John Nolan Jr. was born in Tennessee in 1868. He was the son of John Nolan and Ann Donnely Nolan.

John and Ann were born in
in Galway, Ireland and later immigrated to America. They eventually settled in
Nashville Tennssee.

John Nolan Jr. married Letitia Doherty from McEwen, Tennessee.

John and Letitia had three children, Letitia Angela, and a second daughter who died young
and a son John Joseph Nolan III.
Letitia Angela was born in 1898 and
John Joseph was born in 1910.

In 1914 Angela graduated from St. Cecilia's Girls School in Nashville.

The Nolan family lived on 24th Avenue South in Nashville. Several members of their extended family lived nearby.

John Nolan Jr. was an engineer for the NC&StL Railway.

On July 9, 1918 Mr. Nolan was "deadheading" on the Number Four train, bound for Memphis. The train driven by Engineer David Campbell
Kennedy left Nashville's Union Station
shortly after seven a.m.

John Nolan was the trains scheduled engineer for it's return trip from Memphis
back to Nashville.

Mr. Nolan was riding in the smoking car as the train approached Dutchman's Curve.

He was killed in the collision.

John Nolan Jr. was buried in Nashville Tennessee at Calvary Cemetery on July 11,
1918. He was buried near his parents
in the Nolan family plot on
Priests Circle.

John & Letitia Nolan

Joe Jacobs was a fireman for the NC&St.L Railway.
He was 32 years old. It is not known which train
he was working on, but he would have been working
near the boiler at the time of the collision.
Joe Jacobs was married and he was born in Kentucky.
He died of injuries sustained in the railroad accident.
William Templeton of 509 4th Avenue North, Nashville
Tennessee claimed Mr. Jacobs body from undertakers
Wilkerson and Company. On July 11, 1918 Joe Jacobs
was buried in Hickman Kentucky.

Alexander Cash was 55 year old. He was white.
He was a carpenter. Alexander Cash was married
however his wife's name is unknown. He was born
in Georgia. Mr. Cash died of internal injuries
sustained in the rail accident on July 9th
1918, near Nashville Tennessee. He had a relative,
probably a son, W L Cash who lived in Nashville
on 9th Avenue. Alexander Cash was prepared for
burial by undertakers at Wilkerson and Company
in Nashville. He was buried in Atlanta Georgia
on July 11 1918.

Lem Hudson was 35 years old. He was born in Alabama.
He was widowed and he was an African American.
He was hired by the United States Employment Service
in Memphis Tennessee to work at the Dupont Powder
Plant in Old Hickory Tennessee. He was a carpenter.
He died in the Dutchman's Curve train wreck at
7:15 am On July 9th 1918. He died of internal injuries
and shock. He was prepared for burial at 422 Cedar
Street in Nashville Tennessee by Undertaker
A N Johnson. Wayman Allen of 305 2nd Ave Street
in Memphis accompanied Lem Hudson's body to
Memphis where he was buried on July 11, 1918.

W H Rogers was 25 years old. He was an African American
laborer employed by the NC&StL Railway. It is unknown
which train he was riding on. He was married but the
name of his wife is not known. His father Walter
Rogers was was born in Tennessee as was his mother
Ester Merrywood. He had a relative or family friend
W A Westen who lived at 166 West Terrace, Chattanooga
Tennessee. He died at Dutchman's Curve of internal
injuries and shock. He was buried in Chattanooga
on July 11, 1918.

Van Lumpkin was 23 years old, he was born in
Little Rock Arkansas in 1883. He was African American,
he was married, and he worked at the NC&Stl. Shops
in Nashville. It is not known where he
boarded the number one inbound train,
but the nature of his injuries indicate
he was riding close to the boiler in
the front of the Jim Crow car.
He suffered extensive burns, covering his
entire body and according
to the records of Dr.Duncan Eve Jr. he
died of shock at St. Thomas Hospital in
Nashville, on July 10, 1918.
Undertaker A N Johnson prepared his body
for burial. He was buried at Mt. Ararat
Cemetery in Nashville Tennessee
on July 12, 1918.

Reese Black was born on March 10, 1900, he was 18 years
old and one of the youngest recorded fatalities of
the Dutchman's Curve accident. His parents were
Gus and Lizzie Black, and he had a relative (probably
a brother) named Gus Black who lived at 321 5th S
Nashville Tennessee. Reese Black lived in Memphis and
was a Jim Crow passenger on the number one train.
He was a domestic laborer. He suffered second degree burns on his body and lower extremities. He died of shock at City Hospital in Nashville early in the morning on July 15, 1918. Dr. Duncan Eve Jr. was his primary physician. He was buried at Mt. Ararat Cemetery in Nashville on July 19, 1918.

Melville Chadwell was white and 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 mail clerk for the Nashville,
Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway. He went on duty in
Nashville at 6:20 Am. At the time of collision he was sorting mail in the firat car behind the engine, 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 Am.
Melville Chadwell had a relative, probably a son,
named Ewing Chadwell who lived in Nashville.
Melville Chadwell was buried in Nashville Tennessee
at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on July 10, 1918.