Obituary of John William Shrout ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008 ********************************** John William Shrout Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, August 11, 1938 Prominent County Farmer Passes John William Shrout, 79 years old, passed away at his home on Roe's Run Tuesday, August 9, after a long illness. Mr. Shrout had been in declining health for nearly ten years and had been confined to his home for the past two or three years. A native of this county, he was a son of late Mr. and Mrs. William Shrout, born February 23, 1859. He came of a prominent and widely connected family and was one of the county's most highly respected citizens. Besides his wife, Mrs. Nannie McKinnivan Shrout, he is survived by one daughter, Miss Madge Shrout; two sisters, Mrs. William Atchison of Lexington, and Mrs. Lou Donaldson, of Montgomery county, and one brother, George Shrout of Kansas. Funeral services were held at the chapel of Shrout, Piper & Shrout's funeral home here this morning (Thursday) at 11 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. George C. Frey. Interment was in the family lot in the Owingsville Cemetery.