T. A. STOUT.

T. A. STOUT.
T. A. Stout is a retired wool grower residing in Sheridan. For a long period he ranked with the representative and progressive business men of the state and he well deserves the rest which he is now enjoying, as it has come to him as the direct reward of his former labors, intelligently directed. Mr. Stout is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Guernsey county on the 11th of May, 1855. He is a son of Isaiah and Emeline (Cochran) Stout. The father was a farmer by occupation and both he and his wife passed away in the Buckeye state. T. A. Stout was educated in the common schools and spent the period of his minority in the east but on reaching his twenty-first year made his way to Colorado, where he resided for a year, being engaged in freighting during that period. He then went to Idaho, where he turned his attention to railroading and for one year continued a resident of that state. In the spring of 1883 he came to what was then the village of Mandel but is now the city of Sheridan. Here he built the first irrigation ditches around the town and this work claimed his attention for two or three years. During that period he took up a homestead, of which he became owner in the spring of 1884. He then concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming and stock raising and for several years he was prominently identified with the cattle business but for the past fifteen years has been extensively engaged in sheep raising, having but recently retired from active connection with that industry. He still has extensive land holdings in Sheridan comity, owning seven thousand acres, much of which is agricultural land and has been brought under a high state of cultivation. He thus secures a very gratifying income from his property interests—an income that not only supplies him with all of the necessities and comforts of life but also with many of its luxuries. In 1887 Mr. Stout was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Vance, a daughter of Captain L. P. Vance, who won his title by active service in the Civil war. He resided for some time in Mankato, Kansas, but in 1886 removed to Wyoming. To Mr. and Mrs. Stout have been born three sons: Frank and Harry, who are well known ranchmen of Sheridan county; and William Clarence, who is also engaged in ranching. Mr. Stout votes with the republican party and strongly endorses its principles. It was in 1900 that he took up his abode in Sheridan in order that his sons might have the educational advantages offered by the public schools of the city. Mrs. Stout is a member of the Methodist church and Mr. Stout belongs to Sheridan Lodge, No. 520, B. P. 0. E., and also to the Sheridan Commercial Club. He .Stands for those things which are most worth while in community Life and is actuated by a spirit of progress and advancement in all that he undertakes, whether for the upbuilding of his own fortunes or the advancement of community interests.

T. A. Stout is a retired wool grower residing in Sheridan. For a long period he ranked with the representative and progressive business men of the state and he well deserves the rest which he is now enjoying, as it has come to him as the direct reward of his former labors, intelligently directed. Mr. Stout is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Guernsey county on the 11th of May, 1855. He is a son of Isaiah and Emeline (Cochran) Stout. The father was a farmer by occupation and both he and his wife passed away in the Buckeye state.
T. A. Stout was educated in the common schools and spent the period of his minority in the east but on reaching his twenty-first year made his way to Colorado, where he resided for a year, being engaged in freighting during that period. He then went to Idaho, where he turned his attention to railroading and for one year continued a resident of that state. In the spring of 1883 he came to what was then the village of Mandel but is now the city of Sheridan. Here he built the first irrigation ditches around the town and this work claimed his attention for two or three years. During that period he took up a homestead, of which he became owner in the spring of 1884. He then concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming and stock raising and for several years he was prominently identified with the cattle business but for the past fifteen years has been extensively engaged in sheep raising, having but recently retired from active connection with that industry. He still has extensive land holdings in Sheridan comity, owning seven thousand acres, much of which is agricultural land and has been brought under a high state of cultivation. He thus secures a very gratifying income from his property interests—an income that not only supplies him with all of the necessities and comforts of life but also with many of its luxuries.
In 1887 Mr. Stout was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Vance, a daughter of Captain L. P. Vance, who won his title by active service in the Civil war. He resided for some time in Mankato, Kansas, but in 1886 removed to Wyoming. To Mr. and Mrs. Stout have been born three sons: Frank and Harry, who are well known ranchmen of Sheridan county; and William Clarence, who is also engaged in ranching.
Mr. Stout votes with the republican party and strongly endorses its principles. It was in 1900 that he took up his abode in Sheridan in order that his sons might have the educational advantages offered by the public schools of the city. Mrs. Stout is a member of the Methodist church and Mr. Stout belongs to Sheridan Lodge, No. 520, B. P. 0. E., and also to the Sheridan Commercial Club. He .Stands for those things which are most worth while in community Life and is actuated by a spirit of progress and advancement in all that he undertakes, whether for the upbuilding of his own fortunes or the advancement of community interests.