Catherine Stewart
F, #85, b. 26 September 1926, d. 12 April 1934
Catherine Stewart|b. 26 Sep 1926\nd. 12 Apr 1934|../g0/p85.htm|Edmund Hampton Stewart|b. 25 Dec 1855\nd. 9 Feb 1936|../g0/p82.htm|Fannie B Carraway|b. 1904\nd. c 1935|../g0/p678.htm|John E. Stewart|b. 1820\nd. bt 7 Mar 1888 - 1 Aug 1889|../g0/p78.htm|Susan G. Bolling|b. May 1827\nd. a 1 Jul 1904|../g0/p84.htm|James E. Carraway|b. Aug 1864\nd. 1914|../g1/p1422.htm|Mary H. Crowder|b. May 1872|../g1/p1423.htm|
Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Constance Murray Chappell.
Last Edited=12 Jan 2009
Catherine Stewart was born on 26 September 1926.1 She was the daughter of Edmund Hampton Stewart and Fannie B Carraway.
Catherine Stewart died on 12 April 1934 at age 7.
She appeared in a news article about the train accident that killed her (Catherine Stewart) at Petersburg, Independent City, Virginia, USA, on 13 April 1934.2
Catherine Stewart's news article read as follows:
Catherine Stewart
Sept 26, 1926
Apr. 12, 1934
Asleep in Jesus
"Ducky."4,5
Catherine Stewart died on 12 April 1934 at age 7.
She appeared in a news article about the train accident that killed her (Catherine Stewart) at Petersburg, Independent City, Virginia, USA, on 13 April 1934.2
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)
3 She was buried on 15 April 1934 in Chappell-Poole-Stewart Family Farm Cemetery, located at 4117 Stewart Road, Stony Creek, Sussex County, Virginia, USA, aged 7. Her headstone reads: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
Sept 26, 1926
Apr. 12, 1934
Asleep in Jesus
"Ducky."4,5
Citations
- [S23] Catherine Stewart Tombstone, Chappell-Poole-Stewart Family Farm Cemetery, Stony Creek, Sussex County, Virginia, USA; Constance Murray Chappell.
- [S226] Media General, Richmond (VA) News Leader (Richmond, VA), p28, "2 Killed, 3 Hurt near Petersburg - Train Auto Crash Occurs West of City Where Bridge is Planned."
- [S226] Media General, Richmond (VA) News Leader, p 28, "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, Petersburg (VA) Progress Index, Petersburg, Virginia, 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". Hereinafter cited as 2 Dead, 3 Hurt, Carraway & Child lose lives.
- [S22] Interview with Alice Louise Chappell (Stoney Creek, Virginia), by Constance Murray Chappell. Constance Murray Chappell (9038 Hoke Brady Rd, Henrico, Henrico County, Virginia, USA, 23231).
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