Isaac Marion Burnside, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1210, 1213 in "History of Dakota 
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				ISAAC MARION BURNSIDE, M. D.  

	Dr. Isaac Marion Burnside, actively engaged in the practice of 
medicine at Highmore, was born in Jasper county, Illinois, November 27, 
1872, a son of John Thornton and Mary E. (Mahany) Burnside, who were 
natives of Jackson county, Ohio, and of Virginia respectively. The 
father, who always followed the occupation of farming, removed westward 
to Illinois prior to the Civil war, settling in Jasper county, where he 
still makes his home. He became a landowner there and has since engaged 
in farming and also in stock-raising to some extent. He served for 
practically three years in the Union army as a private of Company I, 
Ninety-eighth Illinois Regiment, which was attached to General Wilder's 
brigade of mounted infantry, and although he was frequently in the 
thickest of the fight, he was never wounded nor confined in a hospital.  

	Dr. Burnside was the second in a family of five children. He 
attended school in Jasper county, Illinois, and then, having determined 
upon the practice of medicine as a life work, entered the Marion Sims 
Medical College at St. Louis, from which he was graduated with the 
class of 1899. He has since taken post-graduate work at different times 
and by reading' study and investigation is continually promoting his 
knowledge and efficiency in practice. He is now president of the Fourth 
District Medical Society, is a member of the South Dakota State Medical 
Society, the meetings of which he frequently attends, and of the 
American Medical Association. His preparation for medical practice did 
not immediately follow his public-school course. While living at home 
he taught three terms of school, beginning when about twenty years of 
age. In 1895 he left home, going to Olney, Illinois, where he resided 
for five years save for the period which he spent as a student in 
medical college. On completing his course he opened an office in Olney, 
where he practiced for a year. When he entered college he had a cash 
capital of nine dollars and his other possessions were two ponies and a 
buggy. Earnest and persevering, however, he made gradual advancement. 
On coming to South Dakota he settled at Highmore, where he has since 
engaged in practice. In February, 1911, he was joined by Dr. G. H. 
Langsdale, who has since assisted him in his professional work and they 
are now accorded a very extensive and gratifying practice. Dr. Burnside 
is keenly interested in anything which tends to bring to man the key to 
the complex mystery which we call life and his reading has been broad 
and thorough, keeping him in touch with the advanced thought of the 
profession. He is likewise president of the Hyde County Telephone 
Company and is one of the landowners of his part of the state.  

	On the 10th of January, 1905, Dr. Burnside was married to Miss 
Jessie May McDonald, who w-as born near Davenport, Iowa, a daughter of 
Duncan and Ann McDonald. The father was a farmer by occupation but also 
learned the mason's trade in early life. Both he and his wife were born 
in Scotland and their wedding trip consisted of the voyage to the new 
world. They settled in Iowa at an early period in the development of 
that state and arrived in Hyde county, South Dakota, about the year 
1884, settling five miles from Highmore. The father then devoted his 
energies to general agricultural pursuits until death called him in the 
year 1903. His widow survives and lives with Dr. and Mrs. Burnside. Two 
children have been born of this marriage: John Marion, born December 
28, 1910; and Jessie Mildred, August 12, 1912.  

	Dr. Burnside belongs to the Masonic lodge at Highmore and the Odd 
Fellows lodge and is also a member of the Baptist church. In politics 
he is a socialist and twice he has been the candidate on the socialist 
ticket for the office of lieutenant governor of the state. He is 
chairman of the state central committee of his party and at the present 
writing he is filling the offices of president of the board of 
education and superintendent of the county board of health. He is 
devoted to the best interests of the community, is unselfish in his 
efforts for the general good and along professional lines is recognized 
as a most conscientious and able practitioner whose ability and 
fidelity have brought him to a prominent place in professional circles.