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... Judge Burnside was twice married. He first wedded Pamelia Brown, and in December 1843, he married Jane Dill, a daughter of Joseph Dill, a native of Warren County, Ohio. ... The only son of the second marriage of Judge Burnside is Thomas C. Burnside, a well-known resident of Union County, whose sketch appears next. The father died March 28, 1859, and his second wife, long surviving him, passed away April 13, 1891, at the age of eighty-two years. For a half century Judge Burnside lived and labored to goodly ends among the people of Union County, and left the impress of his individuality upon the public life, the substantial growth and material development of the region. He was a man of true nobility of character, and his death was most deeply deplored by those to whom had come the fullest appreciation of his nature. ...