Pike County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ben Hill Madden August 18 1901
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The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, August 23, 1901

Ben Hill Madden Killed

The shooting of Ben Hill Madden, the youngest son of Hon. John F. Madden, 
representative of Pike County in the lower house of [the] legislature, at 
Concord Friday night has cast a gloom over the community.

Young Madden, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was discovered in a room 
of Henry Smith, where his children were sleeping. Mr. Smith, with his 
Winchester in hand, in company with his wife, who held a lamp, found the young 
man standing in the closet door of the room above mentioned, with his back to 
them. Mr. Smith, thinking the intruder was a burglar, hailed him, but received 
no reply., whereupon Mr. Smith fired upon Madden, the ball entering his back 
and passing almost through the body.

The young man lived until almost five o’clock Sunday morning.

The funeral services were conducted by Revs. J.W. Beck and A.J. Head from the 
Baptist Church in Concord Monday morning at 10 o’clock in the presence of the 
largest audience that ever gathered there. His remains were laid to rest in the 
Old Hebron cemetery.

Mr. Smith, in whose home the tragedy occurred, is a quiet, unassuming and 
highly respected citizen, and no one has offered any adverse criticism on the 
part he took in the affair. The parents of the deceased, while mourning the 
death of their youngest child, continue to hold the esteem which they have 
always held for Mr. Smith.

(Transcribed 10/13/03 Lynn Cunningham)

Additional Comments:
At Hebron Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia:
Ben Hill Madden, b. 19 Nov. 1882, d. 18 Aug. 1901

Ben Hill Madden was later reported to have been walking in his sleep.

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