Maternal Grandparents Mary Josephine Mitchell
Thomas Benton Stout was born May 30,1850 and died January 3, 1925 in Hollene, N. Mexico. He was married to Mary Jane (Kelsey) Stout. She was born June 8, 1853 and died in 1915 in Mangrum, Oklahoma. They were married on June 8, 1915 in Hollene, N. Mexico. These were the parents of Celestine Stout Mitchell.
Information regarding John Stout (father of Thomas Benton Stout) Sent to the Kennedy family from Michael Hoffman (great nephew of Celestine Stout)
Information retrieved from the John L. Stout Civil War Pension Application
This is a list of some of the folks mentioned in the John L Stout Pension Application
The children of John L Stout - I will not list all of them here, as they are detailed very clearly in the document, with birth dates, and – in some cases – death dates. Obviously the one we are most interested in is Thomas Benton Stout.
Anton Hess : The husband of Celestine D. Stout (this 'Celestine' was the sister of Thomas Benton Stout, not his daughter – who was also named Celestine and is your ancestor). Anton's affidavit is the first one in the document, and he has two others included also.
Alexander Hamilton : The 'step-father' of Mary Jane Kelsey Stout. (Mary Jane's mother was Rosanna [various spellings of this name exist in the historical records] , and Rosanna married, as her second husband, Alexander Hamilton). Mary Jane's father was Samuel Kelsey/Kelsay. He is not mentioned in this document. He is found in the 1860 census, but not in the 1870 census, he probably died during this decade, and Rosanna married Mr. Hamilton in the same week that Thomas Benton Stout married Mary Jane - so Mother and Daughter were married in the same week!
William M. Kelsay : the brother of Mary Jane Kelsey Stout.
D.H.Job or Jobe : The husand of Amanda E. Stout (the sister of Thomas Benton Stout)
Micajah Stout : He is believed to be the brother of John L. Stout, although I do not have proof of this, only what other family historians have concluded, and some circumstantial evidence.
The Father of John L. Stout - he is mention several times, but his name is never given! We believe that his name was Judiah Stout, and his wife was Delilah Cook. The two generations before John L Stout are detailed in the Revolutionary War Pension Application of Elijah Stout.
Michael Hoffman
This is a list of some of the folks mentioned in the John L Stout Pension Application
The children of John L Stout - I will not list all of them here, as they are detailed very clearly in the document, with birth dates, and – in some cases – death dates. Obviously the one we are most interested in is Thomas Benton Stout.
Anton Hess : The husband of Celestine D. Stout (this 'Celestine' was the sister of Thomas Benton Stout, not his daughter – who was also named Celestine and is your ancestor). Anton's affidavit is the first one in the document, and he has two others included also.
Alexander Hamilton : The 'step-father' of Mary Jane Kelsey Stout. (Mary Jane's mother was Rosanna [various spellings of this name exist in the historical records] , and Rosanna married, as her second husband, Alexander Hamilton). Mary Jane's father was Samuel Kelsey/Kelsay. He is not mentioned in this document. He is found in the 1860 census, but not in the 1870 census, he probably died during this decade, and Rosanna married Mr. Hamilton in the same week that Thomas Benton Stout married Mary Jane - so Mother and Daughter were married in the same week!
William M. Kelsay : the brother of Mary Jane Kelsey Stout.
D.H.Job or Jobe : The husand of Amanda E. Stout (the sister of Thomas Benton Stout)
Micajah Stout : He is believed to be the brother of John L. Stout, although I do not have proof of this, only what other family historians have concluded, and some circumstantial evidence.
The Father of John L. Stout - he is mention several times, but his name is never given! We believe that his name was Judiah Stout, and his wife was Delilah Cook. The two generations before John L Stout are detailed in the Revolutionary War Pension Application of Elijah Stout.
Michael Hoffman
Paternal Grandparents Mary Josephine Mitchell
William A. Mitchell was born June 26, 1827 in Franklin Co. VA.
Nannie Jane Price Mitchell was born March 27, 1836 Henry Co., VA.and died June 15,1910. They were married in September, 1852. Nannie was buried originally in Halsell, Tx, but the body was moved in 1964 to Henrietta, Tx.
They were the parents of Edwin Marvin Mitchell
Nannie Jane Price Mitchell was born March 27, 1836 Henry Co., VA.and died June 15,1910. They were married in September, 1852. Nannie was buried originally in Halsell, Tx, but the body was moved in 1964 to Henrietta, Tx.
They were the parents of Edwin Marvin Mitchell
Maternal Grandparents of James W. Kennedy
(James) William Norris Pinkney Kennedy was born January 27, 1855 in Newnan Coweta Co. Ga. and died March 1, 1911 in Duke, Ok.
Missouria (Missouri) Angeline (Cowart) Kennedy McElroy (Called Mittie) was born January 28,1859 in Woodville, Alabama and died November 11, 1950 in Strathmore, CA. She was buried in Olive Cemetery, Lindsay, CA.
They were married on January 5, 1878 in Johnson Co., Tx.
These were the mother and father of William Norris Kennedy
Missouria (Missouri) Angeline (Cowart) Kennedy McElroy (Called Mittie) was born January 28,1859 in Woodville, Alabama and died November 11, 1950 in Strathmore, CA. She was buried in Olive Cemetery, Lindsay, CA.
They were married on January 5, 1878 in Johnson Co., Tx.
These were the mother and father of William Norris Kennedy
Paternal Grandfather of James W. Kennedy
Grandpa Eggers was the father of Dora Eggers Kennedy
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Parents of James W. Kennedy
William Norris Kennedy was born in Bowie, Texas on September 12, 1884 and died December 12, 1966. He was buried in Rock Cemetery in Duke, Oklahoma. He married Dora (Eggers) Kennedy on April 5, 1905. Dora was born on April 5, 1886 and died May 6, 1912.
Will Kennedy was known as "Little Grandpa" to his family. He was known as a peddler and a "grassroots" geologist. When he peddled he would give his card to people and on the back it had the following information. "I was born in Bowie, Texas September 12, 1884. My condition is natural, just a freak of nature, with no known cause. My knees have no leaders on the top of them; my hips are alright but my thighs are only half length. My right hand has two fingers grown together, one missing; my left hand has two fingers and a thumb all grown together, two fingers missing. My elbows are both stiff, the left arm straight , the right crooked. I am unable to save more than a common laborer, at this business, but I am very thankful I can do as well as can, and I thank each individual who aids me by buying from me and if you can induce your friends or neighbors to buy from me I will appreciate it very much. May happiness and health be yours is the prayer of your humble servant." Will N. Kennedy |
 
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Parents Of Mary Josephine (Mitchell) Kennedy
Edwin Marvin Mitchell was born April 18, 1877 and died December 12, 1921. He was buried in Willow, Oklahoma. Celestine (Stout) Mitchell was born January 27, 1876 and died on November 11, 1949. She was Buried in Haskell, Texas in Willow Cemetery. 1st marriage 1893 James Franklin Justus b 1862 Louisiana four children Minnie Jewel, Claude Hamilton #66373189, Charles Thomas #4348267, Emery Earl #54253528 2nd marriage 1904 Edwin Melvin Mitchell b 1877 three children Nannie Jewel 1905, Edwin Lewis 1906, Mary Josephine 1908 3rd marriage Jefferson Davis Moore b 1862 Missouri #11628873 4th Mr Eason |
History of Celestine (Stout) Mitchell Eason written by
Naomia Jean "Jeannie" Justus Musick
Claude Hampton Justus' youngest daughter
Celestine's granddaughter
JJames Franklin Justus was born August 5, 1862 to Wade Hampton Justus. Wade, James, and two sisters drifted over to Denton, Texas. James Justus and Celestine Delilah Stout, born January 27, 1876 were married, Thursday, May 18, 1893 at Denton, Texas. James and Celestine were settled on about two acres of land and operated a berry nursery, hauling water and berries to people in downtown Denton. This union had four children.
There was a picnic in Denton on a drizzling day in January, 1903. Celestine persuaded James to go. So they bundled the children up and took the event in. James got soaking wet and as a result he had the flu, and finally pneumonia. It was a sad day. James passed away and left his family, January 18, 1903.
His obituary states he was member of the Christian Church of Denton, Texas and it speaks well of him, but it fails to state where he is buried. Economically things were tight.
Claude was only seven years old but he had to be a big boy now and help support his mother, brothers, and sister. Earlier they had a little wagon, maybe James had built it before his untimely death. Claude and his siblings would gather coal that had fallen from the trains along the railway track that bordered their property. Then they would sell this coal to buy meager survival food for the family. It seems Celestine left the children at home to fend for themselves because she had no recourse and worked in the hotel, cleaning rooms.
This went on for awhile and then Celestine married Mr. Marvin Edwin Mitchell, December 28, 1903. To this union was born three more children, Jewell, Lewis, and Mary Jo. This proved to be a mistake and soon after the third child, Celestine and Mr. Mitchell divorced, about 1908, whenever Jewell was about four years old. However, they did not obtain the divorce before the family moved to Willow, Oklahoma.
Lestine's parents had moved to Willow, Oklahoma, to be near their son, Jim Stout. Mr. Mitchell and Lestine decided surely things would be better for her and their children near her family. They left their home in Denton and sold it for about $500.00
When they arrived at Willow, near Mangrum, it wasn't a welcome sight for Grandma and Grandpa Stout. They had a large family, also, @ 12 children at home. Earlier her parents had lived in a dug out on Uncle Jim's place, one of their older sons, but by now they had moved into a little house near a large grove of trees. They probably filed on that land. The house was a two room house downstairs and the loft was converted into a bedroom. One large room with two beds at one end and two beds at the other end with a partition in the center. Girls on one end and boys on the other end. The staircase from the attic went into the kitchen. Grandpa and Grandma Stout slept downstairs in the living room. Jewell Stout commented, "Grandma had her bed so pretty with pretty, pillow shams."
Jewell Hood, Claude's cousin, said the family was pretty well grounded in the Church of Christ. She said that Grandma Stout was a remarkable woman. She was gentle and kind and trained her children in the ways of the Bible.
Grandma Stout was also the community midwife. She kept her mare, Bonnie, with harness on the lot at all times. Whenever anyone needed medical help, Mary Jane Kelsey Stout hitched Bonnie to the back and away she went in the night to support anyone in the community needing medical help.
Although Mary Jane and Thomas Benton Stout filed on land in the Mangrum area, not many miles from Uncle Jim's home, the sons probably did almost all of the work. They also had chickens that provided some meat and eggs, and some cows to provide them with milk, corn, and meat.
A bit later they moved to a house on Jim Stout's property. Aunt Maude may still have been at her parent's home. She married Gene Eason, brother to Minnie's husband, Bob and moved to Mangrum, Oklahoma.
Claude's grandmother, Mary Jane Stout, died with tuberculosis in their two room home. She was very ill for several years and was such a thin, little dissipated lady, even when she passed away (March 19m 1915) at 57 years of age. She had been mother to 16 children, 12 lived to adulthood. She was buried in the "Ole Marie Cemetery" located on Jim Stout's property. Today her grave is marked with a beautiful headstone.
Thomas Bentley born in California, Mo. moved after Mary Jane's death to Mangrum and stayed with Aunt Maude, a younger daughter. He made two trips to Hollene area to visit his children there, Riley Stout and Pearly Sheridan. He went once in a wagon and later in his hack. He took camping and fishing equipment and camped by the way as nightfall came. When he returned to Mangrum, he stayed with Jim and Belle Stout, his son, and wife. Whenever he died, January 3, 1925, he was living with his daughter, Pearly at Hollene. He was very overweight and that probably contributed to his death. He is buried in the Hollene, N.M. cemetery. He was 75 years old.
Lestine, Mr. Mitchell and their family of five children moved to Mangrum, Okla., when Jewell was two years old. First they moved into a dugout but a little later moved into Grandpa and Grandma Stout's first house. By the time Jewell was four years old, the family moved into a house in Mangrum and had an additional two children, Lewis and Mary Jo. Shortly after Mary Jo was born, Marvin took off.
Things were very rough , but Claude and his siblings were able to attend the McKissick school some. There school was about 2 1/4 miles north of their home. Claude had lots of fun, he was a little older than his cousins and he thought lots more grown up. He would act like he was throwing rocks to hit the children and how they would holler. Whenever he rode a horse to school, he'd pretend he was going to run over the younger children as they walked along. Things were quite lively on their journey to school, back and forth. On Sundays they all would attend church, at Bloomington church about 3 miles south of Lestine's house. Mostly the members were Claude's relatives, but he always had a big time with his cousins.
It was very difficult for the Justus and Mitchell families to survive. In Mangrum, mama Lestine was taking in washing to make it. She did two washings a day.
Lestine moved her family to Rock, five miles southwest of Duke, Oklahoma, on a farm as share croppers-couldn't make a living washing clothes. It was by now about 1908. They raised cotton, and watermelons in a large garden. They probably borrowed farm equipment from Jim Stout. Marvin Mitchell was gone and Claude was around thirteen years old. He was the main support Lestine had. Sad, Claude probably was not able to attend school after a short time at the McKissick school. At "Rock" near Duke, there was a cemetery and school. Claude wasn't able to go to school there but some of his siblings did. All the schooling Claude was able to obtain was at Denton and then McKissick. He probably went to about 4 grades, but he was a self-educated man and found his niche in society.
Shortly afterward, Lestine married another fellow by the name of Shote. This fellow was very mean to the children and in fact after all had gone to bed, he would slip out and let the cows out and then whip Claude because he hadn't attended to this chore as he should. One night Lestine hid and saw Mr. Shote do this, shortly afterward, Claude and Shote got into a fight over this situation and Claude hit him over the head with a pipe. That ended that relationship immediately.
Lestine and her family stayed on the farm at Duke for about 5 years. During that time Claude's sister, Minnie, met and married Bob Eason at Reed, Oklahoma, near Jester. After five years at Duke, Claude was 18 years old. Riley and Marian, at Curry County, New Mexico, sent Lestine word, there was land in the area to file on for around $50.00. If they lived on the land seven months out of three years on the property and made improvements you could obtain ownership. Riley encouraged Lestine to move, because he felt she could make a better living there.
Lestine with Claude and his brothers, Charlie and Elmer, prepared to move to Curry County. First they had to get rid of many of their belongings that they had collected during the five years at Duke. They loaded up three wagons and they had six horses and a little saddle pony that Jewell rode. They moved in December of 1914 and they arrived at Hollene about January 15, 1915. They existed on food they brought with them as they had very little money. In one wagon, they had a meat box fashioned in the belly of the wagon. They had seven hogs salted down in that meat box. Other staple food they took was a large sack of beans and a large sack of cornmeal to make cornbread. They took chickens in a coop, so they had their own eggs all along the way. In one wagon, the cook shack, they had a monkey stove with an oven in the stove pipe. In these wagons they had four beds, and a firebox bolted to the bottom of one the wagon's floor to heat the wagon. Claude, Charlie, and Elmer drove two of the wagons, taking turns. Lestine and little Lewis drove the cook wagon. It was a long, slow, tiresome journey, and sometimes they would stop and let the horses rest and the boys warm up. Usually Lestine would make beans and fried potatoes, biscuits in a big pot on a campfire.
One day a wheel on the cook shack wagon broke off. They hadn't traveled over 1/2 day, so what to do was the question. Claude at eighteen was the only adult male. He looked around and there was no one else but him. Claude, Charlie, Elmer all took the wheel off and Claude manually carried the wagon wheel on a horse. He had to ride several miles to a blacksmith shop. Then the laborious trip back astride that horse holding that giant wagon wheel balanced on the horse's back.
This had taken 1/2 day and by now it was sun down. Whenever Claude arrived at the camp, Lestine had a nice, hot supper. It sure looked good and Claude was weary. Even at the age of eighteen, he looked very weary and beaten, so Jewell said. After eighty years she could still remember how worn that eighteen year old boy looked. First he ate a good meal and rested for a few minutes, and then they had to work fast, because the sun would soon be setting. After the wheel was mounted on the wagon the complete group bedded down. Very early the next morning the group set off to New Mexico.
The family arrived at Hollene, New Mexico about January 15, 1915. The kids and Lestine were soexcited because half of their family was already there. Included were Uncle Riley, Uncle Marian, Aunt Alice, Buddy Sheridan, Aunt Pearly and Uncle Walter Sheridan(Lestine's brothers and sisters). Lestine had been able to obtain 160 acres, two miles south and two miles west at Hollene for a small fee. They stayed there and did what they could to exist and survive.
Whenever Lestine's family arrived at Hollene from Duke, there already was a dugout for the family to reside in. This residence was 1/2 dugout and 1/2 wooden top. The smaller children and Lestine slept in the dugout portion. The older boys slept in the attic of the dugout. Later Claude and Charlie built a tunnel like building and then a square room to join the rest of the house.
Lestine heard by mail her daughter, Minnie was very ill, failing every day, and begging for her Mama.
Minnie had married Robert Stripling Eason, October 28, 1911 while Lestine and her family were living in Rock, Oklahoma. Later Minnie had a little girl (born 1913), Irene, and a boy named Harvey, about two years later. When Harvey was about 10 months old, his mother became very sick, in fact she had never recovered from Harvey's birth. Some think she was suffering from a female disorder plus she was in a state of depression.
In the fall, (cotton picking season) Lestine, loaded Elmer (fifteen) Jewell (eleven), Lewis (nine), and May Jo (eight) in a wagon and headed for Marie, Oklahoma to go be with Minnie. That trip took about three to four weeks, because they had to pick cotton on the way to pay for the horses and their food.
Claude and Charlie had stayed home to take care of the crop and livestock. They built a barn with Riley's support to give a bit of advice, because Claude and Charlie were good at carpentry. That barn was really just a storage for cow and chicken food.
As Lestine came to Jim Stout's home, a horse rider pulled up and said that Minnie was very low and she should come at once. The older children stayed at Uncle Jim's and picked cotton. Lestine took Mary Jo and went to Minnie's house. Minnie lasted about three weeks. During that time, Bob Easton's neighbors came in and harvested his cotton crop.
The family was very poor, so Minnie was probably buried in a home wooden box lined with mosquito netting. She laid in state at her home with the casket open one day and night before she was buried. Neighbors came in and visited the family and viewed the body. The body was carried to "Ole Marie Cemetery" in a wagon drawn by horses. That cemetery was on Uncle Jim's Stout's property.
It was such a sad time as Minnie had left two little children. After the funeral, Lestine took Jewell, Mary Jo and Minnie's two little children, Irene and Harvey, by train to Hollene, New Mexico. Bob paid for the train ride with money from his cotton crop. Bob Eason sold and gave his belongings away. Bob, Elmer, and Lewis loaded what he had left on the wagon and were bound for the Justus farm near Hollene.
Claude and Charley met Lestine and children before they got to Clovis on the prairie. The train stopped and let the family off. The group loaded onto Lestine's wagon and were bound for the Justus farm.
More sadness in the very near future, about a year later, little Irene, Minnie's little girl at age four died with spinal meningitis. They laid her to rest in Hollene cemetery (1916).
While Lestine's family lived in Hollene, she met a fellow by the name of Jeff D. Moore, (Carl Moore's father), a farmer who tried to be a Church of Christ minister. One day Lestine bought Mr. Moore to their home and in front of her children ask him, "What do you want the children to call you?" Everything got real quiet--then Lestine has several suggestions. Later whenever the children got outside, Claude spoke up and said "Well, I can think of lots of things to call him but it won't be Dad."
Very soon, Claude joined the U.S. Army, about August 1918 and right away he want to Camp Ike at Arkansas. Seems like Claude and Charlie had some disagreement and Charlie had already moved out at the age of sixteen. He went back to Mangrum and at seventeen married Liddie Ray. Sometimes, Jeff's son, Carl Moore, would come and stay for a short time with Lestine and her new husband.
According to Charlie's daughter, Levell, Charlie did not marry until age 19. She said the following, "Charlie Thomas Justus was born January 30, 1899. He married my Mother on November 21, 1917. That means daddy was shy of just two months and 9 days of being 19 when they married (NOT 17 as Jeannie stated). Mother was also 18 the previous July. I just now checked my records to confirm this. Since one had to be 21 in Oklahoma they drove to a town in Texas to get married. In Texas the age allowed was 18. They could not have gotten married in either state at age 17."
Later, Lestine, family and Mr. Moore moved one mile east and 1/4 mile north of Broadview. The town Broadview did not exist at that time. Their mailing address was still Hollene, N.M. They were renting Pat Ridley's place. Later Mr. Moore died at that house with a blood disorder. At the age of 14, Jewell married Claude Taylor while in Broadview.
After Moore died, Lestine probably traded her Hollene property for property about 5 miles southeast of Grady. Celestine wanted to move closer to Grady so Elmer, Lewis, Mary Jo and Harvey could attend a better school. Today Calvin Stout, Riley's son, owns that Hollene property.
Elmer, married Lois Jennings at Grady. This left only Lewis, Mary Jo and Harvey, Minnie's son, at home.
Lestine lived at Grady until Mary Jo graduated from the Grady High School, about 1925. Celestine decided she wanted to move closer to Abilene, so Mary Jo could attend Abilene Christian College. With a bit of checking around with several people, she traded her land at Grady for property at Clyde near Abilene, Tx.
Mary Jo attended Abilene Christian College one summer for one semester. When Miriam and Claude lived at Loco, Claude became acquainted with James Kennedy and his family. Sometimes whenever Claude was visiting James, he would speak of his mother and his sister Mary Jo at Clyde, Texas. James was a young, single man and he decided he'd like to meet Claude's sister. So he planned a trip to visit Mary Jo, and immediately there was a strong attraction between them. After a brief courtship, they decided to marry after Mary Jo finished the fall semester at Abilene.
Mary Jo cleaned some of the dormitories and whatever work she could find to help with her college expense. Lewis married Ella Kamradt at Grady during that time. He had stayed on at Grady.
Well, cleaning those dormitories wasn't too much fun to Mary Jo and the end of semester seemed so far away. She just couldn't get James' image out of her head, and those studies were so hard. Getting married sure seemed like lots more fun. The next time James visited Mary Jo they started talking about getting married. Within a very short time, Mary Jo had quit school and was now Mrs. James Kennedy. Shortly afterwards, James went to work for a Shell Oil Co., his lifetime occupation. James was a devout Christian all of his life and influenced many people to be Christians. He truly put the Lord first in his life and he raised his family in the same manner.
Lestine with Harvey was on a small farm in Clyde about six or seven miles southeast of Abilene. Bob Eason moved back to live with Lestine and Harvey. Lestine's family had gotten smaller so she didn't mind if Bob moved in with her and Harvey. Awhile later Celestine married Bob Eason.
(Mary Jo said that her mother and Mr. Eason were afraid people would talk poorly about them living under the same roof so it was prudent for them to marry. She was criticized for this by some for "marrying her son-in-law.)
The latter years of Celestine's life were spent living in a house in Haskell, near Mary Jo and James. Her health was rapidly declining and in 1949, she died. Some thought probably of liver cancer. She was laid to rest at the cemetery in Haskell, Texas beside her fifth husband, Bob Eason.
There was a picnic in Denton on a drizzling day in January, 1903. Celestine persuaded James to go. So they bundled the children up and took the event in. James got soaking wet and as a result he had the flu, and finally pneumonia. It was a sad day. James passed away and left his family, January 18, 1903.
His obituary states he was member of the Christian Church of Denton, Texas and it speaks well of him, but it fails to state where he is buried. Economically things were tight.
Claude was only seven years old but he had to be a big boy now and help support his mother, brothers, and sister. Earlier they had a little wagon, maybe James had built it before his untimely death. Claude and his siblings would gather coal that had fallen from the trains along the railway track that bordered their property. Then they would sell this coal to buy meager survival food for the family. It seems Celestine left the children at home to fend for themselves because she had no recourse and worked in the hotel, cleaning rooms.
This went on for awhile and then Celestine married Mr. Marvin Edwin Mitchell, December 28, 1903. To this union was born three more children, Jewell, Lewis, and Mary Jo. This proved to be a mistake and soon after the third child, Celestine and Mr. Mitchell divorced, about 1908, whenever Jewell was about four years old. However, they did not obtain the divorce before the family moved to Willow, Oklahoma.
Lestine's parents had moved to Willow, Oklahoma, to be near their son, Jim Stout. Mr. Mitchell and Lestine decided surely things would be better for her and their children near her family. They left their home in Denton and sold it for about $500.00
When they arrived at Willow, near Mangrum, it wasn't a welcome sight for Grandma and Grandpa Stout. They had a large family, also, @ 12 children at home. Earlier her parents had lived in a dug out on Uncle Jim's place, one of their older sons, but by now they had moved into a little house near a large grove of trees. They probably filed on that land. The house was a two room house downstairs and the loft was converted into a bedroom. One large room with two beds at one end and two beds at the other end with a partition in the center. Girls on one end and boys on the other end. The staircase from the attic went into the kitchen. Grandpa and Grandma Stout slept downstairs in the living room. Jewell Stout commented, "Grandma had her bed so pretty with pretty, pillow shams."
Jewell Hood, Claude's cousin, said the family was pretty well grounded in the Church of Christ. She said that Grandma Stout was a remarkable woman. She was gentle and kind and trained her children in the ways of the Bible.
Grandma Stout was also the community midwife. She kept her mare, Bonnie, with harness on the lot at all times. Whenever anyone needed medical help, Mary Jane Kelsey Stout hitched Bonnie to the back and away she went in the night to support anyone in the community needing medical help.
Although Mary Jane and Thomas Benton Stout filed on land in the Mangrum area, not many miles from Uncle Jim's home, the sons probably did almost all of the work. They also had chickens that provided some meat and eggs, and some cows to provide them with milk, corn, and meat.
A bit later they moved to a house on Jim Stout's property. Aunt Maude may still have been at her parent's home. She married Gene Eason, brother to Minnie's husband, Bob and moved to Mangrum, Oklahoma.
Claude's grandmother, Mary Jane Stout, died with tuberculosis in their two room home. She was very ill for several years and was such a thin, little dissipated lady, even when she passed away (March 19m 1915) at 57 years of age. She had been mother to 16 children, 12 lived to adulthood. She was buried in the "Ole Marie Cemetery" located on Jim Stout's property. Today her grave is marked with a beautiful headstone.
Thomas Bentley born in California, Mo. moved after Mary Jane's death to Mangrum and stayed with Aunt Maude, a younger daughter. He made two trips to Hollene area to visit his children there, Riley Stout and Pearly Sheridan. He went once in a wagon and later in his hack. He took camping and fishing equipment and camped by the way as nightfall came. When he returned to Mangrum, he stayed with Jim and Belle Stout, his son, and wife. Whenever he died, January 3, 1925, he was living with his daughter, Pearly at Hollene. He was very overweight and that probably contributed to his death. He is buried in the Hollene, N.M. cemetery. He was 75 years old.
Lestine, Mr. Mitchell and their family of five children moved to Mangrum, Okla., when Jewell was two years old. First they moved into a dugout but a little later moved into Grandpa and Grandma Stout's first house. By the time Jewell was four years old, the family moved into a house in Mangrum and had an additional two children, Lewis and Mary Jo. Shortly after Mary Jo was born, Marvin took off.
Things were very rough , but Claude and his siblings were able to attend the McKissick school some. There school was about 2 1/4 miles north of their home. Claude had lots of fun, he was a little older than his cousins and he thought lots more grown up. He would act like he was throwing rocks to hit the children and how they would holler. Whenever he rode a horse to school, he'd pretend he was going to run over the younger children as they walked along. Things were quite lively on their journey to school, back and forth. On Sundays they all would attend church, at Bloomington church about 3 miles south of Lestine's house. Mostly the members were Claude's relatives, but he always had a big time with his cousins.
It was very difficult for the Justus and Mitchell families to survive. In Mangrum, mama Lestine was taking in washing to make it. She did two washings a day.
Lestine moved her family to Rock, five miles southwest of Duke, Oklahoma, on a farm as share croppers-couldn't make a living washing clothes. It was by now about 1908. They raised cotton, and watermelons in a large garden. They probably borrowed farm equipment from Jim Stout. Marvin Mitchell was gone and Claude was around thirteen years old. He was the main support Lestine had. Sad, Claude probably was not able to attend school after a short time at the McKissick school. At "Rock" near Duke, there was a cemetery and school. Claude wasn't able to go to school there but some of his siblings did. All the schooling Claude was able to obtain was at Denton and then McKissick. He probably went to about 4 grades, but he was a self-educated man and found his niche in society.
Shortly afterward, Lestine married another fellow by the name of Shote. This fellow was very mean to the children and in fact after all had gone to bed, he would slip out and let the cows out and then whip Claude because he hadn't attended to this chore as he should. One night Lestine hid and saw Mr. Shote do this, shortly afterward, Claude and Shote got into a fight over this situation and Claude hit him over the head with a pipe. That ended that relationship immediately.
Lestine and her family stayed on the farm at Duke for about 5 years. During that time Claude's sister, Minnie, met and married Bob Eason at Reed, Oklahoma, near Jester. After five years at Duke, Claude was 18 years old. Riley and Marian, at Curry County, New Mexico, sent Lestine word, there was land in the area to file on for around $50.00. If they lived on the land seven months out of three years on the property and made improvements you could obtain ownership. Riley encouraged Lestine to move, because he felt she could make a better living there.
Lestine with Claude and his brothers, Charlie and Elmer, prepared to move to Curry County. First they had to get rid of many of their belongings that they had collected during the five years at Duke. They loaded up three wagons and they had six horses and a little saddle pony that Jewell rode. They moved in December of 1914 and they arrived at Hollene about January 15, 1915. They existed on food they brought with them as they had very little money. In one wagon, they had a meat box fashioned in the belly of the wagon. They had seven hogs salted down in that meat box. Other staple food they took was a large sack of beans and a large sack of cornmeal to make cornbread. They took chickens in a coop, so they had their own eggs all along the way. In one wagon, the cook shack, they had a monkey stove with an oven in the stove pipe. In these wagons they had four beds, and a firebox bolted to the bottom of one the wagon's floor to heat the wagon. Claude, Charlie, and Elmer drove two of the wagons, taking turns. Lestine and little Lewis drove the cook wagon. It was a long, slow, tiresome journey, and sometimes they would stop and let the horses rest and the boys warm up. Usually Lestine would make beans and fried potatoes, biscuits in a big pot on a campfire.
One day a wheel on the cook shack wagon broke off. They hadn't traveled over 1/2 day, so what to do was the question. Claude at eighteen was the only adult male. He looked around and there was no one else but him. Claude, Charlie, Elmer all took the wheel off and Claude manually carried the wagon wheel on a horse. He had to ride several miles to a blacksmith shop. Then the laborious trip back astride that horse holding that giant wagon wheel balanced on the horse's back.
This had taken 1/2 day and by now it was sun down. Whenever Claude arrived at the camp, Lestine had a nice, hot supper. It sure looked good and Claude was weary. Even at the age of eighteen, he looked very weary and beaten, so Jewell said. After eighty years she could still remember how worn that eighteen year old boy looked. First he ate a good meal and rested for a few minutes, and then they had to work fast, because the sun would soon be setting. After the wheel was mounted on the wagon the complete group bedded down. Very early the next morning the group set off to New Mexico.
The family arrived at Hollene, New Mexico about January 15, 1915. The kids and Lestine were soexcited because half of their family was already there. Included were Uncle Riley, Uncle Marian, Aunt Alice, Buddy Sheridan, Aunt Pearly and Uncle Walter Sheridan(Lestine's brothers and sisters). Lestine had been able to obtain 160 acres, two miles south and two miles west at Hollene for a small fee. They stayed there and did what they could to exist and survive.
Whenever Lestine's family arrived at Hollene from Duke, there already was a dugout for the family to reside in. This residence was 1/2 dugout and 1/2 wooden top. The smaller children and Lestine slept in the dugout portion. The older boys slept in the attic of the dugout. Later Claude and Charlie built a tunnel like building and then a square room to join the rest of the house.
Lestine heard by mail her daughter, Minnie was very ill, failing every day, and begging for her Mama.
Minnie had married Robert Stripling Eason, October 28, 1911 while Lestine and her family were living in Rock, Oklahoma. Later Minnie had a little girl (born 1913), Irene, and a boy named Harvey, about two years later. When Harvey was about 10 months old, his mother became very sick, in fact she had never recovered from Harvey's birth. Some think she was suffering from a female disorder plus she was in a state of depression.
In the fall, (cotton picking season) Lestine, loaded Elmer (fifteen) Jewell (eleven), Lewis (nine), and May Jo (eight) in a wagon and headed for Marie, Oklahoma to go be with Minnie. That trip took about three to four weeks, because they had to pick cotton on the way to pay for the horses and their food.
Claude and Charlie had stayed home to take care of the crop and livestock. They built a barn with Riley's support to give a bit of advice, because Claude and Charlie were good at carpentry. That barn was really just a storage for cow and chicken food.
As Lestine came to Jim Stout's home, a horse rider pulled up and said that Minnie was very low and she should come at once. The older children stayed at Uncle Jim's and picked cotton. Lestine took Mary Jo and went to Minnie's house. Minnie lasted about three weeks. During that time, Bob Easton's neighbors came in and harvested his cotton crop.
The family was very poor, so Minnie was probably buried in a home wooden box lined with mosquito netting. She laid in state at her home with the casket open one day and night before she was buried. Neighbors came in and visited the family and viewed the body. The body was carried to "Ole Marie Cemetery" in a wagon drawn by horses. That cemetery was on Uncle Jim's Stout's property.
It was such a sad time as Minnie had left two little children. After the funeral, Lestine took Jewell, Mary Jo and Minnie's two little children, Irene and Harvey, by train to Hollene, New Mexico. Bob paid for the train ride with money from his cotton crop. Bob Eason sold and gave his belongings away. Bob, Elmer, and Lewis loaded what he had left on the wagon and were bound for the Justus farm near Hollene.
Claude and Charley met Lestine and children before they got to Clovis on the prairie. The train stopped and let the family off. The group loaded onto Lestine's wagon and were bound for the Justus farm.
More sadness in the very near future, about a year later, little Irene, Minnie's little girl at age four died with spinal meningitis. They laid her to rest in Hollene cemetery (1916).
While Lestine's family lived in Hollene, she met a fellow by the name of Jeff D. Moore, (Carl Moore's father), a farmer who tried to be a Church of Christ minister. One day Lestine bought Mr. Moore to their home and in front of her children ask him, "What do you want the children to call you?" Everything got real quiet--then Lestine has several suggestions. Later whenever the children got outside, Claude spoke up and said "Well, I can think of lots of things to call him but it won't be Dad."
Very soon, Claude joined the U.S. Army, about August 1918 and right away he want to Camp Ike at Arkansas. Seems like Claude and Charlie had some disagreement and Charlie had already moved out at the age of sixteen. He went back to Mangrum and at seventeen married Liddie Ray. Sometimes, Jeff's son, Carl Moore, would come and stay for a short time with Lestine and her new husband.
According to Charlie's daughter, Levell, Charlie did not marry until age 19. She said the following, "Charlie Thomas Justus was born January 30, 1899. He married my Mother on November 21, 1917. That means daddy was shy of just two months and 9 days of being 19 when they married (NOT 17 as Jeannie stated). Mother was also 18 the previous July. I just now checked my records to confirm this. Since one had to be 21 in Oklahoma they drove to a town in Texas to get married. In Texas the age allowed was 18. They could not have gotten married in either state at age 17."
Later, Lestine, family and Mr. Moore moved one mile east and 1/4 mile north of Broadview. The town Broadview did not exist at that time. Their mailing address was still Hollene, N.M. They were renting Pat Ridley's place. Later Mr. Moore died at that house with a blood disorder. At the age of 14, Jewell married Claude Taylor while in Broadview.
After Moore died, Lestine probably traded her Hollene property for property about 5 miles southeast of Grady. Celestine wanted to move closer to Grady so Elmer, Lewis, Mary Jo and Harvey could attend a better school. Today Calvin Stout, Riley's son, owns that Hollene property.
Elmer, married Lois Jennings at Grady. This left only Lewis, Mary Jo and Harvey, Minnie's son, at home.
Lestine lived at Grady until Mary Jo graduated from the Grady High School, about 1925. Celestine decided she wanted to move closer to Abilene, so Mary Jo could attend Abilene Christian College. With a bit of checking around with several people, she traded her land at Grady for property at Clyde near Abilene, Tx.
Mary Jo attended Abilene Christian College one summer for one semester. When Miriam and Claude lived at Loco, Claude became acquainted with James Kennedy and his family. Sometimes whenever Claude was visiting James, he would speak of his mother and his sister Mary Jo at Clyde, Texas. James was a young, single man and he decided he'd like to meet Claude's sister. So he planned a trip to visit Mary Jo, and immediately there was a strong attraction between them. After a brief courtship, they decided to marry after Mary Jo finished the fall semester at Abilene.
Mary Jo cleaned some of the dormitories and whatever work she could find to help with her college expense. Lewis married Ella Kamradt at Grady during that time. He had stayed on at Grady.
Well, cleaning those dormitories wasn't too much fun to Mary Jo and the end of semester seemed so far away. She just couldn't get James' image out of her head, and those studies were so hard. Getting married sure seemed like lots more fun. The next time James visited Mary Jo they started talking about getting married. Within a very short time, Mary Jo had quit school and was now Mrs. James Kennedy. Shortly afterwards, James went to work for a Shell Oil Co., his lifetime occupation. James was a devout Christian all of his life and influenced many people to be Christians. He truly put the Lord first in his life and he raised his family in the same manner.
Lestine with Harvey was on a small farm in Clyde about six or seven miles southeast of Abilene. Bob Eason moved back to live with Lestine and Harvey. Lestine's family had gotten smaller so she didn't mind if Bob moved in with her and Harvey. Awhile later Celestine married Bob Eason.
(Mary Jo said that her mother and Mr. Eason were afraid people would talk poorly about them living under the same roof so it was prudent for them to marry. She was criticized for this by some for "marrying her son-in-law.)
The latter years of Celestine's life were spent living in a house in Haskell, near Mary Jo and James. Her health was rapidly declining and in 1949, she died. Some thought probably of liver cancer. She was laid to rest at the cemetery in Haskell, Texas beside her fifth husband, Bob Eason.
History of the Stout Family in America
History of the Stout Family
Researched by George Riley Stout
b—born
d—died
I—Variable or unknown date
m—married
STOUT
GENERATION m. COMPANION
Burton, Parrish
d. ? England d, ?
II. Richard Stout ? 1645-Gravesend Penelope Kent Van Princin
Only son of John and Elizabeth Bee Stout. Long Island, b. 1602. Holland ?
b. 1615 Nottinghamshire New York d. 1712, Middleton, N. J.
d. 1705 Middleton, Monmouth C. N.J.
an Original settler of N. J.
Richard (1615-1705) came to America after running away from home. Left his ship at New Amsterdam (now New York) where he met a Dutch Widow, Penelope Kent (or Lent) van Princin (1622-1732) and married her in 1645.
Penelope and first husband Van Princin were shipwrecked off the coast of Sandy Hook about 1641, and when they struggled ashore, were immediately attacked by Indians. They killed her husband and disembodied and hacked the left arm of Penelope and left her for dead. She however, held her intestines in place with her right hand, dragged herself into a hollow tree, where she later decided it better to be dead than in such miserable condition, so revealed herself to a passing Indian. By this time a reward had been offered for any survivors of the lost vessel and the Indians hearing of it took Penelope to their village hear what is today Monmouth Co., New jersey. There they nursed her after sewing up her wounds with willow bark and a fish bone needle. When she was restored to a condition of health they brought her into New Amsterdam and claimed the reward. She was the only survivor of the lost vessel, and completely recovered and lived to be 110 years old.
d. ? Hunterdon Co. N.J. d, ? Hunterdon Co., Daughter
d. 7-14-1779 Kingston, N.J. d. 1-19-1777
Whose father Richard settled at Plymouth, Mass.- 1600
. 5-23-1739 Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. N.J. d. 1789 Hopewell
d. Died 1789 Hopewell
d. 11-27-1842 Scott Co., Ky Hunterdon Co., N.J.
d. 5-27-1818 - Fayette Co., Ky
Son of James of Upper Freehold
Since two James are sop described in records Elijah is either a IV or V generation of Stout. James I was son of David III-B. James II was son of James I and married Mary Mattison daughter of Jacob, but records do not substantiate this. We follow from her the proven Benjamin line through Ann so next generation is VI.
Anna Stout 11-19-1783 Elijah Stout
b. 5-15-1767 Hunterdon Co., N. J. Amwell Tsp., b. 3-14-1761
d. 11-27-1841 Scott Co., Ky Hunterdon Co., N.J. d. 5-27-1818
Elijah Stout described in Nathan Stout’s History as son of James of Upper Freehold has not yet been positively identified in any other record. Kentucky, New Jersey and Missouri records are as full of Elijahs as woods are trees. Bending the right twig is a stupendous job. In 1776, our Elijah at age 15, volunteered, “------=--the day after the battle if Princeton,: Until wars and he was intermittently involved in home guard actions, once under Colonel Cornelius Stout, but never in actual battle. “_____about the time of St. Clair’s defeat, he moved to Fayette Co. Ky where, except for a short time (around 1800), he spent the rest of his life.
Anna Stout by records proven the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Higgins Stout, 1709-1789 is described in the only record we have of her, “as a woman of truth.” She bore and reared her children along the hard trails of pioneer Kentucky.
d. 9-19-1809 Forks of Elkhorn Church records, Woodford Co., Ky
The bible says only- Sarah Hanes died 9-19-1809 and Rebecca Hanes, granddaughter of Elijah Stout was born 7-14-1807
In 1938, Senator Harry S. Truman inquired of National Archives about this Elijah Stout. We are working with Truman historians on this matter.
Elizabeth Stout 10-13-1818 Wesley Roberts
Fayette Co., Ky
Anna’s brother, Jediah Stout had a daughter, Elizabeth about the same age as did another Elijah, member of the South Elkhorn church. Further research may eventually clear the confusion but if the Trumans lay claim to our Elijah it will almost certainly have to be through this daughter.
In Anna’s court hearing on her pension claim application , a Marian Tucker signed with Judith and Delila Stout verifying claim.
d. after 1872 Vernon Co. Mo
This is the line we shall follow.
d. 5-22-1803
d. after 1872 Vernon Co. Ky d. @1863 Moniteau Co. Mo.
Judiah Stout : 5th Child and first son of Elijah and Anna Stout seems to have the first of their children born in Ky. And the only son to have survived to manhood. In Fayette Co., Ky. it is recorded under January 1818 entries of the Rev. J. Shackleford, pastor of Forks of Elkhorn Church, Woodland Co. Ermine J. Darnell in her book of history of the church also records this and the marriage of Sarah Stout to Joseph Haines.
In 1823, Judiah received land from his parents on Hickman Creek in Fayette Co. Sharing the land with W.J.R. Mosely and wife, Rachel. Matthew Cooke witnessed these transactions, deed book 6, p. 601ff and W, p. 390. The 1830 Fayette Co. census names Elijah as head of house, the 1840 names Judiah. Records indicate that both Anna and Elijah are probably buried at the Can Run Church cemetery which lies on the line of Fayette, Scott, and Woodford Counties. The first record of Judiah in Missouri is his purchase of land in Moniteau Co. deed book C. p. 2798 and consistently thereafter until 1871whe the last of his holdings was transferred to son Elijah and P.P. Allee. In 1854, Judiah and Delila sold part of the land to Elijah and Wife, Elinor. In 1863, a deed of gift bequeathed to each of his children most of the land share and share alike. The last transfer 1871 is consented to by wife Ceklina thus signifying the only evidence we have positively
Of the death of Delila in the 1860s. The land thus described has benn visited in 1970. Occupant states that when he purchased it from descendants of the Allee family in 1920, there were some old scattered stones lying in a back field but careful searching failed to locate them and being an unregistered family plot there are no records.
Delilah Cooke Stout, daughter of Matthew Cooke described herself in 1850 as born in South Carolina. No other fact has come to light.
Children:
d. 10-15-1861 Mo.
This is the line we shall follow
d. 7-7-1907 Mo.
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d. after 1910 Mo.
d.4-7-1835 Fayette Co. Ky
d.12-?-1830 Fayette Co. Ky
d.10-8-1834 Mo.
d.4-17-1904 Mo.
d. ?
d. 10-15-1861 Miller Co. Mo. b. 11-7-1821 Scott, Co.
On 6-28-1861, John enlisted in the Union Army in Miller Co. Mo Book of Hawkins Taylor Comm. Says he was Pvt. 1st Reg. U.S. Reserve Corps, Home Guard, discharged 9-3-1861 His serial number is 229-884.
In 1883 under pension No. 296 986 a family Bible was submitted.
In 1886, the pension office requested more information about this application and states that the 1861 September payroll or discharge from service was occasioned by illness if said soldier with chronic diarrhea which began while he was prisoner of Lexington, Mo. from which he died 10-15-1861.
The submitted Bible agrees exactly with records of G. R. Stout, a grandson now (1971) living in Broadview, New Mexico and also the Moniteau Census of 1850. The birth date of this man is given in the army record and the New Mexico record as that in the Bible found in the National Archives submitted by John’s grandmother in 1838 Fayette Co. hence we are certain we have the same John Lewis.
His children were
2. Andrew Judiah Stout
b. 4-28-1843 Thursday
3. John Williams Stout 9-9-1866 Isabell Combs
b. 5-22-1844
4. Amanda C. Stout
b. 7-3-1847 Saturday
IX. 5. Thomas Benton Stout 6-8-1873 -Morgan Co. Mo. Mary Jane Kelsey
b. 5-30-1850 Thursday d. ?1915.
d. 1-3-1925 Hollene, N.M. This is the line we will follow
6. Martha Jane Stout
b. 9-18-1852 Saturday
7. Mary Melinda Stout
b. 12-28-1853 Thursday
8. James Monroe Sappington Stout
b. 8-6-1859 Thursday
9. Josephine Marigot Stout
b. 8-6-1859 Sunday
10. George Henry Stout
b. 8-11-1861 Sunday
We have further record of only one No. 5 Thomas Benton Stout. His marriage license was granted at Versailles, Morgan Co., Missouri. He was actually married at Sedalia, Pattie Co. Mo. They moved to Denton, Texas where some, if not all of their children were born and all were reared there.
Children: 16 in number
5-1 Rose Jane 3-2-1893 W.J. Hickman
b. 9-13-1874
d. 4-17-1937
Andrew McBride
5-2 Celestine Delila Stout 5-18-1893 J.F. Justus
b. 1-27-1876-
d. 11-11-1949 - Crosbyton, Tx Edwin Marvin Mitchell
d. 12-21-1921 Willow, Ok.
Robert Eason
5-3 Janeto Ellen Stout 10-12-1893 D.O. Rutherford
b. 2-4-1877
d. 1-24-1946
5-4 James Alexander Stout 9-28-1899 Bell Lee Master
b. 10-26-1878
d, 8-24-1964
5-5 Frances Isabella Stout
b. 1-27-1880
d. 7-6-1880
5-6 Martha Ann Stout
b. 3-12-1881
d. 4-2-1881
5-7 Mary Margaret Stout Reuben Yates
b. 2-16-1882
d. 1-18-1932
5-8 William Henry Stout 1905 Sallie Sissom
Louella Della ?
b. 2-10-1884
d. 7-23-1965
5-9 Malinda Alice Stout 3-20-1906 R. E. Sheridan
b. 5-1886
d. 5-1-1986
5-10 John Thomas Stout Rettie Harris
b. 5-28-1888
d. 10-11-1918
5-11 Marion Edward Stout ? Ethel Sissom
? Peachie Rogers (grandmother of Pam Jones
? Mallie Gladwall
b. 8-1-1890
d.
5-12 Charles Andrew Stout
b. 2-7-1892
d. 7-9-1910
5-13 George Riley Stout 12-8-1912 Claudia Victoria Rogers
b. 3-29-1893 Denton, Texas b. 1897
5-14 Josie Pearl Stout 3-10-1910 Walter Sheridan
b. 6-29-1894
d.
5-15 Fannie May Stout
b. 3-20-1896
d. 1-3-1902
5-16 Maude Victoria Stout 4-6-1913 Thomas Eugene Eason
1955 Robert Johnson
b. 8-20-1897
d.
Of this family we have record of No. 13, George Riley Stout. In April, 1964 he was spending the night in a motel at Sedalin, Mo. He had been on an eastern tour searching vainly for his Stout Family history. The obituary of Harry Lessley’s Uncle John Stout was in the paper that evening and Geroge Riley hopefully visited the funeral home. His letters of inquiry were sent to the Lessley’s in Puducah and the ensuring correspondence indicated that the two families were related. George Riley hhad specific dates for birth of John Lewis and knew that he and Amanda Carroll were married in Georgetown, Ky on a specific date. These two dates proved the key which unlocked the identity of all people included in this record. George Riley Stout is a retired farmer and stockman now living at Broadview, New Mexico. His children are:
13-1 George Dudley Stout 12-25-1937 Twylah Belle Palmateer
b. 4-13-1915 Grady, New Mexico San Jose, Cali.
1. Martha Victoria Stout 12-31-1959 Fred Allen Sherman
b. 101-10-1939
2. George Royal Stout 4-3-1961 Clara Ann Dick
b. 1-9-1941
d. 11-22-1966
1. Debra Ann Stout 1-17-1962
2. Lisa Royal Stout 10-22-1964
3. George Royal Stout, Jr. 4-28-1966
13-2 Victor Pride Stout 2-28-1942 Maggie Ellen Fryer
b. 6-19-1920 Grady, N.M.
1. Bobbie Gale Stout 8-19-1965 Clarrissa Elaine Hollingsworth
b. - 5-20-1944
2, Linda Kay Stout 8-9-1943 William Earl Pickens
b. 2-23-1948
13-3 Fern Dale Stout 10-13-1943 Cleta Mae Fryer
b. 7-25-1923
1. Roger Dale Stout
b. 5-5-1950
2. Stephen Ross Stout
b. 4-2-1956
13-4 Calvin Royal Stout 3-18-1944 Roberta Lee Reed
b. 4-29-1925 Grady, N.M.
1. Janice Elaine Stout 8-16-1969 Olin Gardner
b. 4-29-1949
2, Jacqueline Lee Stout
b. 8-10-1955
13-5 Paul Wayne Stout 4-24-1948 Tommy Jean Sensing
b. 6-28-1927 Grady, N.M.
d. 1-21-1968
1. Rodney Wayne Stout
b. 6-9-1952
2. Stephen Clay
b. 9-22-1953
13-6 Billie Lee Stout 9-13-1953 Betty Louise Howard
b. 3-18-1933 Grady, N.M.
1. Paul Kevin Stout
End of Riley Stout Family
Later information gives this for Thomas Benton Stout’s son listed as child No.
1. Rite May Stout Hart
2. Homer Ford Stout
b. 9-21-1914
Children of Celestine Stout, Justus, Mitchell, Eason
b. 1-28-1928Clyde, Tx b. 12-3-1930
James Lloyd Jo Kennedy
b 11/7/1951
Marla Hartsell
Sarah Ellis
Kerry Kirk Carlton
b. 8-18-1955
Dane Carlton Sonya Carlton
Reagan Ruth
3. Sue Anne Randy Braddock
b. 5-7-1957
Leah Welch
Brittan Braddock
Brooke Braddock
2 . Marjorie Aileen June 30. 1951 James Erwin Campbell
b. 9-9-1929 McCamey, Tx b. 6-7-1929
d. 4-16-1991 Seminole, Tx d. 5-15-1987
1. James Daniel Sharon Campbell
b. 6-11-1952
Kari Ann
Amy Lee
Jason Allen
Daniel Keith
2. Karl Norris
b. 1-6-1954
Cynthia Ann
Edward Allen Watts
Joyce Watts
Amie Denise Greg DeMoss
Hans Carl Norris Campbell
3. Elizabeth Francis
b. 6-14-1959
Robin
3. Norene Janelle Sullivan 12-16-1950 Edwin Ray Moore
b. 10-10-1930 Wink, Tx b. 5-10-1924
d. 4-13-1987
April 14, 1965 Glen Roy Sullivan
d. 2013?
1. Connie Raynelle 2-10-1973 Curtis Arthur Fowler
b. 8-5-1951 Clovis, N.M. b. 2-6-1950
1. Paul Conrad Fowler
b. 9-24-1976 Dallas, Tx
2. Christopher Adam Fowler 4-9-2016 Lindsey Goss
b. 11-21-1977 Dallas, Tx
1. Paige Elizabeth 4-17-2006 Mother Janelle Hughes Fowler
2. Cohen Aaron Fowler 11-18-2016 Mother - Lindsey Goss
3. Penny Layne 3-5-2012 Brent Grubbs
b. 08-24-1979 Dallas, Tx
1. Colby Blake Cannon- 1-20-2002-Father Cecil Cannon-Duncanville, Tx
2. Jeremiah Charlie Grubbs- 2-19-2014 Duncanville, Tx
2. Jana Lynn Hillis August 6, 1972 Ronald Wayne Hillis
b. 2-24-1953 Midland, Tx b. 2-28-1953
d. 11- 1- 1990 Andrews, Tx
Kenneth David
d.
Robert Gillispie
1. Michael Wayne Hillis
b. June 6, 1974
2. Jamie Lynn Hillis Jacob Dulworth
b. March 5, 1979
1. Jacob Tyler
2. Mackenzie
3. Madison
3. Gayla Beth Parker January 1. 1077 Gary Lynn Parker
b. 6-16-1956 Big Lake, Tx b. November 24, 19542.
Matthew Scott
b December 5, 1985
Kathryn Nicole Miguel de la Pena
b September 5 1988
Isabel Alyce
Aaron
Zachary Allan Laura
Heidi Emerson Moore
b 12, 20, 2015
Mercer Ann
Katrina Lawrence (daughter of Shelly)
4. Weldon Craig 6-17-1954 Mary Ruth Walker
b. 2-3-1935 Haskell, Tx b. 11-25-1935 Ranger, Tx
1. Pamela Susan Wesley Speights
b. 3-18-1955
Logan
Landon
Kenna Dee
2. Weldon Craig Wanda
b. 12-1-1957
Brandon Mindy
Dylan
Madison
Mackenzie
Delaney
Jared Kristen
Brenden
Adaline
Mason Whitney
Harlee
3. Robert Douglas Jana
b. 4-26-1965
Ryan
Emily
Researched by George Riley Stout
b—born
d—died
I—Variable or unknown date
m—married
STOUT
GENERATION m. COMPANION
- John Stout 11-13-1609 Elizabeth Bee
Burton, Parrish
d. ? England d, ?
II. Richard Stout ? 1645-Gravesend Penelope Kent Van Princin
Only son of John and Elizabeth Bee Stout. Long Island, b. 1602. Holland ?
b. 1615 Nottinghamshire New York d. 1712, Middleton, N. J.
d. 1705 Middleton, Monmouth C. N.J.
an Original settler of N. J.
Richard (1615-1705) came to America after running away from home. Left his ship at New Amsterdam (now New York) where he met a Dutch Widow, Penelope Kent (or Lent) van Princin (1622-1732) and married her in 1645.
Penelope and first husband Van Princin were shipwrecked off the coast of Sandy Hook about 1641, and when they struggled ashore, were immediately attacked by Indians. They killed her husband and disembodied and hacked the left arm of Penelope and left her for dead. She however, held her intestines in place with her right hand, dragged herself into a hollow tree, where she later decided it better to be dead than in such miserable condition, so revealed herself to a passing Indian. By this time a reward had been offered for any survivors of the lost vessel and the Indians hearing of it took Penelope to their village hear what is today Monmouth Co., New jersey. There they nursed her after sewing up her wounds with willow bark and a fish bone needle. When she was restored to a condition of health they brought her into New Amsterdam and claimed the reward. She was the only survivor of the lost vessel, and completely recovered and lived to be 110 years old.
- A. Jonathan Stout 8-27-1686 Anne Throgmorton Bolen
- 5th son Richard Monmouth Co. N.J. b. ? Monmouth Co.
- 1658 ? Graveend, N. J. d. After 1723 Hunterdon Co.
- 1723 Hunterdon Co. N.J. also given as Hannah,
- B. David Stout 1688 Rebecca Ashton.
d. ? Hunterdon Co. N.J. d, ? Hunterdon Co., Daughter
- A. Hannah Stout 1715 Jediah Higgins 2nd
d. 7-14-1779 Kingston, N.J. d. 1-19-1777
Whose father Richard settled at Plymouth, Mass.- 1600
- B. Benjamin Stout 1754? His cousin Mary Higgins
. 5-23-1739 Hopewell, Hunterdon Co. N.J. d. 1789 Hopewell
- A. Mary Higgins
d. Died 1789 Hopewell
- B. Ann Stout 11-19-1783 her cousin
d. 11-27-1842 Scott Co., Ky Hunterdon Co., N.J.
- Elijah Stout –Revolutionary Soldier W. 8751
d. 5-27-1818 - Fayette Co., Ky
Son of James of Upper Freehold
Since two James are sop described in records Elijah is either a IV or V generation of Stout. James I was son of David III-B. James II was son of James I and married Mary Mattison daughter of Jacob, but records do not substantiate this. We follow from her the proven Benjamin line through Ann so next generation is VI.
Anna Stout 11-19-1783 Elijah Stout
b. 5-15-1767 Hunterdon Co., N. J. Amwell Tsp., b. 3-14-1761
d. 11-27-1841 Scott Co., Ky Hunterdon Co., N.J. d. 5-27-1818
Elijah Stout described in Nathan Stout’s History as son of James of Upper Freehold has not yet been positively identified in any other record. Kentucky, New Jersey and Missouri records are as full of Elijahs as woods are trees. Bending the right twig is a stupendous job. In 1776, our Elijah at age 15, volunteered, “------=--the day after the battle if Princeton,: Until wars and he was intermittently involved in home guard actions, once under Colonel Cornelius Stout, but never in actual battle. “_____about the time of St. Clair’s defeat, he moved to Fayette Co. Ky where, except for a short time (around 1800), he spent the rest of his life.
Anna Stout by records proven the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Higgins Stout, 1709-1789 is described in the only record we have of her, “as a woman of truth.” She bore and reared her children along the hard trails of pioneer Kentucky.
- Sarah Stout 1799 Joseph Hanes
d. 9-19-1809 Forks of Elkhorn Church records, Woodford Co., Ky
The bible says only- Sarah Hanes died 9-19-1809 and Rebecca Hanes, granddaughter of Elijah Stout was born 7-14-1807
- Betsy Stout
In 1938, Senator Harry S. Truman inquired of National Archives about this Elijah Stout. We are working with Truman historians on this matter.
Elizabeth Stout 10-13-1818 Wesley Roberts
Fayette Co., Ky
Anna’s brother, Jediah Stout had a daughter, Elizabeth about the same age as did another Elijah, member of the South Elkhorn church. Further research may eventually clear the confusion but if the Trumans lay claim to our Elijah it will almost certainly have to be through this daughter.
- Rachel Stout 6-7-1814 ` William J. R. Mosely
- Elijah’s Bible states that Harrison Locke married Rebecca Mosely 2-14-1828
- Fayette Court Order Book 10, p. 419 certificate of death of Elijah Stout, 1838 and first record of Anna’s application for his pension., Harrison Locke accompanied her to court, registered the death vouched for
- Fayette Co. Deed Book, p. 390, 1823 Elijah and Anna transferred land to W.J.R. Mosely and Rachel Mosely, his wfe.
- Mary Stout ? Tucker
In Anna’s court hearing on her pension claim application , a Marian Tucker signed with Judith and Delila Stout verifying claim.
- Judiah Stout 7-16-1817 Delila Cook
d. after 1872 Vernon Co. Mo
This is the line we shall follow.
- Benjamin Prall Stout
d. 5-22-1803
- Judiah Stout 7- 16-1817 Delila Cook
d. after 1872 Vernon Co. Ky d. @1863 Moniteau Co. Mo.
Judiah Stout : 5th Child and first son of Elijah and Anna Stout seems to have the first of their children born in Ky. And the only son to have survived to manhood. In Fayette Co., Ky. it is recorded under January 1818 entries of the Rev. J. Shackleford, pastor of Forks of Elkhorn Church, Woodland Co. Ermine J. Darnell in her book of history of the church also records this and the marriage of Sarah Stout to Joseph Haines.
In 1823, Judiah received land from his parents on Hickman Creek in Fayette Co. Sharing the land with W.J.R. Mosely and wife, Rachel. Matthew Cooke witnessed these transactions, deed book 6, p. 601ff and W, p. 390. The 1830 Fayette Co. census names Elijah as head of house, the 1840 names Judiah. Records indicate that both Anna and Elijah are probably buried at the Can Run Church cemetery which lies on the line of Fayette, Scott, and Woodford Counties. The first record of Judiah in Missouri is his purchase of land in Moniteau Co. deed book C. p. 2798 and consistently thereafter until 1871whe the last of his holdings was transferred to son Elijah and P.P. Allee. In 1854, Judiah and Delila sold part of the land to Elijah and Wife, Elinor. In 1863, a deed of gift bequeathed to each of his children most of the land share and share alike. The last transfer 1871 is consented to by wife Ceklina thus signifying the only evidence we have positively
Of the death of Delila in the 1860s. The land thus described has benn visited in 1970. Occupant states that when he purchased it from descendants of the Allee family in 1920, there were some old scattered stones lying in a back field but careful searching failed to locate them and being an unregistered family plot there are no records.
Delilah Cooke Stout, daughter of Matthew Cooke described herself in 1850 as born in South Carolina. No other fact has come to light.
Children:
- John Lewis Stout
d. 10-15-1861 Mo.
This is the line we shall follow
- Elijah Stout
d. 7-7-1907 Mo.
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- Marianne Stout
- Mo.
- Micajah Stout
d. after 1910 Mo.
- Judiah Stout
d.4-7-1835 Fayette Co. Ky
- Rebecca Stout
d.12-?-1830 Fayette Co. Ky
- Elizabeth Jane Stout
d.10-8-1834 Mo.
- Martha Dossy Stout
d.4-17-1904 Mo.
- Margaret Stout
d. ?
- John Lewis Stout 8-1-1939 ` Amanda Celestine Carroll
d. 10-15-1861 Miller Co. Mo. b. 11-7-1821 Scott, Co.
On 6-28-1861, John enlisted in the Union Army in Miller Co. Mo Book of Hawkins Taylor Comm. Says he was Pvt. 1st Reg. U.S. Reserve Corps, Home Guard, discharged 9-3-1861 His serial number is 229-884.
In 1883 under pension No. 296 986 a family Bible was submitted.
In 1886, the pension office requested more information about this application and states that the 1861 September payroll or discharge from service was occasioned by illness if said soldier with chronic diarrhea which began while he was prisoner of Lexington, Mo. from which he died 10-15-1861.
The submitted Bible agrees exactly with records of G. R. Stout, a grandson now (1971) living in Broadview, New Mexico and also the Moniteau Census of 1850. The birth date of this man is given in the army record and the New Mexico record as that in the Bible found in the National Archives submitted by John’s grandmother in 1838 Fayette Co. hence we are certain we have the same John Lewis.
His children were
- Celestine Delila Stout 4-15-1858 Antow R. Hess
2. Andrew Judiah Stout
b. 4-28-1843 Thursday
3. John Williams Stout 9-9-1866 Isabell Combs
b. 5-22-1844
4. Amanda C. Stout
b. 7-3-1847 Saturday
IX. 5. Thomas Benton Stout 6-8-1873 -Morgan Co. Mo. Mary Jane Kelsey
b. 5-30-1850 Thursday d. ?1915.
d. 1-3-1925 Hollene, N.M. This is the line we will follow
6. Martha Jane Stout
b. 9-18-1852 Saturday
7. Mary Melinda Stout
b. 12-28-1853 Thursday
8. James Monroe Sappington Stout
b. 8-6-1859 Thursday
9. Josephine Marigot Stout
b. 8-6-1859 Sunday
10. George Henry Stout
b. 8-11-1861 Sunday
We have further record of only one No. 5 Thomas Benton Stout. His marriage license was granted at Versailles, Morgan Co., Missouri. He was actually married at Sedalia, Pattie Co. Mo. They moved to Denton, Texas where some, if not all of their children were born and all were reared there.
Children: 16 in number
5-1 Rose Jane 3-2-1893 W.J. Hickman
b. 9-13-1874
d. 4-17-1937
Andrew McBride
5-2 Celestine Delila Stout 5-18-1893 J.F. Justus
b. 1-27-1876-
d. 11-11-1949 - Crosbyton, Tx Edwin Marvin Mitchell
d. 12-21-1921 Willow, Ok.
Robert Eason
5-3 Janeto Ellen Stout 10-12-1893 D.O. Rutherford
b. 2-4-1877
d. 1-24-1946
5-4 James Alexander Stout 9-28-1899 Bell Lee Master
b. 10-26-1878
d, 8-24-1964
5-5 Frances Isabella Stout
b. 1-27-1880
d. 7-6-1880
5-6 Martha Ann Stout
b. 3-12-1881
d. 4-2-1881
5-7 Mary Margaret Stout Reuben Yates
b. 2-16-1882
d. 1-18-1932
5-8 William Henry Stout 1905 Sallie Sissom
Louella Della ?
b. 2-10-1884
d. 7-23-1965
5-9 Malinda Alice Stout 3-20-1906 R. E. Sheridan
b. 5-1886
d. 5-1-1986
5-10 John Thomas Stout Rettie Harris
b. 5-28-1888
d. 10-11-1918
5-11 Marion Edward Stout ? Ethel Sissom
? Peachie Rogers (grandmother of Pam Jones
? Mallie Gladwall
b. 8-1-1890
d.
5-12 Charles Andrew Stout
b. 2-7-1892
d. 7-9-1910
5-13 George Riley Stout 12-8-1912 Claudia Victoria Rogers
b. 3-29-1893 Denton, Texas b. 1897
5-14 Josie Pearl Stout 3-10-1910 Walter Sheridan
b. 6-29-1894
d.
5-15 Fannie May Stout
b. 3-20-1896
d. 1-3-1902
5-16 Maude Victoria Stout 4-6-1913 Thomas Eugene Eason
1955 Robert Johnson
b. 8-20-1897
d.
Of this family we have record of No. 13, George Riley Stout. In April, 1964 he was spending the night in a motel at Sedalin, Mo. He had been on an eastern tour searching vainly for his Stout Family history. The obituary of Harry Lessley’s Uncle John Stout was in the paper that evening and Geroge Riley hopefully visited the funeral home. His letters of inquiry were sent to the Lessley’s in Puducah and the ensuring correspondence indicated that the two families were related. George Riley hhad specific dates for birth of John Lewis and knew that he and Amanda Carroll were married in Georgetown, Ky on a specific date. These two dates proved the key which unlocked the identity of all people included in this record. George Riley Stout is a retired farmer and stockman now living at Broadview, New Mexico. His children are:
13-1 George Dudley Stout 12-25-1937 Twylah Belle Palmateer
b. 4-13-1915 Grady, New Mexico San Jose, Cali.
1. Martha Victoria Stout 12-31-1959 Fred Allen Sherman
b. 101-10-1939
2. George Royal Stout 4-3-1961 Clara Ann Dick
b. 1-9-1941
d. 11-22-1966
1. Debra Ann Stout 1-17-1962
2. Lisa Royal Stout 10-22-1964
3. George Royal Stout, Jr. 4-28-1966
13-2 Victor Pride Stout 2-28-1942 Maggie Ellen Fryer
b. 6-19-1920 Grady, N.M.
1. Bobbie Gale Stout 8-19-1965 Clarrissa Elaine Hollingsworth
b. - 5-20-1944
2, Linda Kay Stout 8-9-1943 William Earl Pickens
b. 2-23-1948
13-3 Fern Dale Stout 10-13-1943 Cleta Mae Fryer
b. 7-25-1923
1. Roger Dale Stout
b. 5-5-1950
2. Stephen Ross Stout
b. 4-2-1956
13-4 Calvin Royal Stout 3-18-1944 Roberta Lee Reed
b. 4-29-1925 Grady, N.M.
1. Janice Elaine Stout 8-16-1969 Olin Gardner
b. 4-29-1949
2, Jacqueline Lee Stout
b. 8-10-1955
13-5 Paul Wayne Stout 4-24-1948 Tommy Jean Sensing
b. 6-28-1927 Grady, N.M.
d. 1-21-1968
1. Rodney Wayne Stout
b. 6-9-1952
2. Stephen Clay
b. 9-22-1953
13-6 Billie Lee Stout 9-13-1953 Betty Louise Howard
b. 3-18-1933 Grady, N.M.
1. Paul Kevin Stout
End of Riley Stout Family
Later information gives this for Thomas Benton Stout’s son listed as child No.
- William Henry Stout and 1st wife Sallie Sissom
- William Henry Stout Lucy Fate
1. Rite May Stout Hart
2. Homer Ford Stout
b. 9-21-1914
Children of Celestine Stout, Justus, Mitchell, Eason
- Charlie Justus
- Claude Justus
- Jewel Mitchell
- Lewis Mitchell
- Mary Josephine Mitchell 09-26-1926 James Walker Kennedy
b. 1-28-1928Clyde, Tx b. 12-3-1930
James Lloyd Jo Kennedy
b 11/7/1951
Marla Hartsell
Sarah Ellis
Kerry Kirk Carlton
b. 8-18-1955
Dane Carlton Sonya Carlton
Reagan Ruth
3. Sue Anne Randy Braddock
b. 5-7-1957
Leah Welch
Brittan Braddock
Brooke Braddock
2 . Marjorie Aileen June 30. 1951 James Erwin Campbell
b. 9-9-1929 McCamey, Tx b. 6-7-1929
d. 4-16-1991 Seminole, Tx d. 5-15-1987
1. James Daniel Sharon Campbell
b. 6-11-1952
Kari Ann
Amy Lee
Jason Allen
Daniel Keith
2. Karl Norris
b. 1-6-1954
Cynthia Ann
Edward Allen Watts
Joyce Watts
Amie Denise Greg DeMoss
Hans Carl Norris Campbell
3. Elizabeth Francis
b. 6-14-1959
Robin
3. Norene Janelle Sullivan 12-16-1950 Edwin Ray Moore
b. 10-10-1930 Wink, Tx b. 5-10-1924
d. 4-13-1987
April 14, 1965 Glen Roy Sullivan
d. 2013?
1. Connie Raynelle 2-10-1973 Curtis Arthur Fowler
b. 8-5-1951 Clovis, N.M. b. 2-6-1950
1. Paul Conrad Fowler
b. 9-24-1976 Dallas, Tx
2. Christopher Adam Fowler 4-9-2016 Lindsey Goss
b. 11-21-1977 Dallas, Tx
1. Paige Elizabeth 4-17-2006 Mother Janelle Hughes Fowler
2. Cohen Aaron Fowler 11-18-2016 Mother - Lindsey Goss
3. Penny Layne 3-5-2012 Brent Grubbs
b. 08-24-1979 Dallas, Tx
1. Colby Blake Cannon- 1-20-2002-Father Cecil Cannon-Duncanville, Tx
2. Jeremiah Charlie Grubbs- 2-19-2014 Duncanville, Tx
2. Jana Lynn Hillis August 6, 1972 Ronald Wayne Hillis
b. 2-24-1953 Midland, Tx b. 2-28-1953
d. 11- 1- 1990 Andrews, Tx
Kenneth David
d.
Robert Gillispie
1. Michael Wayne Hillis
b. June 6, 1974
2. Jamie Lynn Hillis Jacob Dulworth
b. March 5, 1979
1. Jacob Tyler
2. Mackenzie
3. Madison
3. Gayla Beth Parker January 1. 1077 Gary Lynn Parker
b. 6-16-1956 Big Lake, Tx b. November 24, 19542.
Matthew Scott
b December 5, 1985
Kathryn Nicole Miguel de la Pena
b September 5 1988
Isabel Alyce
Aaron
- 4. Edwin Glen Moore Jamie Johnson Moore
Zachary Allan Laura
Heidi Emerson Moore
b 12, 20, 2015
Mercer Ann
Katrina Lawrence (daughter of Shelly)
4. Weldon Craig 6-17-1954 Mary Ruth Walker
b. 2-3-1935 Haskell, Tx b. 11-25-1935 Ranger, Tx
1. Pamela Susan Wesley Speights
b. 3-18-1955
Logan
Landon
Kenna Dee
2. Weldon Craig Wanda
b. 12-1-1957
Brandon Mindy
Dylan
Madison
Mackenzie
Delaney
Jared Kristen
Brenden
Adaline
Mason Whitney
Harlee
3. Robert Douglas Jana
b. 4-26-1965
Ryan
Emily
Brothers and Sisters of Mary Jo (Mitchell) Kennedy
Celestine Mitchell family. Celestine, Elmer, Minnie, Claude and Charlie Justus, Jewel, Mary and Lewis Mitchell
Stout reunion, 1948 or 1949
Mary Jo Kennedy, Louis Mitchell, Jewell Taylor, Claude Justus, Charlie Justus, (sitting)Grandmother, Celestine Eason
Jim Kennedy's sisters
Ruby, Mittie, Jim, Mary Jo, Edna and Carolyn
Edna lived with Jim and Mary Jo for eight years of her youth before she went back to live with her mother.
Edna lived with Jim and Mary Jo for eight years of her youth before she went back to live with her mother.