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Burnside was born to James Burnside (1843-1931) and the former America P. Walker (1855-1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Wade_Walker_Burnside_records.ashx?pid=41744157|title=Wade Walker Burnside|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> in rural Bryantsville in Garrard County in central [[Kentucky]]. He came to Newellton in 1913 at the age of thirty with his first wife and a daughter, later Jane Burnside Earnest (1911-1973), wife of J. Claude Earnest (1906-1984).<ref name=graves/> Burnside purchased Newellton Grain Elevator<ref name=eastla/> and had interests as well in lumber, feed, and the O'Neal and McNamara Hardware Company in Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. He was a director of the large Panola Company in St. Joseph, the Tensas Parish seat of government.<ref name=obit/> At his peak, Burnside owned 8,500 acres of land. He was the president of the Tensas State Bank and a director of the First National Bank of Vicksburg.<ref name=eastla>Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. ''Eastern Louisiana: A History of the Watershed of the Ouachita River and the Florida Parishes'', 3 vols. ([[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: Historical Record Association, 1939, pp. 955-956.</ref> Burnside was a [[Methodist]] and was also affiliated with Rotary International and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=obit>Obituary of W. W. Burnside, ''Tensas Gazette'', January 7, 1966, p. 1.</ref>
Burnside was born to James Burnside (1843-1931) and the former America P. Walker (1855-1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Wade_Walker_Burnside_records.ashx?pid=41744157|title=Wade Walker Burnside|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> in rural Bryantsville in Garrard County in central [[Kentucky]]. He came to Newellton in 1913 at the age of thirty with his first wife and a daughter, later Jane Burnside Earnest (1911-1973), wife of J. Claude Earnest (1906-1984).<ref name=graves/> Burnside purchased Newellton Grain Elevator<ref name=eastla/> and had interests as well in lumber, feed, and the O'Neal and McNamara Hardware Company in Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. He was a director of the large Panola Company in St. Joseph, the Tensas Parish seat of government.<ref name=obit/> At his peak, Burnside owned 8,500 acres of land. He was the president of the Tensas State Bank and a director of the First National Bank of Vicksburg.<ref name=eastla>Frederick W. Williamson and George T. Goodman, eds. ''Eastern Louisiana: A History of the Watershed of the Ouachita River and the Florida Parishes'', 3 vols. ([[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]: Historical Record Association, 1939, pp. 955-956.</ref> Burnside was a [[Methodist]] and was also affiliated with Rotary International and the Masonic lodge.<ref name=obit>Obituary of W. W. Burnside, ''Tensas Gazette'', January 7, 1966, p. 1.</ref>
His twin sons from the first marriage, [[Frank Burnside|Frank Robinson Burnside, Sr.]] (1915-2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=frank-burnside&pid=190635058&fhid=20713|title=Frank Burnside obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=November 2, 2018}}</ref> and Ben Patton Burnside, Sr., known as "Little Boy" (1915-1991),<ref name=graves>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSiman=1&GScid=197122&GSfn=&GSln=Burnside|title=Grave Search Results: Burnside|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> continued the family agricultural holdings with the Franklin Plantation, established in 1949 in Newellton and also known as Delta Gin Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmfr9t7/franklin-plantation|title=Franklin Plantation|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> Like his father, Frank Burnside was also the mayor of Newellton, having served from 1958 to 1966, prior to Edwin G. Preis.<ref name=mayors/>
His twin sons from the first marriage, [[Frank Burnside|Frank Robinson Burnside, Sr.]] (1915-2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=frank-burnside&pid=190635058&fhid=20713|title=Frank Burnside obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=November 2, 2018}}</ref> and Ben Patton Burnside, Sr., known as "Little Boy" (1915-1991),<ref name=graves>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSiman=1&GScid=197122&GSfn=&GSln=Burnside|title=Grave Search Results: Burnside|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> continued the family agricultural holdings with the Franklin Plantation, established in 1949 in Newellton and also known as Delta Gin Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmfr9t7/franklin-plantation|title=Franklin Plantation|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> Like his father, Frank Burnside was also the mayor of Newellton, having served from 1958 to 1966, prior to Edwin G. Preis.<ref name=mayors/>
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>
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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