Rains Co. Leader Submitted by Elaine Nall Bay

November 21, 1913
Another Veteran Answers Last Roll Call
S.N. Burnside, one of the leading citizens of our neighboring city, Point answered the last roll call of the Great ruler, Monday morning, death occurring at the home of his son, after only a few days of illness. Mr. Burnside was seventy-six years old, having been born in Alabama in 1837. He came to Texas in early life and settled in Navarro County and joined the Confederate army while a citizen of that county, where he served until General Lee surrendered, and walked the entire distance from Richmond to Texas at the close of the war, and he had a ripe experience in those trying days. Mr. Burnside had been a citizen of Point the past twenty-three years and was known to most of the older citizens of Rains County and was prominent in the ranks of the Democratic Party. He was a Christian gentleman and held membership with the Baptist church. His remains were interred in the Lone Star graveyard Tuesday evening in the presence of a large concourse of people, Rev. Thomas Dement conducting the funeral services. He leaves a wife and eight children, all of whom were present except two, Mrs. W.C. Potter of Tyler and Henry Burnside of Houston. The Leader offers condolence and sympathy to the bereaved family.