Ephraim Stout Sr (1775 - 1852)

Born 26 Feb 1775 in Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina

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Died 1852 at about age 76 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Ephraim Stout Sr, son of Samuel and Rachel Chancey Stout, born February 26 1775^[1] in Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina and was living with Rachel Olinger, his daughter, in Marion County, Oregon Territory in 1850.^[2] He migrated from North Carolina to Tennesee where he married Jean Smith November 29 1797^[3][4] on to Washington County, Missouri and settled in 1824 in Tazewell, Illinois where he founded Stout's Grove with Ephraim Stout Jr, his son, and was living there in 1830. The first court in Tazewell County, Illinois was held at his house. Ephraim Stout Sr plan was to create a Quaker settlement in Stout's Grove, a promise to his wife. All went well until he allowed Squire Robb, a Cumberland Presbyterian, to settle there who had married a McClure girl. The McClure family insisted on settling there and which over time broke up the Quaker settlement. Old Ephraim picked up his gun and his hunter's accroutrements and set out for Iowa Territory. finally, to Oregon.^[5][6]He was living in Tazewell, Illinois the 1830 Census and Ephraim Stout Jr was two line down with a female 80-90years. most likely, Rachel Chancey, his grandmother, who would have been about ninety years old.^[7] Samuel Stout, his grandfather was not on the 1830 census and did not travel with Ephraim Stout Sr and family to Tazewell, Illinois in 1824.^[8][9][10]

They were the parents of:^[11][12]

1. Ephraim Stout Jr b Dec 10 1798, d May 17 1879 Mehema, Marion, Oregon, m Sarah Stout, daughter of Isaac and Susannah Hobson Stout, Aug 8 1822 in Clinton, Ohio
2. James H b 1811 Jefferson, Tennesee, d 1871
3. John S Stout b 1802 Iron County, Missouri, d 1879
4. Hugh Amassa b 1804 Jefferson, Tennesee, m Anna Brown in Feb 2 1827 Tazewell, Illinois, was in an Asylum in Portland, Oregon in 1870.
5. Anna b 1810 Iron City Missouri
6. Jane b 1812 in Missouri, d 1843
7. John b 1814 Missouri
8. Racheal Mary b 1817 Missouri, d about 1861, m Abraham Olinger 1834 in Marion County, Oregon.

Book: Hosea Stout Lawman, Legislator, Mormon Defender by Stephen L Prince p 34 Chap 3 Quakers and Methodists Though Ephraim Stout is credited with being the first settler in Stout's Grove, he was accompanied by several family members at the very least, including his eighty-four-year old mother, Rachel, most likely his spinster sister, Margaret (who constantly atteneded her mother) and nephews Amasa and Matthew Stout. Ephraim's brother Samuel and nephew John Stout were the first settlers of Little Mackinaw Township, about seven miles west of Stout's Grove, where a sister who settled. Close by in Brown's Grove, were Ephraim's brother David and nephew Samuel Stout, who settled in 1826. Thus by the time he arrived in 1828 Hosea was surrounded by at least three uncles, two aunts, his grandmother Stout and about seventy cousins.

NOTE: Per the Journal of Allen Joseph Stout he was also on the journey to Stout's Grove with Uncle Ephraim and his grandmother, Rachel.

Sources

1. ↑ Ephraim Stout. Family Search. LHK/8-LR4/. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHK8-LR4/ephraim-stout-1775-1852
2. ↑ United States Census, 1850 Oregon Territory Marion Marion county https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68TS-129?i=35&cc=1401638&persona
3. ↑ See image of record on Ephraim Stout. Family Search. LHK/8-LR4/. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHK8-LR4/ephraim-stout-1775-1852
4. ↑ Krake, LInda and Sarah Olsen. Descendants of Ephraim Stout. Generation 1. December 12 2007. https://museum.bmi.net/Picnic%20People%20M.Z/Stout,%20Eli.htm
5. ↑ Duis, E. The good old times in McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington. Leader Pub. and Print. House Collection"1874. Pages 2, 6, 218-219, 439, 456 https://archive.org/details/cu31924028805641/page/n23
6. ↑ Hosea Stout Autobiography Page 69 https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=421275
7. ↑ United States Census, 1830 Illinois Tazewell Not Stated https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY1-9DZF?i=10&cc=1803958&persona
8. ↑ Stout, Reed A, Ed. The Autobiography of Hosea Stout (1810-1844) . Vol. XXX. Utah Historical Society:Reprinted 1962. page 45. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/59458/?offset=0#page=45&viewer
9. ↑ Stout. Allen Joseph. JOURNAL OF ALLEN JOSEPH STOUT (FOR PERIOD 1815-1848:Doctrine and Covenants Central https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/history/allen-joseph-stout/
10. ↑ danandnicky -- Ancestry of Daniel and Nicholas Harbaugh Updated: 10-18-2019 08:10:34. Owner: Brad Larkinhttps://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/125026/I1062/ephriam-stout/individual https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees/results?count=20&offset=0&query=%2Bgivenname%3Aephraim
11. ↑ Ephraim Stout. Family Search. LHK/8-LR4/. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHK8-LR4/ephraim-stout-1775-1852
12. ↑ Krake Linda and Sarah Olson. Generation 1, 2. December 12 2007. https://museum.bmi.net/Picnic%20People%20M.Z/Stout,%20Eli.htm

Acknowledgements

Entered by Fred Nash, Aug 31, 2012 Fred Nash