Aged 36 Years; suicide. Originally buried in an unmarked grave in Block 19 section 8, as shown in photo. His name appears on the marker with his wife Cora, whose grave is in Block 42-C. Unknown if name only on stone or if he was removed and reinterred in this plot.
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John N. Gooden, aged 36 years, South Tenth street, shot himself to death last Friday night while suffering from mental depression with which he has been periodically afflicted, it was said. Gooden was a painter. After asking his wife if she believed there was a hereafter, he declared that he "would find out" and pulled the trigger. He died almost instantly. A coroner's jury investigating his death returned a verdict that he killed himself while temporarily deranged mentally.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 2-4-1917
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Gooden, John, died at 10:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, 1917, at the family residence, South Tenth street, as a result of bullet wounds, aged 38 years. Surviving are three daughters, Misses Cecil, Mabel, and Glenna; his father, George Gooden; two sisters, Mrs. R. Mann, and Miss L. Gooden; three brothers, James, Walter and Vester. Funeral services from the undertaking parlors of E. P. Metcalf & Co. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 2-4-1917
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John N. Gooden, aged 36 years, South Tenth street, shot himself to death last Friday night while suffering from mental depression with which he has been periodically afflicted, it was said. Gooden was a painter. After asking his wife if she believed there was a hereafter, he declared that he "would find out" and pulled the trigger. He died almost instantly. A coroner's jury investigating his death returned a verdict that he killed himself while temporarily deranged mentally.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 2-4-1917
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Gooden, John, died at 10:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, 1917, at the family residence, South Tenth street, as a result of bullet wounds, aged 38 years. Surviving are three daughters, Misses Cecil, Mabel, and Glenna; his father, George Gooden; two sisters, Mrs. R. Mann, and Miss L. Gooden; three brothers, James, Walter and Vester. Funeral services from the undertaking parlors of E. P. Metcalf & Co. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 2-4-1917
Aged 36 Years; suicide. Originally buried in an unmarked grave in Block 19 section 8, as shown in photo. His name appears on the marker with his wife Cora, whose grave is in Block 42-C. Unknown if name only on stone or if he was removed and reinterred in this plot.
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John N. Gooden, aged 36 years, South Tenth street, shot himself to death last Friday night while suffering from mental depression with which he has been periodically afflicted, it was said. Gooden was a painter. After asking his wife if she believed there was a hereafter, he declared that he "would find out" and pulled the trigger. He died almost instantly. A coroner's jury investigating his death returned a verdict that he killed himself while temporarily deranged mentally.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 2-4-1917
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Gooden, John, died at 10:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, 1917, at the family residence, South Tenth street, as a result of bullet wounds, aged 38 years. Surviving are three daughters, Misses Cecil, Mabel, and Glenna; his father, George Gooden; two sisters, Mrs. R. Mann, and Miss L. Gooden; three brothers, James, Walter and Vester. Funeral services from the undertaking parlors of E. P. Metcalf & Co. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 2-4-1917
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John N. Gooden, aged 36 years, South Tenth street, shot himself to death last Friday night while suffering from mental depression with which he has been periodically afflicted, it was said. Gooden was a painter. After asking his wife if she believed there was a hereafter, he declared that he "would find out" and pulled the trigger. He died almost instantly. A coroner's jury investigating his death returned a verdict that he killed himself while temporarily deranged mentally.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL, 2-4-1917
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Gooden, John, died at 10:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, 1917, at the family residence, South Tenth street, as a result of bullet wounds, aged 38 years. Surviving are three daughters, Misses Cecil, Mabel, and Glenna; his father, George Gooden; two sisters, Mrs. R. Mann, and Miss L. Gooden; three brothers, James, Walter and Vester. Funeral services from the undertaking parlors of E. P. Metcalf & Co. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery.
IL State Register, Springfield, IL 2-4-1917
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