James, a railroad conductor by trade, married Anna Mills Patteson in Buckingham County, Virginia on 23 May 1888. They had one child, James, Jr. Anna later was remarried to Otho Mills Sutton. He is buried near his parents and many siblings in his father's plot.
Richmond Dispatch, Thursday, August 8, 1889:
TWO TRAINS MEET
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILROAD
Conductor James D. Duval, of Richmond, Killed—Four Others Wounded—Cause
of the Trouble
Between half past 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday morning two trains collided on the Richmond and
Alleghany railroad near Scottsville and Conductor James D. Duval was killed and Baggage-Master Thacker injured.
The only information the railroad authorities had received at 4 o'clock in the afternoon was a telegram which came early in the day relating that Train No. 12, Conductor Raynes and Engineer Trevilian, with Engine 299, collided between Nicholas station and Scottsville, wrecking both engines and fifteen or eighteen coal-cars and injuring Conductor Duval and Baggage-Master Thacker, and that Captain Duval died soon thereafter. The telegram further stated that the accident was caused by the freight trainmen overlooking No. 12.
No. 12 was an accommodation train running between Richmond and Scottsville. It left the latter place at 5:25 o'clock on schedule time and was due to reach Richmond at 9:15 o'clock. No. 75 was a through train of coal-cars going west.
Captain Duval was about forty years of age, and was probably the most popular and trusted conductor on the road. He had been with the Richmond and Alleghany road since October, 1880, having first been employed as baggage-master. Previous to that time he was connected with the Richmond and Danville road.
During all his service he was never reprimanded for any misconduct by the officials of the road, nor was he ever known to be under the influence of liquor. He was well-known all along the route, and his popularity was a matter of which he might well have been proud.
There are three passenger conductors on the Richmond and Alleghany road. Captain Duval would run the accommodation to Scottsville for two weeks and then take a through train, and one of the other
conductors would have control of the Scottsville train for two weeks, when he would be relieved by the third man. Each man would be on the long run for four weeks and on the short route for two weeks. Captain Duval took charge of the accommodation last Sunday.
Captain Duval was the son of Mrs. E. M. Duval, who keeps a boarding-house at the corner of Third and Franklin streets. His father was named Alexander Duval and was a well-known druggist, and has been dead for several years. Deceased leaves one brother, Alexander Duval, agent for the Richmond and Alleghany road at Avon, and two sisters, one of whom is the wife of Mr. Lightfoot Wormley, of this city.
Captain Duval married a daughter of Camm Patterson, Esq., of Buckingham county, about eighteen months ago, and they have a child a few months old. Deceased was a member of St. John's Lodge No. 36, A.F. and A.M., Lafayette Royal Arch Chapter No. 43, and of Richmond Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar. He also belonged to Napoleon Council No. 411, American Legion of Honor, and his life was insured in this order for $5,000. He also had other policies on his life.
The remains of Captain Duval reached here on the through passenger train about 8:30 last night. The train was delayed over two hours on account of the wreck. The body was taken in charge by Undertaker Christian and carried to the residence of the mother of the deceased.
The funeral of Captain Duval will take place from St. James Episcopal church at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The interment will be in Hollywood by the side of deceased's father. The pall-bearers will be taken from St. John's Lodge, A.F. and A.M.; Richmond Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar; Napoleon Lodge, American Legion of Honor; and the Royal Arcanum. Mrs. Wormley, a sister of deceased, is at Cobb's Island, but a message was sent her yesterday. A committee of Masons from Scottsville Lodge No. 45, A.F. and A.M., consisting of H. G. Harris, Thomas G. Martin, and F. R. Gault, accompanied the remains to this city. These gentlemen were taken in charge by a committee from St. John's Lodge, who were at the depot to meet the train, and quartered at Murphy's Hotel…
From an eye-witness of the wreck the Dispatch obtained the following account: The freight train had waited for some time at Nicholas station for train No. 32, due here at 7:45 a.m. This train was delayed for several hours and passed Scottsville a short time before train No. 12 started out. As soon as No. 32 passed Nicholas the freight started out west, the conductor not knowing he was running on the accommodation's time. The two trains met in a curve near the seventy-nine mile-post, which is about two miles east of Scottsville. The engineers did not see each other's train until the engines were within one hundred yards.
The engineers with their firemen jumped and saved their lives, only those on the freight train being at all hurt. The engines and some eighteen or twenty cars were badly demolished and piled in a heap upon the track. There were only one or two passengers on the east-bound train, and they escaped injury.
At the time of the accident Captain Duval was in the baggage car examining his checks. He
had just handed a gentleman a towel with which to wipe his face when the crash came. The car was overturned and Captain Duval was struck upon the back of the head with some heavy weight or fell upon some timber, which caused his death. The only wound found was the one upon his head.
The Captain lived about half an hour after he was taken from the wreck and died as soon as his body reached the depot at Scottsville. He never regained consciousness.
No one else in the baggage-car was hurt with the exception of Mr. Thacker. A gentleman
named Rogers happened to be in there at the time and escaped unhurt. The car was stove in at the opposite end from where Captain Duval was standing.
The place where the accident occurred is a level space. The cars were piled upon the
track or rolled over to the side of the road. Hands were busy all day in clearing up the track and 4 o'clock the passenger train from Clifton Forge came through. Railroad-Commissioner J. C. Hill went up to the wreck yesterday on the mail and will make a careful examination of the matter. It appears that the blame rests entirely with the freight men, who ran upon the time of the passenger train, either trying to reach Scottsville before No. 12 left or forgetting that the train was due along the road at that time.
James, a railroad conductor by trade, married Anna Mills Patteson in Buckingham County, Virginia on 23 May 1888. They had one child, James, Jr. Anna later was remarried to Otho Mills Sutton. He is buried near his parents and many siblings in his father's plot.
Richmond Dispatch, Thursday, August 8, 1889:
TWO TRAINS MEET
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILROAD
Conductor James D. Duval, of Richmond, Killed—Four Others Wounded—Cause
of the Trouble
Between half past 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday morning two trains collided on the Richmond and
Alleghany railroad near Scottsville and Conductor James D. Duval was killed and Baggage-Master Thacker injured.
The only information the railroad authorities had received at 4 o'clock in the afternoon was a telegram which came early in the day relating that Train No. 12, Conductor Raynes and Engineer Trevilian, with Engine 299, collided between Nicholas station and Scottsville, wrecking both engines and fifteen or eighteen coal-cars and injuring Conductor Duval and Baggage-Master Thacker, and that Captain Duval died soon thereafter. The telegram further stated that the accident was caused by the freight trainmen overlooking No. 12.
No. 12 was an accommodation train running between Richmond and Scottsville. It left the latter place at 5:25 o'clock on schedule time and was due to reach Richmond at 9:15 o'clock. No. 75 was a through train of coal-cars going west.
Captain Duval was about forty years of age, and was probably the most popular and trusted conductor on the road. He had been with the Richmond and Alleghany road since October, 1880, having first been employed as baggage-master. Previous to that time he was connected with the Richmond and Danville road.
During all his service he was never reprimanded for any misconduct by the officials of the road, nor was he ever known to be under the influence of liquor. He was well-known all along the route, and his popularity was a matter of which he might well have been proud.
There are three passenger conductors on the Richmond and Alleghany road. Captain Duval would run the accommodation to Scottsville for two weeks and then take a through train, and one of the other
conductors would have control of the Scottsville train for two weeks, when he would be relieved by the third man. Each man would be on the long run for four weeks and on the short route for two weeks. Captain Duval took charge of the accommodation last Sunday.
Captain Duval was the son of Mrs. E. M. Duval, who keeps a boarding-house at the corner of Third and Franklin streets. His father was named Alexander Duval and was a well-known druggist, and has been dead for several years. Deceased leaves one brother, Alexander Duval, agent for the Richmond and Alleghany road at Avon, and two sisters, one of whom is the wife of Mr. Lightfoot Wormley, of this city.
Captain Duval married a daughter of Camm Patterson, Esq., of Buckingham county, about eighteen months ago, and they have a child a few months old. Deceased was a member of St. John's Lodge No. 36, A.F. and A.M., Lafayette Royal Arch Chapter No. 43, and of Richmond Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar. He also belonged to Napoleon Council No. 411, American Legion of Honor, and his life was insured in this order for $5,000. He also had other policies on his life.
The remains of Captain Duval reached here on the through passenger train about 8:30 last night. The train was delayed over two hours on account of the wreck. The body was taken in charge by Undertaker Christian and carried to the residence of the mother of the deceased.
The funeral of Captain Duval will take place from St. James Episcopal church at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The interment will be in Hollywood by the side of deceased's father. The pall-bearers will be taken from St. John's Lodge, A.F. and A.M.; Richmond Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar; Napoleon Lodge, American Legion of Honor; and the Royal Arcanum. Mrs. Wormley, a sister of deceased, is at Cobb's Island, but a message was sent her yesterday. A committee of Masons from Scottsville Lodge No. 45, A.F. and A.M., consisting of H. G. Harris, Thomas G. Martin, and F. R. Gault, accompanied the remains to this city. These gentlemen were taken in charge by a committee from St. John's Lodge, who were at the depot to meet the train, and quartered at Murphy's Hotel…
From an eye-witness of the wreck the Dispatch obtained the following account: The freight train had waited for some time at Nicholas station for train No. 32, due here at 7:45 a.m. This train was delayed for several hours and passed Scottsville a short time before train No. 12 started out. As soon as No. 32 passed Nicholas the freight started out west, the conductor not knowing he was running on the accommodation's time. The two trains met in a curve near the seventy-nine mile-post, which is about two miles east of Scottsville. The engineers did not see each other's train until the engines were within one hundred yards.
The engineers with their firemen jumped and saved their lives, only those on the freight train being at all hurt. The engines and some eighteen or twenty cars were badly demolished and piled in a heap upon the track. There were only one or two passengers on the east-bound train, and they escaped injury.
At the time of the accident Captain Duval was in the baggage car examining his checks. He
had just handed a gentleman a towel with which to wipe his face when the crash came. The car was overturned and Captain Duval was struck upon the back of the head with some heavy weight or fell upon some timber, which caused his death. The only wound found was the one upon his head.
The Captain lived about half an hour after he was taken from the wreck and died as soon as his body reached the depot at Scottsville. He never regained consciousness.
No one else in the baggage-car was hurt with the exception of Mr. Thacker. A gentleman
named Rogers happened to be in there at the time and escaped unhurt. The car was stove in at the opposite end from where Captain Duval was standing.
The place where the accident occurred is a level space. The cars were piled upon the
track or rolled over to the side of the road. Hands were busy all day in clearing up the track and 4 o'clock the passenger train from Clifton Forge came through. Railroad-Commissioner J. C. Hill went up to the wreck yesterday on the mail and will make a careful examination of the matter. It appears that the blame rests entirely with the freight men, who ran upon the time of the passenger train, either trying to reach Scottsville before No. 12 left or forgetting that the train was due along the road at that time.
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