When Adam Stout was born on 7 May 1838, in Richland, Ohio, United States, his father, John Peter Stout Jr., was 25 and his mother, Susan Shafer, was 29. He married Mary Jane Carter on 21 September 1861, in Darke, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 27 July 1899, in Sebewa Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lake Odessa, Odessa Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English:
nickname from Middle English stout ‘bold, daring, brave’ (Old French estolt, estout, Anglo-Norman French estut, estot, estout ‘bold, fierce, randy, stubborn’).
perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English st(o)ut ‘gnat, horse-fly’ (Old English stūt, Old Norse stútr ‘gnat’), possibly used for someone with a biting tongue or for a small, quick-moving person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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