Perry David Calvin (1872 - 1936)

Born 18 Jun 1872 in Labadie Franklin Co Missouri

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth Hancock — married 20 Oct 1900 in Arkansas

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1936 at age 64 in Dennard Van Buren Co Arkansas

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Biography

Train Plunges Off Trestle, Sep 1914 in Lebanon, MO

Twenty-seven people drowned early Tuesday, when St. Louis and San Francisco west bound passenger train number five, St. Louis to Texas, ran into a cloud burst two miles west of Lebanon, Missouri, and two passenger cars toppled into a deep gully full of water when the track bed was washed out and too soft to hold the weight of the train. Instead of trying to go on through the water the engineer stopped causing the bed under the track to crumble away. The engine and 2 cars were submerged in about 15 feet of water. The chair car filled fast. Twenty-seven were drowned, many of them while they were sleeping. Others busted through the windows of the submerged cars and swam to safety. Perry and wife Mollie and their 4 children were on that train. Vernon the youngest and oldest sister Elsie drowned and they were recovered in the train car when the water subsided. Family storys say Vernon was still holding his teddy bear. Perrys wife Mollie died in the hospital from pneumonia 2 days later. Daughters Oma and Evelyn survived. Family stories say Perry busted out windows with his head and helped his wife out of the car and 2 of the girls. When he couldnt locate the other 2 children he continued to help rescue people from the train. Perry never remarried and raised his 2 girls alone.

Sources

• [ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-H2HS : 13 December 2015), Perry David Calvin, 1936; Burial, Dennard, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States of America, Dennard Cemetery; citing record ID 16658714, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16658714

• ["Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMP2-Y42 : 24 June 2016), D C Calvin and M E Handcock, 1900.] NOTE: This IS the correct marriage record. We do not know why the initials are DC it should be PD. The last name of Handcock is also spelled Hancock by the family.

• ["United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKK7-NB3 : 29 October 2015), Perry D Calvin, Linn Creek, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,079.]

• ["United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFL-41L : 14 December 2015), David Calvin, Linn Creek, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States; citing sheet 6B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,083.]

• ["United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGL-TP6 : 8 December 2015), Oma Calvin in entry for Dane Calvin, 1930.] NOTE: Dane should read Dave.

• ["Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRK-JKF : 27 November 2014), Dave Calvin, 23 Nov 1936; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).]