car with the exception of Hampden Stewart. The car was demolished but it was not overturned as the force of the impact with the locomotive pushed it off the crossing to the side of the road.
The train was halted shortly after it had cleared the crossing and was delayed for 45 minutes. Kit Stevens of Raleigh, NC, was the engineer of the train and W. P Clements of Richmond, the conductor.
Carraway is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Carraway; mother, Mrs. James E. Carraway, of Chesterfield County; 3 brothers, W. E. and R. H. Carraway of Stoney Creek, H. O. Carraway of Hopewell; and 3 sisters, Mrs. J. H. Jolly, of Hopewell, Mrs. Fannie Stewart of Chesterfield County, and Mrs. H. H. Moore of Emporia. Funeral services will be held at the grave in Blandford Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. E. Hill, pastor of the West End Presbyterian Church, Hopewell.
Catherine Stewart is survived by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Stewart and one brother, Hampden Stewart, all of Chesterfield County. Funeral services will be held at the Crowder family burying grounds in Sussex County, Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock, conducted by Rev. S. E. Lucas, pastor of the Sussex Methodist Church.
3 The lives of two persons were snuffed out in a grade crossing accident yesterday afternoon at 6 o’clock when the “Southern States Special” fast southbound Seaboard Air Line passenger train, struck and demolished an automobile occupied by six persons at the Cox road Crossing, National Highway No. 1.
T. F. Carraway, 27, of 105 Petersburg-Hopewell highway, and Catherine Stewart, 8 years old daughter of Mrs. Fannie Stewart of Stop 58, Richmond-Petersburg turnpike, were fatally injured in the crash. The child was killed outright while Carraway lived only a few minutes after the collision had hurried the roadster he was driving about ten feet from the crossing.
Wife & Mother Hurt
Persons injured in the crash were Mrs. Eula Carraway, wife of the man killed, abrasions of the arm; Edwin Stewart, ten, brother of the child killed, scalp wound, and Mrs. M. H. Carraway, 60,mother of the dead man and grandmother of Catherine and Hampton Stewart, multiple abrasions of the body. Mrs. Fannie Stewart, mother of the two children and sister of Carraway, suffered from shock but was not admitted to the hospital.
Coroner E. L. McGill will conduct an inquest but has not set the time for the inquiry which probably will be held in the next few days. …(other news omitted and article continued to age 2) …
(page 2)
2 Dead, 3 Hurt as Train Hits Machine Here - Worst Crash in Years
The grade crossing accident was one of the worst to be recorded in Petersburg in many years. An investigation by Patrolman Parrish of the Petersburg police department, Sgt. Lawrence of the state police force and other local and state officers disclosed that the roadster, traveling toward Petersburg, was struck almost in its center. It is considered remarkable that four of the occupants of the card escaped death.
Police said that three persons were riding in the front seat of the automobile and three in the rumble seat. All of the passengers were thrown out of the car with the exception of Hampden Stewart. The car was demolished but it was not overturned as the force of the impact with the locomotive pushed it off the crossing to the side of the road.
The train was halted shortly after it had cleared the crossing and was delayed for 45 minutes. Kit Stevens of Raleigh, NC, was the engineer of the train and W. P Clements of Richmond, the conductor.
Carraway is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eula Carraway; mother, Mrs. James E. Carraway, of Chesterfield County; 3 brothers, W. E. and R. H. Carraway of Stoney Creek, H. O. Carraway of Hopewell; and 3 sisters, Mrs. J. H. Jolly, of Hopewell, Mrs. Fannie Stewart of Chesterfield County, and Mrs. H. H. Moore of Emporia. Funeral services will be held at the grave in Blandford Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. E. Hill, pastor of the West End Presbyterian Church, Hopewell.
Catherine Stewart is survived by her parents, Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Stewart and one brother, Hampden Stewart, all of Chesterfield County. Funeral services will be held at the Crowder family burying grounds in Sussex County, Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock, conducted by Rev. S. E. Lucas, pastor of the Sussex Methodist Church.
On 15 April 1934, Thomas F. Carraway's combined obituary appeared in the newspaper in Petersburg, Virginia. It listed Edmund Hampton Stewart, Fannie B Carraway Stewart, Edward Hampton Stewart, Mary Hannah Crowder Carraway and Eula Carraway as surviving him. The obituary listed James Edward Carraway as preceding him in death.6,7
Thomas F. Carraway's obituary read:
Thomas F Carraway
Funeral services for Thomas F. Carraway will be held at the grave in Blandford Cemetery this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Rev. W. E. Hill, pastor of West End Presbyterian Church of Hopewell will officiate. Services for Katherine E. Stewart will be held at the grave in the Crowder family burying ground in Sussex County at 5 o’clock. Rev W. E. Lucas, pastor of the Methodist Church of that County will officiate. Both processions will leave from the chapel of J. T. Morris & Son.
7 He was buried on 15 April 1934 in Blandford Cemetery, located at 319 S Crater Road, Petersburg, Virginia , on Sunday, at 1:30 pm.6Funeral services for Thomas F. Carraway will be held at the grave in Blandford Cemetery this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Rev. W. E. Hill, pastor of West End Presbyterian Church of Hopewell will officiate. Services for Katherine E. Stewart will be held at the grave in the Crowder family burying ground in Sussex County at 5 o’clock. Rev W. E. Lucas, pastor of the Methodist Church of that County will officiate. Both processions will leave from the chapel of J. T. Morris & Son.
Citations
- [S78] James E. Carraway household, 1910 US Census, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, population schedule, Sapony, enumeration district (ED) 31, page/sheet 3-B, dwelling 53, family 56, line 60-70; National Archives.
- [S80] Mary Carraway household, 1920 US Census, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, population schedule, Sapony, enumeration district (ED) 28, page/sheet 3-B, dwelling 55, family 55, line 39-43; National Archives.
- [S236] 2 Dead, 3 Hurt, Carraway & Child lose lives, Petersburg (VA) Progress Index, Petersburg, Virginia, 13 Apr 1934, pages 1 & 2, Film 27, April - June 1934 (LVA). Hereinafter cited as 2 Dead, 3 Hurt, Carraway & Child lose lives.
- [S226] Media General, Richmond (VA) News Leader (Richmond, VA), p 28, "2 Killed, 3 Hurt near Petersburg - Train Auto Crash Occurs West of City Where Bridge is Planned."
- [S226] Media General, Richmond (VA) News Leader, p28, "2 Killed, 3 Hurt near Petersburg - Train Auto Crash Occurs West of City Where Bridge is Planned."
- [S236] 2 Dead, 3 Hurt, Carraway & Child lose lives, 13 Apr 1934, pages 1 & 2, Film 27, April - June 1934 (LVA). Full title: "2 Dead, 3 Hurt (obscured on microfilm) Carraway & Child lose lives in Cox Road Crossing crash."
- [S237] Thomas F. Carraway Obituary, Petersburg (VA) Progress Index, Petersburg, Virginia, 15 Apr 1934, page 2, and the obituary of Catherine Stewart. Hereinafter cited as Thomas F. Carraway Obituary.
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