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Submitted: 9/24/19 • Approved: 9/24/19 • Last Updated: 9/27/19 • R205220-G0-S3
James Alvis
Born 6 Oct 1895
Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee
Died 3 Sep 1922
Waco, McLennan County, Texas
Age 26 years
Son of Lemuel and Harrett Black Gross
He was a Special Agent for the St. Louis
Western Railroad Police.
He was struck and killed by a train
while guarding the Tehuacana Creek Railroad
Bridge, five miles east of Waco, Texas.
Photo courtesy of
Jayme Allyson Gross Cavalier
Contributed on 9/24/19
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Record #: 205220