A native of Greene County, Ill., his birth occurring November 29, 1841. His parents, natives of New Jersey, were Jacob V. D. and Helen (Voorhees) Stout. Our subject remained under the parental roof until reaching his majority, in the meantime having received his primary education in the district school of Morgan County. Later he prosecuted his studies in the Jacksonville High Schools, and when starting out in life for himself, hired out as a farm hand by the month. Later he became traveling agent for an insurance company, but did not follow this occupation longer than five months, when he again returned to farm work. January 1, 1866, A. V. Stout and Miss Sarah E. Sutton were united in marriage. The lady was the daughter of Stephen and Mary F. (Hamilton) Sutton, natives respectively of New Jersey and Kentucky. At the time of his marriage, our subject owned a thirty-one acre farm near Jacksonville, Ill., which tract he afterward sold, and coming to Iowa in 1868, purchased over five hundred acres in Beaver Township, Grundy County. Believing in the ability and trustworthiness of Mr. Stout, his fellow-citizens have at various times called upon him to fill local positions of more or· less responsibility and honor. For three years he was County Supervisor, and has been Township Assessor and also Justice of the Peace. Socially, he is a member of the Legion of Honor. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is serving as Trustee and Steward. ,Politically, he is a strong Republican, and as a member of that party was elected to the Legislature in the year 1880. During his term of four years be served on various important committees, and was a member of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments at the time the Prohibition clause was first introduced, and was also Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He was candidate for State Senator in 1893, and was only defeated by a small majority. He is actively interested in agricultural matters, and in 1887 was appointed by Governor Larrabee a delegate to the National Farmers' Congress. In 1893 he held a similar appointment to the World's Farmers' Congress. He has also been representative to the Iowa Stock Breeders' Association, of which body he is a prominent member.

A native of Greene County, Ill., his birth occurring November 29, 1841. His parents, natives of New Jersey, were Jacob V. D. and Helen (Voorhees) Stout. Our subject remained under the parental roof until reaching his majority, in the meantime having received his primary education in the district school of Morgan County. Later he prosecuted his studies in the Jacksonville High Schools, and when starting out in life for himself, hired out as a farm hand by the month. Later he became traveling agent for an insurance company, but did not follow this occupation longer than five months, when he again returned to farm work. January 1, 1866, A. V. Stout and Miss Sarah E. Sutton were united in marriage. The lady was the daughter of Stephen and Mary F. (Hamilton) Sutton, natives respectively of New Jersey and Kentucky. At the time of his marriage, our subject owned a thirty-one acre farm near Jacksonville, Ill., which tract he afterward sold, and coming to Iowa in 1868, purchased over five hundred acres in Beaver Township, Grundy County. Believing in the ability and trustworthiness of Mr. Stout, his fellow-citizens have at various times called upon him to fill local positions of more or· less responsibility and honor. For three years he was County Supervisor, and has been Township Assessor and also Justice of the Peace. Socially, he is a member of the Legion of Honor. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is serving as Trustee and Steward. ,Politically, he is a strong Republican, and as a member of that party was elected to the Legislature in the year 1880. During his term of four years be served on various important committees, and was a member of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments at the time the Prohibition clause was first introduced, and was also Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He was candidate for State Senator in 1893, and was only defeated by a small majority. He is actively interested in agricultural matters, and in 1887 was appointed by Governor Larrabee a delegate to the National Farmers' Congress. In 1893 he held a similar appointment to the World's Farmers' Congress. He has also been representative to the Iowa Stock Breeders' Association, of which body he is a prominent member.