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    2. Raymon Lindsey
    3. Hi IRA and ALL: We dont have a Goast story on my side of the river: but we have a graveyard of the men who built the R.R. it is called the IRISH Cem. and it is located at the OLD Wheatley Crossing (about 2 miles from Danville) and some call it the Fitspatrict cem. today. IRA how about a story about the Wheatley man who was a Fireman on the switch Engine that exploded in Erin,Tn I believe in 1927 ( he was a brother to the Duncan Wheatley that ran the store at Wheatley crossing. Here is a story in the Big Sandy Tid-Bits News letter by Shortie Brewer before he Died. when the R.R. tracts were laid in Big Sandy in 1858 and they were waiting for the First Train. a John Graham was Plowing in a field between Town of Big Sandy & the Big Sandy River and they told him a train would come through from Danville about 11:00 A.M. so he tied his team to a bush and crawled up on a Cordwood Tie Pile with some others and at 11 A M the Giggest thing he ever saw came puffing black smoke into Big Sandy & just before it got to the crossing it let out a blast on its whistle and John jumped & Pushed on the Cordwood ties and Down the pile came covering him and the other men on the pile at the same time John's team of mules were running away. after this John got as far away as he could with his team when a train was comming. this story was given to shorty by John's G Grandson Ralph Graham.gabbie

    07/27/1999 11:49:28