The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, February 5, 1888 pg. 3 JOHN LALLAMANT Tragic Death on the Choctaw Division of the M.P. One of the most deplorable railroad accidents that the Gazetteer has ever been called upon to record took place Tuesday evening, about 8 o'clock, on the Missouri Pacific railroad, near Caddo. John A. Lallamant [sic], proprietor of the O.K. Restaurant, and one of the best known young men in Denison, had secured a situation as brakeman on the Choctaw division of the Missouri Pacific, and went out Sunday night with Conductor Swingler on his first trip to learn the road. The run up to Muskogee was made all right, but in coming back, and while the train was going down a grade about 4 miles from Caddo, Lallemant went to step from one car to another, and fell beneath the relentless wheels. The head end brakeman saw him fall, but the train was being followed by a second section, and the engineer was afraid to stop for fear of a tall-end collision. The train arrived at Caddo, and Conductor Grant, of No. 587, the second section, was wired the intelligence, and asked to be on the lookout for the injured man. Grant's train arrived in this city about 11 p.m., bearing the remains, which were met at the depot by the horror-stricken father. They were taken to Harriman & Morris' undertaking establishment, where they were coffined, and afterwards removed to the residence of the parents on South Mirick avenue. The wheels had passed over both legs, cutting them off, and had also severed both arms and the head from the body. Twenty-seven cars passed over the unfortunate young man, and the mutilation effected may therefore be imagined. Sixty-five dollars in money, and a silver watch, were found upon his person by Conductor Grant and turned over to his father. The deceased was 19 years of age, and had been a resident of Denison for the past 9 years. Though not yet of age, he was a careful businessman and had been running the O.K. Restaurant with profit for the past year. He was of an honest, straightforward, cheerful and energetic disposition, and had a wide circle of warm friends, among the railroad fraternity, and all who were thrown in contact with him. He leaves a father, mother, sister and brother, to bitterly mourn his untimely taking off. The funeral, which was an exceptionally large one, took place Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from the Catholic church, the interment being at the Catholic cemetery. The Sherman Daily Democrat Monday, January 30, 1911 pg. 5 The funeral of John T. Lallamant, the federal soldier and pioneer resident of Denison who died at the National Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth, was held yesterday afternoon from St. Joseph's church. The interment was at Calvary cemetery. Calvary Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message |
