ELIJAH STOUT

Elijah Stout

Corporal

Company A, 45th Enrolled Missouri Militia

Mt. McGregor Post No. 252, Grand Army of the Republic Burial Lot

Balltown Cemetery, Horton, Vernon County, Missouri

DEATH OF E. STOUT

Aged Gentleman Passed Away at Nevada Saturday

     Elijah Stout died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Susan Savage, in Nevada, at 9:25 o'clock Sunday night.  He had been sick about ten days with the flux, and his advanced age made it impossible for nursing and medical skill to battle against the disease.

     Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter at 10 a.m. Sunday, after which the remains were escorted to Balltown cemetery by members of Nevada Lodge No. 490 and Vernon Lodge No. 190, I. O. O. F.  At the cemetery Metz Odd Fellows Lodge was in waiting and the ritual services were conducted.  The remains were interred in the G. A. R. lot.

     On Saturday before his death he called his children about his bed and divided his property equally among them.

     Elijah Stout was born near Lexington in Lafayette county, Kentucky, in the year 1820.  At the age of twenty he removed to Moniteau county, Missouri.  Here he was married to Miss Nellie McPherson.  Eight children were born to them, five of whom survive, as follows:  Mrs. Bettie Kinnje [Kinney] of Bates county, Missouri; Mrs. Susan Savage of Nevada; Mrs. Sallie Parker of Greenwood, Mo.; Benjaman Stout of Kansas City, and Wm. R. Stout of Stroud, Ok.  Deceased came to Metz township in 1870 and settled about two miles northwest of where Metz is now located.  Several years later he bought the place just west of Metz.  Here he resided until about nine months ago when he sold out and went to Nevada to reside with his daughter.  His wife died in August 1886.  In 1892 he was married to Mrs. Jackson.  She died about a year later.

     During the war of the rebellion he enlisted in Co. A, 45th Mo. E. M. M., and later became a volunteer.

     He united with the Christian church many years ago, and as soon as the church was organized at Metz he became a member.  In spite of his weight of years he attended services whenever the weather would permit.

     He became a member of the Odd Fellows at Tipton, Mo., forty-three years ago.  Later his membership was transferred to Sprague.  When Metz Lodge No. 694 was organized he was among the first to become a member.  He joined Mt. McGregor Post, G. A. R., soon after it was organized.

     Coming to this locality thirty-seven years ago he was one of the early settlers and endured the privations that all were subject to in those days.  For years he worked at the carpenter trade and built some of the first houses erected in this locality.

     Grandpa Stout was a good man.  He was ever kind to his children, and, as one of them stated, "he was too good to us."  He was ready and willing to assist them whenever they were in need of it.  He was prepared for the journey to the better world.

The Metz Times, Metz, MO.  Friday, July 19, 1907.

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