TITLE: Suzie Jones SOURCE: Anderson Intelligencer SUBMITTED: Bill and Rebecca FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, *********************************************************************************************** James L. Jones was the son of Thomas Curtwright 10/28/1831 - 1/23/1904 and Martina Buchanan (daughter of Lemuel Buchanan) 1847 – 1882. Miss Florence Alice “Allie” Jones, later Mrs. W. H. Young, was James’s half-sister, daughter of Thomas’s second wife Sarah J. “Sally” Latham 12/ 8/1848 – 8/18/1935 whose parents were William and Jane Harris Latham. The unfortunate Mrs. James L. Jones was formerly Suzie Evans, daughter of George W. Evans, son of Jesse and Rhoda Evans, who was born 2-1840, in Anderson, SC, and was married to Anna Young born 1842. Anderson Intelligencer 12/27/1899 A most distressing accident occurred in this city, near the C. & W. C. depot, on Monday night last in which Mrs. James Jones, a highly respected lady of the Iva section, was run over by a shifting passenger train, sustaining injuries from which she died within a short time. Her husband, baby and nine-year-old son, and Mr. E. a. Rampey, and Miss Allie Jones, who were with her, barely escaped with their lives. They had just returned on the C. & W. C. train from a visit to Mrs. Jones’s father, Mr. George Evans, of Iva, having gotten off the train at the depot, and were walking down the track to their home at the Orr Cotton Mills, when suddenly was heard the sound of a moving train close behind t hem. They were on a short trestle, from which all made their escape except the unfortunate woman and her eldest child, over whom the entire train passed, the latter luckily falling between the ties and escaping injury. The body of the former was horribly mutilated, yet life was not extinct until an hour afterward. Drs. Nardin and Orr were soon administering to the unfortunate woman’s relief, but she was beyond human aid. Magistrate Russell held an inquest over the remains. The witnesses to the accident declare that there were no lights on the rear car, nor any one standing on the read platform, and state that if the bell was ringing or any other warnings given they did not hear it. No blame is attached to the railroad, though it is the opinion of many persons that there is criminal carelessness somewhere. The remains were carried to Iva yesterday afternoon and buried. The family have the sympathies of all their friends in their sore bereavement. *********************************************************************************************** NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commerical individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. *********************************************************************************************** The USGenWeb project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.