These young men were killed in a railroad wreck near Thaxton, Virginia, on July 2, 1889, while en route to Europe. The body of Will Steed alone was recovered and interred in the city cemetery. They were remembered in loving remembrance by their associates and friends: Will C. Steed, born July 1857; Will F. Marshall, born September 1867; and Jno M. Hardwick, born August 1858.