Notes
Jack was one of "The Immortal Ten" of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. These ten were students that were killed when their bus collided with a train in Round Rock, Texas.
Lynn Graves writes - '...his (Jack's) parents were so distraught my grandfather, Jelks Castellaw, had to go to the train station to identify him in Ennis. Auntie Jane had to remain in their car at the cemetery.'
From bpsports.net - 'Jack Castellaw's parents wrote to President Brooks six weeks after their son's death: "We do know that if the going away of the ten dear boys including our own, our all, shall result in a greater Baylor; if the lives they touched shall be enriched; if the life of some boy or girl shall be made better, spurred on to nobler aims and higher ideals-then their sacrifice will not have been in vain.'
Jack's mother donated stock to Baylor in the late sixties, to be used toward the construction of the Castellaw Communications Center, which was named in honor of Jack.
Pictures/Memorabilia
These pictures provided courtesy of the Ennis Public Library - Ennis, Texas:
Jack Pender Castellaw - in front of his home about 1910
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Jack Pender Castellaw - with his dog about 1910
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Jack and mom, Lila Castellaw - about 1910
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Jack with his mom and dad, J C and Lila Pender Castellaw - about 1912 in front of their new home
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Jack Castellaw, Lila Pender Castellaw, Herman Pender - about 1912 in front of Jack's home - Herman is Lila's brother
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Jack Castellaw - 2nd from the right, about 1923 with classmates
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Jack Castellaw - 4th row from top, center - 1923 with classmates
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Jack Castellaw with friends - 4th from left, about 1923, taken around the side of Jack's house
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These pictures provided courtesy of Lynn J Graves:
Jack Castellaw riding Prince. Holly Grove, Tennessee
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Lila Pender Castellaw, Elizabeth Truitt Pender, Robert C Pender, Jack Castellaw
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Jack Castellaw with his grandfather, Rev Pender.
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Jack Castellaw, on the left.
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Castellaw and Pender families, Ennis, Texas, circa 1922.
Standing back left: Bob Pender, from left to right middle: Beulah Pender, Rosalie Roberts Castellaw, Lila Jane Pender Castellaw, Jack Coleman Castellaw, Pearl Pender, Jack Pender Castellaw (partial), children - front left: Billie Jelks Castellaw, on steps: Loise Geline Castellaw
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Jack Castellaw - c. 1926
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Castellaw Communications Center - at Baylor University, Waco, Texas
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Jack Castellaw - I combined the photo above with a photo of Jack's statue at Baylor to make this side by side photo.
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These pictures taken at Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis, Texas, by Cheryl Carroll:
Jack Castellaw - headstone front
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Jack Castellaw - headstone back
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Castellaw Group - Jack Coleman Castellaw, Jack Pender Castellaw, Lila Pender Castellaw
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These photos provided courtesy of Pam Hatley Caldwell:
Round Rock Bus Crash photo - The bus Jack was on when he died.
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The Immortal Ten Monument - Jack is 4th from the right. The others, in no particular order, are L R 'Ivey' Foster, Robert 'Bob' Hailey, William Winchester, Robert L Hannah, James Clyde 'Abe' Kelley, James Walker, Willis E Murray, Merle Dudley, and Sam Dillow.
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Sources
Lynn Jelks Graves, first cousin once removed to Jack Castellaw
Pam Hatley Caldwell, Castellaw descendant
Ennis Public Library - Ennis, Ellis County, Texas
beta.familysearch.org - Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - Castellaw birth (transcription)
heritagequestonline.com - Ellis County, TX 1910 US Federal Census (image)
heritagequestonline.com - Ellis County, TX 1920 US Federal Census (image)
www3.baylor.edu - Baylor University Libraries - Texas Collection - Castellaw (Janie Pender) Papers
bpsports.net - The Immortal Ten
amazon.com - A book review of "The Immortal Ten" - reviewer James D Graves, first cousin once removed to Jack Castellaw
williamson-county-historical-commission.org - The Immortal Ten bus crash in Round Rock, Texas
Myrtle Cemetery - Ennis, Texas - headstone inscriptions
beta.familysearch.org - Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 - Jack Pender Castellaw death certificate (image)
Jack Castellaw funeral article, courtesy of Pam Hatley Caldwell
Janie Pender Castellaw obituary, courtesy of Pam Hatley Caldwell
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