Biography of J W Stout, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 14 Nov 2008
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Transcribed by Lisa Hamilton from 
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SOURCE:  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern 
Arkansas. Chicago:Goodspeed Publishers, 1890.
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1ST BATTALION-ARK. CAVALRY-CSA - STOUT - J. - W. - CAPT - [1829 - 7 28 1898] -
LOUGHRIDGE Cemetery

Capt. J. W. Stout enlisted in the Rebel army, in 1862, in the First Battalion,
Arkansas Cavalry, Gen. Price commanding. He was captured at the battle of Big
Black Bridge, Miss., May 17, 1863, and sent to military prison on Johnson's
Island, in Lake Erie, where he was kept till February, 1865. After the collapse
of the Confederacy, he returned to his family, and subsequently removed to Cross
County. Ark., remaining there till 1871. Coming to St. Francis County, he
purchased a home of 200 acres of land, and has since followed farming regularly
and successfully, also serving the public as a mill and gin proprietor. Capt.
Stout was born in McMinn County. E. Tenn., in 1829, and is of German descent,
being a son of Daniel and Elisabeth Stout. His father was born in Virginia, and
his mother in Kentucky. Her maiden name was Franklin. The senior Stout was a
professional school-teacher in McMinn County, E. Tenn., for a series of years,
and taught ten years in succession in the same academy. J. W. 's boyhood was
spent in Tennessee, in attending school, and in 1851 he moved with his father to
Walker County, Ga., following farming for about one year. Then he was engaged as
salesman with Parham & Lee, in the mercantile business, till December, 1854. He
was married December 26, to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Brooks, daughter of Benjamin C.
Hardin, who had one daughter. They have had nine children born to them, four of
whom are dead, three sons and one daughter. Five children are living, two sons
and three daughters: Minnie (the wife of Rev. W. W. Hendrix), Hollace W., Flora
(wife of Dr. A. A. Berry), Thomas J. and Ophelia. Georgie A., the daughter of
Mrs. Stout, is the wife of A. C. Shaver. Capt. Stout and wife, and all the
children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He also belongs
to the Masonic order and the Knights of Honor. His wife is a member of the K. &
L. of H. He is Democratic politically.