Throwback Thursday: Thomas Burnside
On May 4, 1835, a new township was laid out in Clearfield County and named ‘Burnside’ in honor of Hon. Thomas Burnside (1782-1857) then was president judge of the Fourth Judicial District (Clearfield County). He served in this position from 1826 until 1841 when he was appointed president judge of the Seventh Judicial District. In […]