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Line 36: − + − − Burnside, his second wife, and several family members are interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton.<ref name=graves/> There is no cemetery record on his first wife, her full name, place and day of birth and death. Nor is the first wife mentioned in Burnside's obituary. − + + +
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Burnside's second wife, the former Mary Kirk Newell (1903-1974), was a daughter of Cornelia Irene McMillan (1878-1968) and Ross Wade Newell (1874-1965),<ref>The common name "Wade" of W. W. Burnside and his second father-in-law is apparently a coincidence.</ref> a member of an old-line Tensas Parish family. Edward D. Newel], one of Mary Kirk's ancestors, named Newellton for his father, John Newell. From the second marriage, Burnside had a namesake son, Dr. W. W. Burnside, Jr. (born c. 1929), who became a [[pediatrician]] in Fayetteville, [[Arkansas]].<ref>Obituary of Mary Kirk Newell Burnside, ''Tensas Gazette'', April 25, 1974.</ref>
Burnside's second wife, the former Mary Kirk Newell (1903-1974), was a daughter of Cornelia Irene McMillan (1878-1968) and Ross Wade Newell (1874-1965),<ref>The common name "Wade" of W. W. Burnside and his second father-in-law is apparently a coincidence.</ref> a member of an old-line Tensas Parish family. Edward D. Newel], one of Mary Kirk's ancestors, named Newellton for his father, John Newell. From the second marriage, Burnside had a namesake son, Dr. W. W. Burnside, Jr. (born c. 1929), who became a [[pediatrician]] in Fayetteville, [[Arkansas]].<ref>Obituary of Mary Kirk Newell Burnside, ''Tensas Gazette'', April 25, 1974.</ref>
Burnside's daughter-in-law, the former Marguerite Brown (1913-2009) of St. Joseph, the wife of Frank Burnside, was a member of the first graduating class of what is now the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. She taught school for a time in Newellton and [[Sunday school]] at Newellton Union Church. An avid gardener, she and her sister-in-law, Virginia Williams Burnside (1916-2010), wife of Ben Burnside, published the first cookbook of the Newellton Garden Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/dec2009.html|title=Obituary of Marguerite Brown Burnside|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nhsrecr.com/NHS/pg1a9.htm|title=Obituary of Virginia Williams Burnside|publisher=nhsrecr.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>
Burnside's daughter-in-law, the former Marguerite Brown (1913-2009) of St. Joseph, the wife of Frank Burnside, was a member of the first graduating class of what is now the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. She taught school for a time in Newellton and [[Sunday school]] at Newellton Union Church. An avid gardener, she and her sister-in-law, Virginia Williams Burnside (1916-2010), wife of Ben Burnside, published the first cookbook of the Newellton Garden Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/dec2009.html|title=Obituary of Marguerite Brown Burnside|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nhsrecr.com/NHS/pg1a9.htm|title=Obituary of Virginia Williams Burnside|publisher=nhsrecr.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>
Ben Patton "Benny" Burnside, Jr. (1944-2016), son of Ben, Sr., and Virginia Burnside and grandson of W. W. Burnside, continued to operate Franklin Plantation until his death. He raised Charlois [[cattle]] and farmed cotton, [[corn]], [[soybean]]s, and [[wheat]]. Ben, Jr., and his wife, the former Carolyn Wallace, have a son, Ben, III, and wife, Jennifer, of Newellton, and two daughters, Dr. Virginia Burnside Correil and husband, Dr. Kemp Correil of [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, and Hester Jane Burnside of West Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ben-patton-burnside-benny&pid=179416858&fhid=20713|title=Ben Patton "Benny" Burnside, Jr.|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=March 29, 2016}}</ref>
Burnside, his second wife, and several family members are interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton.<ref name=graves/> There is no cemetery record on his first wife, her full name, place and day of birth and death. Nor is the first wife mentioned in Burnside's obituary.
Ben "Benny" Burnside, Jr. (1944-2016), son of Ben, Sr., and Virginia Burnside and grandson of W. W. Burnside, continued to operate Franklin Plantation until his death. He raised Charlois [[cattle]] and farmed cotton, [[corn]], [[soybean]]s, and [[wheat]]. Ben, Jr., and his wife, the former Carolyn Wallace, have a son, Ben, III, and wife, Jennifer, of Newellton, and two daughters, Dr. Virginia Burnside Correil and husband, Dr. Kemp Correil of [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, and Hester Jane Burnside of West Monroe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ben-patton-burnside-benny&pid=179416858&fhid=20713|title=Ben Patton "Benny" Burnside, Jr.|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=March 29, 2016}}</ref>
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