STOUT, PHILEMON
, was born May 15, 1785, in New Jersey, and in 1789 was taken by his parents to Fayette county, Kentucky. He was married Feb. 8, 1810, in Woodford county to Penelope Anderson, settled in Scott county in the same State, and in 1820 moved back to Fayette county. They had seven children who lived to maturity. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 5, 1836, in what is now Ball township. Of their children -Jackson, born August 6, 1814, in Kentucky, married Jan. 8, 1838, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Willian. He died Feb. 24, 1839. His widow married Samuel Haines. See his name.
Elihu, born Jan. 30, 1816, in Scott county Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, August 30, 1839, to Rebecca A. Patton. They had three children, James M., born June 15, 1840, married Mollie A. Mason. They have two children, James William and John Philemon, and live two miles south of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.. Philemon, born Feb. 22, 1842, married Mary Abernathy. They have two children, William Adolphus and Martha Ann, and live in Auburn, Illinois. Mrs. Rebecca A. Stout died Sept. 21, 1852, and Elihu Stout married Mrs. Sarah J. Moore, whose maiden name was Williams. They had two living children, Thomas Elihu and Charles H., who live with their father. Mrs. Sarah J. Stout died Sept. 17, 1866, and Elihu Stout was married June 18, 1867, to Mrs. Margaret E. Davis, whose maiden name was Williams. They reside three miles southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Charlotte A., born Oct. 13, 1817, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, August 10, 1837, to Samuel L. Ridgeway. See his name.
Philemon, Jun., born April 19, 1822, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Sept. 7, 1848, to Melissa Shoup. They had four children, three of whom are dead. Her only living child, Samuel J., born August 22, 1849, was married July 30, 1871, to Emma L. Brasfield. They had one child, Edna May, who died in infancy. Mrs. Emma L. Stout died Dec. 20, 1875. S. J. Stout lives in Ball township, two miles south of Cotton Hill P.O., Sangamon county, Illinois. Mrs. Melissa Stout died February 26, 1855, and Philemon Stout, Jun., was married Oct. 26, 1856, to Louisa P. Brasfield. They have three living children, james B., Joab Philemon and Melissa J., live with their parents. Philemon Stout, Jun., lives one miles southwest of Cotton Hill P.O., Sangamon county, Illinois, where his father settled in 1836. He has represented Ball township, in the county Board of Supervisors for many years, and is one of the most extensive farmers in Sangamon county.
Mary, born Feb. 22, 1825, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, March 24, 1841, to Dickson Hall, who was born June 15, 1813, in Ohio county, West Virginia. They had six children, one of whom, Charlotte, died in August, 1849. They moved to Christian county, Illinois, in 1849. Of their five children Elizabeth E., born March 1, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 6, 1870, to Abner Bond, who was born August 11, 1832, in Belmont county, Ohio. In 1838 he was taken to Indiana, and in 1855 came to Christian county. Mr. and Mrs. Bond have three children, Elbridge, May and Nellie Stout, and live near Taylorville, Illinois. Fannie H., born August 6, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married in Christian county, March 1, 1870, to George A. Kautz, who was born Jan. 23, 1833, in Brown county, Ohio. They have one child, Dickson, and live in Moweaqua, Shelby county, Illinois. William W., born Nov. 30, 1847, in Sangamon county, brought up in Christian county, was married May 28, 1874, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Sarah L. Stewart, who was born there. They live in Taylorville, Illinois. Mary N., born Dec. 31, 1849, in Christian county, Illinois, was married Sept. 15, 1875, to William M. Dalbey, who was born Feb. 28, 1838, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1862, and is a stock raiser in Christian county, five miles west of Edinburg, Ill. Emma S., born in Christian county, lives with her mother. Dickson Hall died June 23, 1854, and his widow lives near Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois.
Eliza P., born Sept. 25, 1827, in Kentucky, was married Sept. 21, 1848, in Sangamon county to William Forbes, who was born in Hardeman county, near bolivar, Tennessee, where they had four children. Mr. Forbes was murdered there in time of the rebellion, but not connected with it. The widow and four children came to Sangamon county. Her son, John P., lives near Oswego, Labette county, Kansas. Robert lives with his mother, Mattie married Joseph Drennan. See his name. Mollie lives with her mother. Mrs. Forbes lives eight miles south of Springfield, in Woodside township, near the line of Ball. Her postoffice is Woodside, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Martha A., born May 1, 1830, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1847, in Sangamon county to Robert G. Simpson, who was born May 6, 1826, in Fayette county, Kentucky. They have three living children. Ellen R., was married oct. 24, 1872 to William S. Richardson. They have one child, Charles M., and live in Taylorville, Illinois. Randolph J. is one of the firm of Barnes & Simpson, druggists of Taylorville, Illinois. Mr. Barnes, his partner, is a son of Ezra Barnes. See his name. William R. lives with his parents in Ball township.
Philemon Stout., Sen., died Jan. 31, 1846, and his widow died Nov. 23, 1860, both in Ball township, where they settled in 1836.
The Stouts very justly take pride in their family history, and being mostly Baptists, they take pride in their Baptist history also. When they meet a stranger by the name of Stout, who manifests a disposition to claim relationship, they apply one test only in their family history. They do not ask him to pronounce the word Shibboleth, but ascertain if he has any knowledge of Penelope, and if he knows nothing of her, they know nothing of him. In other words, they do not cultivate his acquaintance, in the direction of relationship, any further.