Inside A Mail Car, Memphis Tennessee, 1915

Melville Chadwell was a widower. He was born in 1866 in Tennessee. He was 51 years old. His father Thomas Chadwell and his mother whose maiden name was Mary A Childress, were also born in Tennessee Melville Chadwell was a railroad mail clerk employed by the NC&StL Railway. He went on duty in Nashville at 6:20 Am. At the time of collision he was sorting mail in the first car behind the engine #282 in the combination mail and baggage car. According to NC&StL surgeon, Dr. Duncan Eve Jr. Melville Chadwell died of internal injuries and shock at 7:15 A M. Melville Chadwell had a relative, named Ewing Chadwell who lived in ashville. Melville Chadwell was buried in Nashville Tennessee at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on July 10, 1918.

THE DEAD

(From The Tennessean, July 10, 1918)

Melville Chadwell, Seventeenth street and Chadwell avenue, mail clerk.