ROOK, Sam – (d. 1897)
Sam ROOK, of Union City, a young brakeman on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, who was making his first run, met a swift and terrible death at Faison, Tenn., about <..>o’clock Tuesday morning. The freight train upon which he was braking broke in two and young ROOK fell upon the track. The cars passed over his legs, crushing them off and mangling him in a horrible manner. The remains were brought in Jackson, embalmed and sent to Union City.
Source: Carroll County Democrat, 19 February 1897