T. T. Buckalew b. June 1, 1847 d. Apr 21, 1912 Some day we'll understand. Thomas T. Buckalew was laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia. At one end of his ledger marker is a tall draped obelisk. At the other end is a government issued military tombstone. This is the story of his death, as told in the 22 April 1912 edition of the Macon Telegraph : " TRACK COLLAPSES, ENGINEER KILLED. Pinned Between Engine and Tender, Body Still Hangs. ON A, B. & A TRESTLE. Track Washed by Rains -- No Passengers Injured. FIREMAN IS BADLY HURT. Train Only Going Four Miles and Hour on Six-Mile Schedule When Trestle Gives Way -- Engineer T. T. Buckalew, Whose Home Was in Fitzgerald, Had Reputation for Caution. FITZGERALD, April 21 -- Engineer T. T. Buckalew was killed and his fireman, Henry Hardy, seriously injured this morning at 11:15 o'clock when the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic passenger train, due here from Thomasville at...