Ada Elizabeth <I>Stout</I> St. John

Ada Elizabeth Stout St. John

Birth
Death
26 Feb 1939
Burial
Olney, Richland County, Illinois, USA
Plot
Section A
Memorial ID
29762831 View Source
Ada was the daughter of Aaron G. Stout and Helen McKinney. Her father was a very successful businessman and the family moved from Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana to Olney, Illinois where Aaron's sister Rachel Stout and husband William C. Cummins had moved to around 1861.

Ada married Harry C. St. John, son of John Pierce St. John, who would later become the Populist Governor of Kansas. Harry and Ada had four children, one daughter and three sons. The daughter, Helen died young in 1887 at the age of nine. Ada divorced Harry because of alcoholism but never stopped loving him as she is buried with Harry and daughter Helen in Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney.
Ada was the daughter of Aaron G. Stout and Helen McKinney. Her father was a very successful businessman and the family moved from Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana to Olney, Illinois where Aaron's sister Rachel Stout and husband William C. Cummins had moved to around 1861.

Ada married Harry C. St. John, son of John Pierce St. John, who would later become the Populist Governor of Kansas. Harry and Ada had four children, one daughter and three sons. The daughter, Helen died young in 1887 at the age of nine. Ada divorced Harry because of alcoholism but never stopped loving him as she is buried with Harry and daughter Helen in Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed ), memorial page for Ada Elizabeth Stout St. John (26 Mar 1855–26 Feb 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29762831, citing Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Jon Jacques (contributor 46931062).