Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1910 — CAPTAIN BURNHAM IS GONE; PASSED AWAY AT 2:30. [ARTICLE]

CAPTAIN BURNHAM IS GONE; PASSED AWAY AT 2:30.

Veteran of Civil War Well Known Throughout Jasper County Succumbs to Long Sickness. At 2:30 o’clock this afternoon, Captain James X. Burnham passed away. He was taken worse in the night and it may be said had been dying since 3 o’clock this morning. Acute brights disease and dropsy of the heart were the causes of death. He was an old soldier and a patriot and the city, county and country loses a good man in his death.