Their joint headstone lists her as "Sarah Janes". She was 34 when she married John, and ten years his senior. Simple typo? Did she have a previous marriage?
Sources
Birth -
not found
1850, age 2 - IA, Jefferson, Round Prairie, page 13(?), family 81. "United States Census, 1850", FamilySearch Record: MZ46-Y7C : 9 November 2014, Jno Stout in household of Elvis Stout.
1860, age 11 - IA, Mahaska, Cedar, page 61, family 413. "United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch Record: M8L3-Y4B : 30 December 2015, John W Stout in entry for Elva Stout.
1870, age 22 - not found
1872 marriage -
image restricted - #141. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", FamilySearch Record: KCWZ-72K : 25 September 2017, John W. Stout and Sarah Mills, 21 Apr 1872.
1880, age 33 - IA, Madison, Crawford, ED 111, page 24, family 222. "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch Record: MDLM-6T1 : 11 August 2017, household of John Stout.
1895, age 46 - IA, Madison, Crawford, Crawford, page 102, family 34. "Iowa State Census, 1895", FamilySearch Record: VTSN-CX9 : 30 June 2016, household of John Wesley Stout.
1900, age 52 - IA, Madison, Crawford, Patterson, ED 22, sheet 6A, family 107. "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch Record: M92P-ZC9 : accessed 21 October 2017, household of John Stout.
1910, age 62 - IA, Madison, Crawford, ED 24, sheet 7A, family 142. "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch Record: MGMV-FBJ : accessed 21 October 2017, household of John W Stout.
1915, age 67 - IA, Madison, Patterson, card 399. "Iowa State Census, 1915", FamilySearch Record: QK45-L5S6 : 5 October 2016, John W Stout.
Death -
image restricted - page 179, cert 184. "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992", FamilySearch Record: QVMN-F5RD : 17 March 2018, John W Stout, 31 May 1919.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: