All of the crew lived in Delmar at the time. The center man seated I can't make out his name so I don't have any details of him.
Dan Parker is the youngest, at 17. He was born in 1869 and he would die in a train accident in 1906. His wife was Annie.
E. J. Melson was Elijah John Melson (1856-1931) his wife was Amelia Ann Elliott
W. C. "Bill" Truitt; William C. Truitt (1853-1916) was the husband of Laura Alice Parker. In the 1870 census he was 17 and already working for the railroad. He was the father of Wicomico County Sheriff Charles H Truitt.
G. M Barr is George McCormick Barr (1860-1917), perhaps the person with the most newspaper coverage of the group. He was married to Carrie E. Chappell. Both were born in Pennsylvania and lived there until just two years before the passenger service run.
In 1890 George Barr accused his wife Carrie of having an affair with Dr Robert Ellegood of Delmar. The newspapers picked it up and for several weeks ran updates on the fight between the three of them. Eventually everything went back to normal and the couple continued to live together until his death. Below is a taste of the articles of the time.
Carrie would live until 1955 below is a picture of her in 1954
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