History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co., Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed. Unknown County. WESLEY ROUT, a native of Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Ind., ws born Novembr 28, 1828, and is the oldest in the following named family of children: Wesley, John, Robert, Lycurgus, Clarissa, Nancy, Henry, Samuel R. and Louis. The parents, Louis and Sarah (Bryant) Rout, were both natives of the Blue Grass State, and their respective births occurring December 22, 1801 and in 1811. They immigrated to the Hoosier State in 1827, where they passed the remainder of their days. Wesley Rout is descended from an old and honored Scottish family, his grandfather, John Rout, removing from the Shenandoah Valley, va., to Kentucky in 1772, and redeeming that State from the hands of the savages. He was reared and educated in his native county; selected farming as his occupation, and now owns 160 acres of nicely improved property. He is a Democrat, a member of Bryantsville Lodge, No. 160, A. F. & A. M., and was married December 15, 1857 to Miss Louisa Williams, daughter of Dickson Williams, by whom he is father of twelve children, viz.: Minnie, Gertrude, Eldridge, Ida, Gelon, Virgil, Charles, James, Nellie, Franklin, Peachy and Walter. Rout Bryant Williams = Lawrence-IN VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/unknown/rout.w.txt