Barbour County index., 1910-03-23
DR.. |. w. STOUT DEAD
A Citizen Since 1880. Widely
Known Throuhout Kansas. A
A Strong Democratic
Leader.

DR.. l. w. Stout succumbed to
his long illness on Monday, March
2 1,Io1o. The end came at d pm,
and all of the members of the fam.
lily except one son whose wherea.
bouts is not known, were present.
DR.. Stout took sick last Novem.
Der with what was at first regard
ed as slight bloood disorder. He
spent a month at Geuda Springs
and was somewhat benefited but
the disease gradually gained a
foothold on his system until it de-
veloped into a radical case of
blood poisoning. Having himself
been a practicing physician, DR..
Stout realized his condition and
abandoned hope for recovery a
month or more ago. Hence, his
death is not surprise, but it is
source of inexpressible grief to the
people of Medicine and Barber
county with whom he has been
associated for thirty years.
Funeral services were held at
the home of the oldest son, w. E.
Stout, yesterday afternoon under
the auspices of the Masonic order
of which the deceased had been a
member since his young manhood.
Rev. w. T. Van Horn, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, read the
obituary and made a few brief re-
marks appropriate to the occasion.
Isaac w. Stout was born at Gil
boa, Ohio, April 6, 1916; died at
Medicine Lodge, Kansas, March
21, 1910, aged 63 years, months,
IS days. He was married to Ella
Hortence Case, February 4, 1871,
and to the union were born five
sons and one daughter, the daugh-
ter dying in infancy. The sons are
w. E., f. w., w. P. c., Rexford
and Ray Stout. The latter named
decided to see the world about ten
years ago. He served in the army
several years, and the last heard
from him was about two yearsago.
when he wrote to his parents that
he was going to Panama. Two of
the sons, w. E. and Rexford, live
in this city; E. w. Stout is mana
ger of the Metz Lumber yard at
Lake City, and W. P. c. Stout is a
harness maker at Harper.
DR.. Stout and wife came from
Ohio to Barber county April 80,
1880, and have since resided here.
They first settled in Elm Mills
township and engaged in the sheep
and cattle industry. Later DR..
Stout moved to Medicine Lodge
and practiced medicine and in late
years he devoted himself to fruit
growing but the tornado of 1907
destroyed his fruit farm and since
that time he has occupied other
fields of labor.
From his first settlement in Bar
Der county, DR.. Stout took a keen
interest in public affairs. He was
a Democrat from principle and
that principle was sacred to him.
He knew no compromise; had he
done as many men in this age do
drift into the dominant party
for policy's sake, he would doubt
less have been one of the great
men in Kansas politics. But this
was foreign to his makeup and he
preferred to remain steadfast to-
his convictions and at peace with
his conscience. He attended prac.
tically all the state, district and
county conventions held in Kansas
during the past twenty years and
had much to do in directing the
party policy, and had a very wide
acquaintanceshiP. He was hard
fighter but he was fair and honest.
We shall miss DR.. Stout from
our social, business and political
life. He did not leave a vast es-
tate but he left a character and a
personality that will endure
throughout a generation and this
is a memorial more sublime than
was ever conceived by the genius
of the most skilled sculptor.
The widowed wife, whose grief
is most pathetic and sacred, and
the sons who mourn, have the un-
divided sympathy of a numberless
throng of friends in this dark hour.
Besides being Mason, DR.. Stout
was member of the Ancient Or
der of United Worklnen and car
ried $4,000 insurance In that order.
On Monday, DR.. Donovan, ac-
companied by A. NJ. Houchin and
Mrs. Us. Runyan, took Mrs. Houch~