TROUT BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== TROUT, William O. - b: 1848 Warren Co, MO source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 764 residence: Fairview Twp William O. Trout, farmer, section 32, owes his nativity to Warren County, Missouri, where he was born June 6, 1848. His father, William M. Trout, a native of Trimble County, Kentucky, was born on the 18th of May, 1812, his parents having been Virginians by birth. He was married in the county of his birth to Miss Frances B. Duncan, also of Kentucky. There is one son by this marriage, D. B. Trout, who resides in Ohio County, Kentucky. This wife died in Warren County, Missouri, July 12, 1841. Mr. T. was married the second time in Warren County July 12, 1844, to Harriet M. Pringle, of Connecticut. They had six children, only two of whom are living, William O. and Mary C., now Mrs. R. H. Britell, of Whiteside County, Illinois. William M. Trout moved from Kentucky to Missouri in 1841, and settled in Warren County, afterward living in St. Charles and Lincoln Counties until 1865, when he went to Illinois. He was located in Macoupin County until returning to Missouri in 1880. William O. spent his youth on a farm, and attended the common schools, where he received his primary education, supplemented with a term's attendance at the Carbondale College, in Southern Illinois. After completing his studies he was occupied in teaching for two winter terms in Illinois. He was married in Whiteside County December 24, 1879, to Miss Dilla H. Morton, a native of Missouri, but who was reared and educated in Illinois. They have one child, Jessie A. Mr. T. came upon his present farm in March, 1881. He has 240 acres, all fenced, with 160 acres in cultivation, and eighty acres in pasture. He had the misfortune to lose a lower limb by an accident in 1868, while working with a threshing machine. The wounded member was amputated below the knee. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================