Casey Jones
Actor
Jonathan Luther John Casey Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) from Jackson, Tennessee, was an American railroader who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). He was killed on April 30, 1900 when his train collided with a stalled freight train near Vaughan, Mississippi. His dramatic death while trying to stop his train and save the lives of his passengers made him a hero; he was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American engine wiper for the IC.As a boy, he lived near Cayce, Kentucky, where he acquired the nickname of Cayce, which he chose to spell as Casey.
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