Sergeant Co H 11th Veteran Reserve Corps
Sergeant Co K 79th Indiana Infantry
Corporal Co H 79th Indiana Infantry
WILLIAM H. TOUT, M. D., was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 30, 1825, His parents were William Tout, a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, and of English descent, and Eleanor (Hurst) Tout, of Maryland, and of German ancestry. Only three children of this family survive, two boys and one girl. William's only brother, Benjamin, lives in Jasper County, Missouri, and his sister, Sarah Crabb, in Brown County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan when about nine years of age, and soon beginning to look about him for a home, he started west, coming to Hendricks
County, Indiana, where his grandfather lived. He resided with him until nearly of age and endeavored to secure an education, for which he possessed a strong natural desire. By the time he was eighteen years of age he had acquired a fair literary knowledge and commenced to teach in the common schools of Indiana, which he continued until his marriage, which took place April 25, 1845, to Miss Lucinda Ruggles, a native of Indiana. About this time Mr. Tout determined to study medicine, and accordingly entered the office of Prof. W. Lockhart at Browns burg, Indiana. He read with this man for three years. and then attended the Rush Medical College at Chicago until receiving his diploma. He embarked in the practice of his profession at Brownsburg, and practiced until the call to arms in 1861. Then, on September 27, 1862, he enlisted in'the Seventy-ninth Indiana Infantry, and was instrumental in filling the company and was elected first lieutenant, but would not accept, though he did accept the position of orderly sergeant. At Stone River he received a wound by being shot through the right leg, fracturing the bone, and he was here captured and confined one month at Libby Prison, when he was exchanged. During the remainder of the war he served at Point Lookout, Maryland, in the capacity of assistant surgeon in the hospital at that place. On his return at the close of the war he resumed his practice at Brownsburg and continued it until 1870, when he came west. After practicing one year in Johnson County, Kansas, he came to Missouri the next year, 1871, and located at Everett, Cass County, where, during his eleven years' residence, he has secured a valuable patronage, and is considered not only one of the best practitioners of the county, but also a thorough scholar and a complete gentleman. In religious beliefo Dr. Tout is a Universalist, having been converted to that belief by reading the works of Jonathan Kidwell about 1847. This being prior to the days of free thought in its present shape, the doctor met with considerable opposition in his new belief, and he, in maintaining his opinions, developed considerable ability for controversy, and in the year 1852 he upheld his faith in a public discussion with J. Steel smith, a Methodist. Soon after he held his second public discussion, this time with A. Call, a disciple near Brownsburg. In 1855 he held a debate of four days length with A. Rood, a Christian. In 1856 he debated in Boone County, Indiana, with Daniel Kimpton, the well known Christian preacher. Ten years followed before he again took the stand on debate, when, in 1866, he held a discussion with Richard Corbley, Soul Sleeper. In 1868 he discussed this same issue with I. L. C. Bray. In 1873 he held his last discussion, this time at Everett, with Marion Todd, Christian. This debate continued four days, and was well attended by a large and appreciative audience. He has held several discussions of minor importance, both political and religious. Dr. Tout's family consists of eleven children : James W., Margaret E., Lewis W., Sarah E. (died October 4, 1853), Thomas J. (died August 27, 1855), Lorenzo D., George A., Abraham L., Oliver M. (died May 4, 1864), Benjamin B. and Ludora G.
(THE HISTORY OF Cass and Bates Counties, MISSOURI)
Sergeant Co K 79th Indiana Infantry
Corporal Co H 79th Indiana Infantry
WILLIAM H. TOUT, M. D., was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 30, 1825, His parents were William Tout, a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, and of English descent, and Eleanor (Hurst) Tout, of Maryland, and of German ancestry. Only three children of this family survive, two boys and one girl. William's only brother, Benjamin, lives in Jasper County, Missouri, and his sister, Sarah Crabb, in Brown County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan when about nine years of age, and soon beginning to look about him for a home, he started west, coming to Hendricks
County, Indiana, where his grandfather lived. He resided with him until nearly of age and endeavored to secure an education, for which he possessed a strong natural desire. By the time he was eighteen years of age he had acquired a fair literary knowledge and commenced to teach in the common schools of Indiana, which he continued until his marriage, which took place April 25, 1845, to Miss Lucinda Ruggles, a native of Indiana. About this time Mr. Tout determined to study medicine, and accordingly entered the office of Prof. W. Lockhart at Browns burg, Indiana. He read with this man for three years. and then attended the Rush Medical College at Chicago until receiving his diploma. He embarked in the practice of his profession at Brownsburg, and practiced until the call to arms in 1861. Then, on September 27, 1862, he enlisted in'the Seventy-ninth Indiana Infantry, and was instrumental in filling the company and was elected first lieutenant, but would not accept, though he did accept the position of orderly sergeant. At Stone River he received a wound by being shot through the right leg, fracturing the bone, and he was here captured and confined one month at Libby Prison, when he was exchanged. During the remainder of the war he served at Point Lookout, Maryland, in the capacity of assistant surgeon in the hospital at that place. On his return at the close of the war he resumed his practice at Brownsburg and continued it until 1870, when he came west. After practicing one year in Johnson County, Kansas, he came to Missouri the next year, 1871, and located at Everett, Cass County, where, during his eleven years' residence, he has secured a valuable patronage, and is considered not only one of the best practitioners of the county, but also a thorough scholar and a complete gentleman. In religious beliefo Dr. Tout is a Universalist, having been converted to that belief by reading the works of Jonathan Kidwell about 1847. This being prior to the days of free thought in its present shape, the doctor met with considerable opposition in his new belief, and he, in maintaining his opinions, developed considerable ability for controversy, and in the year 1852 he upheld his faith in a public discussion with J. Steel smith, a Methodist. Soon after he held his second public discussion, this time with A. Call, a disciple near Brownsburg. In 1855 he held a debate of four days length with A. Rood, a Christian. In 1856 he debated in Boone County, Indiana, with Daniel Kimpton, the well known Christian preacher. Ten years followed before he again took the stand on debate, when, in 1866, he held a discussion with Richard Corbley, Soul Sleeper. In 1868 he discussed this same issue with I. L. C. Bray. In 1873 he held his last discussion, this time at Everett, with Marion Todd, Christian. This debate continued four days, and was well attended by a large and appreciative audience. He has held several discussions of minor importance, both political and religious. Dr. Tout's family consists of eleven children : James W., Margaret E., Lewis W., Sarah E. (died October 4, 1853), Thomas J. (died August 27, 1855), Lorenzo D., George A., Abraham L., Oliver M. (died May 4, 1864), Benjamin B. and Ludora G.
(THE HISTORY OF Cass and Bates Counties, MISSOURI)
Sergeant Co H 11th Veteran Reserve Corps
Sergeant Co K 79th Indiana Infantry
Corporal Co H 79th Indiana Infantry
WILLIAM H. TOUT, M. D., was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 30, 1825, His parents were William Tout, a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, and of English descent, and Eleanor (Hurst) Tout, of Maryland, and of German ancestry. Only three children of this family survive, two boys and one girl. William's only brother, Benjamin, lives in Jasper County, Missouri, and his sister, Sarah Crabb, in Brown County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan when about nine years of age, and soon beginning to look about him for a home, he started west, coming to Hendricks
County, Indiana, where his grandfather lived. He resided with him until nearly of age and endeavored to secure an education, for which he possessed a strong natural desire. By the time he was eighteen years of age he had acquired a fair literary knowledge and commenced to teach in the common schools of Indiana, which he continued until his marriage, which took place April 25, 1845, to Miss Lucinda Ruggles, a native of Indiana. About this time Mr. Tout determined to study medicine, and accordingly entered the office of Prof. W. Lockhart at Browns burg, Indiana. He read with this man for three years. and then attended the Rush Medical College at Chicago until receiving his diploma. He embarked in the practice of his profession at Brownsburg, and practiced until the call to arms in 1861. Then, on September 27, 1862, he enlisted in'the Seventy-ninth Indiana Infantry, and was instrumental in filling the company and was elected first lieutenant, but would not accept, though he did accept the position of orderly sergeant. At Stone River he received a wound by being shot through the right leg, fracturing the bone, and he was here captured and confined one month at Libby Prison, when he was exchanged. During the remainder of the war he served at Point Lookout, Maryland, in the capacity of assistant surgeon in the hospital at that place. On his return at the close of the war he resumed his practice at Brownsburg and continued it until 1870, when he came west. After practicing one year in Johnson County, Kansas, he came to Missouri the next year, 1871, and located at Everett, Cass County, where, during his eleven years' residence, he has secured a valuable patronage, and is considered not only one of the best practitioners of the county, but also a thorough scholar and a complete gentleman. In religious beliefo Dr. Tout is a Universalist, having been converted to that belief by reading the works of Jonathan Kidwell about 1847. This being prior to the days of free thought in its present shape, the doctor met with considerable opposition in his new belief, and he, in maintaining his opinions, developed considerable ability for controversy, and in the year 1852 he upheld his faith in a public discussion with J. Steel smith, a Methodist. Soon after he held his second public discussion, this time with A. Call, a disciple near Brownsburg. In 1855 he held a debate of four days length with A. Rood, a Christian. In 1856 he debated in Boone County, Indiana, with Daniel Kimpton, the well known Christian preacher. Ten years followed before he again took the stand on debate, when, in 1866, he held a discussion with Richard Corbley, Soul Sleeper. In 1868 he discussed this same issue with I. L. C. Bray. In 1873 he held his last discussion, this time at Everett, with Marion Todd, Christian. This debate continued four days, and was well attended by a large and appreciative audience. He has held several discussions of minor importance, both political and religious. Dr. Tout's family consists of eleven children : James W., Margaret E., Lewis W., Sarah E. (died October 4, 1853), Thomas J. (died August 27, 1855), Lorenzo D., George A., Abraham L., Oliver M. (died May 4, 1864), Benjamin B. and Ludora G.
(THE HISTORY OF Cass and Bates Counties, MISSOURI)
Sergeant Co K 79th Indiana Infantry
Corporal Co H 79th Indiana Infantry
WILLIAM H. TOUT, M. D., was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 30, 1825, His parents were William Tout, a native of Fleming County, Kentucky, and of English descent, and Eleanor (Hurst) Tout, of Maryland, and of German ancestry. Only three children of this family survive, two boys and one girl. William's only brother, Benjamin, lives in Jasper County, Missouri, and his sister, Sarah Crabb, in Brown County, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was left an orphan when about nine years of age, and soon beginning to look about him for a home, he started west, coming to Hendricks
County, Indiana, where his grandfather lived. He resided with him until nearly of age and endeavored to secure an education, for which he possessed a strong natural desire. By the time he was eighteen years of age he had acquired a fair literary knowledge and commenced to teach in the common schools of Indiana, which he continued until his marriage, which took place April 25, 1845, to Miss Lucinda Ruggles, a native of Indiana. About this time Mr. Tout determined to study medicine, and accordingly entered the office of Prof. W. Lockhart at Browns burg, Indiana. He read with this man for three years. and then attended the Rush Medical College at Chicago until receiving his diploma. He embarked in the practice of his profession at Brownsburg, and practiced until the call to arms in 1861. Then, on September 27, 1862, he enlisted in'the Seventy-ninth Indiana Infantry, and was instrumental in filling the company and was elected first lieutenant, but would not accept, though he did accept the position of orderly sergeant. At Stone River he received a wound by being shot through the right leg, fracturing the bone, and he was here captured and confined one month at Libby Prison, when he was exchanged. During the remainder of the war he served at Point Lookout, Maryland, in the capacity of assistant surgeon in the hospital at that place. On his return at the close of the war he resumed his practice at Brownsburg and continued it until 1870, when he came west. After practicing one year in Johnson County, Kansas, he came to Missouri the next year, 1871, and located at Everett, Cass County, where, during his eleven years' residence, he has secured a valuable patronage, and is considered not only one of the best practitioners of the county, but also a thorough scholar and a complete gentleman. In religious beliefo Dr. Tout is a Universalist, having been converted to that belief by reading the works of Jonathan Kidwell about 1847. This being prior to the days of free thought in its present shape, the doctor met with considerable opposition in his new belief, and he, in maintaining his opinions, developed considerable ability for controversy, and in the year 1852 he upheld his faith in a public discussion with J. Steel smith, a Methodist. Soon after he held his second public discussion, this time with A. Call, a disciple near Brownsburg. In 1855 he held a debate of four days length with A. Rood, a Christian. In 1856 he debated in Boone County, Indiana, with Daniel Kimpton, the well known Christian preacher. Ten years followed before he again took the stand on debate, when, in 1866, he held a discussion with Richard Corbley, Soul Sleeper. In 1868 he discussed this same issue with I. L. C. Bray. In 1873 he held his last discussion, this time at Everett, with Marion Todd, Christian. This debate continued four days, and was well attended by a large and appreciative audience. He has held several discussions of minor importance, both political and religious. Dr. Tout's family consists of eleven children : James W., Margaret E., Lewis W., Sarah E. (died October 4, 1853), Thomas J. (died August 27, 1855), Lorenzo D., George A., Abraham L., Oliver M. (died May 4, 1864), Benjamin B. and Ludora G.
(THE HISTORY OF Cass and Bates Counties, MISSOURI)
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