Wife of Alexander M. Stout, Brevet Brigadier General, Union Army.
(The following is a newspaper article published several years before her death)
Among the many intelligent, educated and interesting characters at the Home we have one who has entered the last decade of the century cycle, whose life history if it were written would be exceedingly interesting.
Miss Margaret Singleton was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, on the eleventh day of January 1830, and is the the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Singleton. She received her education in the public schools of Hardinsburg, and immediately after graduation, at the age of eighteen years was married to a prosperous young attorney, Mr Alexander M. Stout, a graduate of Harvard University.
Mr and Mrs Stout located in Owensboro, KY; he practicing his profession of lawyer, here they resided for a number of years and then moved to Louisville, KY, where Mr Stout was made City Attorney; this position he held up to the beginning of the war. By this time Mr Stout had amassed a considerable fortune, and was spoken of as one of the wealthy men of that day and place.
When the war broke out attorney Stout assisted Colonel McHenry in recruiting service, and they organized the 17th Kentucky Regiment. Mr Stout was made Lieutenant Colonel, and his work as an officer in the Army was such that he continued to rise in rank until he came out of the war as Brigadier General. And at the war's close his regiment presented him with a very fine sword in token of their love and esteem for him as their officer.
During those four years of strain and stress through which our nation passed, Mrs Stout was not idle, she felt that she should serve her country as well as her husband, so she gave her time as nurse in ministering to the sick and wounded soldiers, and in bringing comfort and consolation to the dying.
"Grandma" Stout as she is familiarly known, could fill a volume with interesting and touching incidents in connection with her experiences as nurse among the "Boys in Blue" during those four strenuous years.
At the Battle of Shiloh, Colonel Stout had three horses shot from under him and was himself seriously wounded.
After the war the government recognized the distinguished services of Brigadier-General Stout by making him Chief Clerk of the Patent Office in Washington, in which city the family resided for twelve years. They then moved to Milwaukee, where General Stout opened a law office.
In 1895, Mr Stout passed away at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. Mrs Stout and her daughter Emma continued to reside in Milwaukee, where they were so well known and where they still have a host of friends.
In Oct 1920, Mrs Stout and her daughter became residents at the Home, the daughter lovingly caring for her aged mother. Although Grandma Stout is nearing the ninety-two mile post of the life's journey, and is quite feeble in body yet her mind is perfectly clear and she can converse on the general topics of the day, or the things of long ago with great clearness of mind and in a very interesting manner.
Mrs Stout is a character whose acquaintance is well worth forming. We trust that she may continue in as good health as at the present until she shall have reached the full century of life.
Waupaca County News
3 Nov 1921
(The following is a newspaper article published several years before her death)
Among the many intelligent, educated and interesting characters at the Home we have one who has entered the last decade of the century cycle, whose life history if it were written would be exceedingly interesting.
Miss Margaret Singleton was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, on the eleventh day of January 1830, and is the the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Singleton. She received her education in the public schools of Hardinsburg, and immediately after graduation, at the age of eighteen years was married to a prosperous young attorney, Mr Alexander M. Stout, a graduate of Harvard University.
Mr and Mrs Stout located in Owensboro, KY; he practicing his profession of lawyer, here they resided for a number of years and then moved to Louisville, KY, where Mr Stout was made City Attorney; this position he held up to the beginning of the war. By this time Mr Stout had amassed a considerable fortune, and was spoken of as one of the wealthy men of that day and place.
When the war broke out attorney Stout assisted Colonel McHenry in recruiting service, and they organized the 17th Kentucky Regiment. Mr Stout was made Lieutenant Colonel, and his work as an officer in the Army was such that he continued to rise in rank until he came out of the war as Brigadier General. And at the war's close his regiment presented him with a very fine sword in token of their love and esteem for him as their officer.
During those four years of strain and stress through which our nation passed, Mrs Stout was not idle, she felt that she should serve her country as well as her husband, so she gave her time as nurse in ministering to the sick and wounded soldiers, and in bringing comfort and consolation to the dying.
"Grandma" Stout as she is familiarly known, could fill a volume with interesting and touching incidents in connection with her experiences as nurse among the "Boys in Blue" during those four strenuous years.
At the Battle of Shiloh, Colonel Stout had three horses shot from under him and was himself seriously wounded.
After the war the government recognized the distinguished services of Brigadier-General Stout by making him Chief Clerk of the Patent Office in Washington, in which city the family resided for twelve years. They then moved to Milwaukee, where General Stout opened a law office.
In 1895, Mr Stout passed away at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. Mrs Stout and her daughter Emma continued to reside in Milwaukee, where they were so well known and where they still have a host of friends.
In Oct 1920, Mrs Stout and her daughter became residents at the Home, the daughter lovingly caring for her aged mother. Although Grandma Stout is nearing the ninety-two mile post of the life's journey, and is quite feeble in body yet her mind is perfectly clear and she can converse on the general topics of the day, or the things of long ago with great clearness of mind and in a very interesting manner.
Mrs Stout is a character whose acquaintance is well worth forming. We trust that she may continue in as good health as at the present until she shall have reached the full century of life.
Waupaca County News
3 Nov 1921
Wife of Alexander M. Stout, Brevet Brigadier General, Union Army.
(The following is a newspaper article published several years before her death)
Among the many intelligent, educated and interesting characters at the Home we have one who has entered the last decade of the century cycle, whose life history if it were written would be exceedingly interesting.
Miss Margaret Singleton was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, on the eleventh day of January 1830, and is the the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Singleton. She received her education in the public schools of Hardinsburg, and immediately after graduation, at the age of eighteen years was married to a prosperous young attorney, Mr Alexander M. Stout, a graduate of Harvard University.
Mr and Mrs Stout located in Owensboro, KY; he practicing his profession of lawyer, here they resided for a number of years and then moved to Louisville, KY, where Mr Stout was made City Attorney; this position he held up to the beginning of the war. By this time Mr Stout had amassed a considerable fortune, and was spoken of as one of the wealthy men of that day and place.
When the war broke out attorney Stout assisted Colonel McHenry in recruiting service, and they organized the 17th Kentucky Regiment. Mr Stout was made Lieutenant Colonel, and his work as an officer in the Army was such that he continued to rise in rank until he came out of the war as Brigadier General. And at the war's close his regiment presented him with a very fine sword in token of their love and esteem for him as their officer.
During those four years of strain and stress through which our nation passed, Mrs Stout was not idle, she felt that she should serve her country as well as her husband, so she gave her time as nurse in ministering to the sick and wounded soldiers, and in bringing comfort and consolation to the dying.
"Grandma" Stout as she is familiarly known, could fill a volume with interesting and touching incidents in connection with her experiences as nurse among the "Boys in Blue" during those four strenuous years.
At the Battle of Shiloh, Colonel Stout had three horses shot from under him and was himself seriously wounded.
After the war the government recognized the distinguished services of Brigadier-General Stout by making him Chief Clerk of the Patent Office in Washington, in which city the family resided for twelve years. They then moved to Milwaukee, where General Stout opened a law office.
In 1895, Mr Stout passed away at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. Mrs Stout and her daughter Emma continued to reside in Milwaukee, where they were so well known and where they still have a host of friends.
In Oct 1920, Mrs Stout and her daughter became residents at the Home, the daughter lovingly caring for her aged mother. Although Grandma Stout is nearing the ninety-two mile post of the life's journey, and is quite feeble in body yet her mind is perfectly clear and she can converse on the general topics of the day, or the things of long ago with great clearness of mind and in a very interesting manner.
Mrs Stout is a character whose acquaintance is well worth forming. We trust that she may continue in as good health as at the present until she shall have reached the full century of life.
Waupaca County News
3 Nov 1921
(The following is a newspaper article published several years before her death)
Among the many intelligent, educated and interesting characters at the Home we have one who has entered the last decade of the century cycle, whose life history if it were written would be exceedingly interesting.
Miss Margaret Singleton was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, on the eleventh day of January 1830, and is the the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Singleton. She received her education in the public schools of Hardinsburg, and immediately after graduation, at the age of eighteen years was married to a prosperous young attorney, Mr Alexander M. Stout, a graduate of Harvard University.
Mr and Mrs Stout located in Owensboro, KY; he practicing his profession of lawyer, here they resided for a number of years and then moved to Louisville, KY, where Mr Stout was made City Attorney; this position he held up to the beginning of the war. By this time Mr Stout had amassed a considerable fortune, and was spoken of as one of the wealthy men of that day and place.
When the war broke out attorney Stout assisted Colonel McHenry in recruiting service, and they organized the 17th Kentucky Regiment. Mr Stout was made Lieutenant Colonel, and his work as an officer in the Army was such that he continued to rise in rank until he came out of the war as Brigadier General. And at the war's close his regiment presented him with a very fine sword in token of their love and esteem for him as their officer.
During those four years of strain and stress through which our nation passed, Mrs Stout was not idle, she felt that she should serve her country as well as her husband, so she gave her time as nurse in ministering to the sick and wounded soldiers, and in bringing comfort and consolation to the dying.
"Grandma" Stout as she is familiarly known, could fill a volume with interesting and touching incidents in connection with her experiences as nurse among the "Boys in Blue" during those four strenuous years.
At the Battle of Shiloh, Colonel Stout had three horses shot from under him and was himself seriously wounded.
After the war the government recognized the distinguished services of Brigadier-General Stout by making him Chief Clerk of the Patent Office in Washington, in which city the family resided for twelve years. They then moved to Milwaukee, where General Stout opened a law office.
In 1895, Mr Stout passed away at the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago. Mrs Stout and her daughter Emma continued to reside in Milwaukee, where they were so well known and where they still have a host of friends.
In Oct 1920, Mrs Stout and her daughter became residents at the Home, the daughter lovingly caring for her aged mother. Although Grandma Stout is nearing the ninety-two mile post of the life's journey, and is quite feeble in body yet her mind is perfectly clear and she can converse on the general topics of the day, or the things of long ago with great clearness of mind and in a very interesting manner.
Mrs Stout is a character whose acquaintance is well worth forming. We trust that she may continue in as good health as at the present until she shall have reached the full century of life.
Waupaca County News
3 Nov 1921
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