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==Biographical sketch==

==Biographical sketch==

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.]],<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 Preis]].<ref name=mayors/> ​

His twin sons from the first marriage, [[Frank Burnside|Frank Robinson Burnside, Sr.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=frank-burnside&pid=190635058&fhid=20713|title=Frank Burnside obituary|publisher=''[[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 Preis]].<ref name=mayors/> ​

In 1956, Ben Burnside erected at the Franklin Plantation a 14-foot tall giant mailbox which sets atop a thick blue pedestal. Burnside purchased the mailbox in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. It is located three miles north of Newellton off U.S. Highway 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/8593|title=Newellton: Louisiana: Giant Mailbox|publisher=roadsideamerica.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref>​

In 1956, Ben Burnside erected at the Franklin Plantation a 14-foot tall giant mailbox which sets atop a thick blue pedestal. Burnside purchased the mailbox in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. It is located three miles north of Newellton off U.S. Highway 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/8593|title=Newellton: Louisiana: Giant Mailbox|publisher=roadsideamerica.com|accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</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.

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=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ben-patton-burnside-benny&pid=179416858&fhid=20713|title=Ben Patton "Benny" Burnside, Jr.|publisher=''[[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=https://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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