Biographical Sketch of Lewis S. Stout, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Lewis S. Stout is a native of Davidson county, North Carolina, where he
lived until eighteen years of age, acquiring an education in the mean-
time.  Was born March 22, 1835, and came to Lafayette county at the age
before stated.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, 7th regiment of cavalry
Missouri State Militia.  Was blacksmith for the company.  He served three
years and was mustered out at St. Louis, in 1865.  In 1864 he laid in the
hospital for two months, suffering from the effects of poisonous vaccine.
In 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Yokley, a native of
North Carolina.  She died in March, 1872, leaving three children, two 
girls and a boy.  Mary A., Nancy and John A.  Mr. Stout is now engaged in
farming, owning 80 acres of excellent land, which he has brought to a 
high state of cultivation.  Postoffice address, Concordia.

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