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U.S. Army · United States 
Jerome Goodner
1875
Jerome E. Goodner served the U.S. Army.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Firearm
What Happened
Location: Tennessee
Incident Date: Friday, January 22, 1875
Weapon: Rifle
Offender: Never charged
Deputy Collector Jerome Goodner succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained several days earlier when he was shot in DeKalb County, Tennessee, after seizing an illegal still.
He and a posseman had taken custody of the still as evidence from a group of moonshiners and were returning to Alexandria with it, but stopped at a home to sleep for the night. The group of moonshiners got reinforcements and a mob of 40 people confronted Deputy Collector Goodner and the posseman and demanded that he hand over the still and equipment.
Deputy Collector Goodner refused to hand it over. The next day he and the posseman were ambushed as they set off for Alexandria. Deputy Goodner was fatally wounded in the exchange of shots.
Deputy Collector Goodner was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War.
Incident Date: Friday, January 22, 1875
Weapon: Rifle
Offender: Never charged
Deputy Collector Jerome Goodner succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained several days earlier when he was shot in DeKalb County, Tennessee, after seizing an illegal still.
He and a posseman had taken custody of the still as evidence from a group of moonshiners and were returning to Alexandria with it, but stopped at a home to sleep for the night. The group of moonshiners got reinforcements and a mob of 40 people confronted Deputy Collector Goodner and the posseman and demanded that he hand over the still and equipment.
Deputy Collector Goodner refused to hand it over. The next day he and the posseman were ambushed as they set off for Alexandria. Deputy Goodner was fatally wounded in the exchange of shots.
Deputy Collector Goodner was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, son, and two daughters, and is buried at Eastview Cemetery in Alexandria, Tennessee.
Service Record
U.S. Army
Also Served
United States Department of the Treasury - Office of Internal Revenue
Deputy Collector
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