Bio of STROUT, Dr. Eugene Silas (b.1862), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 804-807
EUGENE SILAS STROUT, M. D.
Dr. Eugene Silas Strout, a member of one of the pioneer families of Minnesota,
is a prominent representative of the medical fraternity of Minneapolis, and
following the trend of the times toward specialization in this profession, he is
concentrating his attention upon diseases pertaining to the eye and ear, in the
treatment of which he has been very successful. He was born near the western
shores of Lake Michigan, August 3, 1862, and his parents, Silas C. and Maria L.
(Gatchell) Strout, were both natives of Maine. In 1854 they started for the west
and for ten years made their home in Racine county, Wisconsin. In 1864 they
continued their journey westward, going by rail to La Crosse, Wisconsin, which
was then the terminus of the railroad, and thence by water to Winona, Minnesota.
From* that point they traveled by team to St. Cloud, Minnesota, and took up
their residence on a farm in Stearns county. Later the father engaged in
merchandising and his demise occurred when he had reached the age of sixty-three
years. His widow has attained the advanced age of ninety-two and resides with
the subject of this review. Sewall Strout, a representative of the family, was a
highly respected jurist of Portland, Maine, and the paternal great-grandfather,
Enoch Strout, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
Dr. Strout of this review attended the public schools of Stearns county,
Minnesota, and the State Normal School at St. Cloud, while his professional
training was received in the medical department of the University of Michigan,
from which he was gradu ated with the class of 1891. Through the succeeding
three years he engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery at
Ironwood, Michigan, and on the ex­piration of that period came to Minneapolis,
where he continued in the work of his profession for a decade. He then took up
postgraduate work, studying first in Chicago and later in London, England, and
Vienna, Austria, and since returning to this country has specialized in the
treatment of diseases of the eye and ear in Minneapolis. His services are in
constant demand and in addition to caring for a large private practice he is
also serving on the staff of the Northwestern Hos­pital. Through broad reading
and close study of the cases which come under his care he is constantly
increasing his knowledge and promoting his skill and ha? come to be recognized
as one of the leading aurists and ophthalmologists of the city. In association
with Dr. James A. Watson, Dr. W. E. Patterson and Dr. John S. Macnie, all
eminent eye and ear surgeons, he organized the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
of Minneapolis, located at No. 74 South Eleventh street.
In 1892 Dr. Strout married Miss Henrietta Udell Elliott, whose demise occurred
four years later. Their daughter, Marguerite, is now the wife of E. T. Curtis.
In 1898 Dr. Strout wedded Miss Nellie A. Matthews, a graduate of the training
school maintained in connection with the Northwestern Hospital, and they have
become the parents of two sons, Eugene S., Jr., and James Edward.
Dr. Strout is a member of the Interlachen Club and the Minneapolis Athletic Club
and his professional connections are with the Hennepin County Medical Society;
the Minnesota State Medical Society; the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology and
Oto-Laryngology, of which he has been president; the American Medical
Association; the American College of Surgeons; and the American Academy of
Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. He possesses those qualities through which
success comes as a natural sequence and has gained high standing in his
profession, being accorded the respect and esteem of his fellow practitioners
and also of the general public.