Special Deputy Marshal

Calloway Branson Garner

Felonious
End of Watch June 24, 1893
Age 40
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Gender Male

Incident

Location: Tennessee Weapon: Gun; Unknown type Offender: Not available

Special Deputy Marshal Calloway Garner was shot and killed when he and a posse attempted to arrest a moonshiner in Hardin County, Tennessee.

The posse had surrounded the house when gunfire erupted, and Special Deputy Garner was fatally shot. A second deputy marshal was wounded.

Special Deputy Garner was survived by his wife and eight children.

Survivors

Special Deputy Garner was survived by his wife and eight children.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Special Deputy Marshal Garner served with the United States Department of Justice.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usms.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 24, 1893
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Calloway is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1893, 76 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 92nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Calloway was 40. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

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His people

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service has at least 120 officers remembered here, Calloway among them.

Across the years

Special Deputy Marshal Calloway Branson Garner

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service · End of Watch June 24, 1893

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 46-E

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