William E. Stouts, born in Essex County, Eng., May 3, 1845, came to Le Roy in 1855 with his parents, and married Mary Bangs, of Ogden, N. Y., by whom he has five children, viz.: Edward J., Herbert W., Eveline M., Mabel L., and Byron D. Mr. and Mrs. Strouts came to Elba in i868, and located where they now reside, on road 12.