The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1002 

ELMER H. STOUT.

For twenty-two years Elmer H. Stout has been a resident of Washington and he
dates his residence in Yakima county from 1898. He was born in Galva, Kansas,
April 5, 1875, a son of Elijah T. and Martha E. (Bruce) Stout, who were pioneer
people of Kansas, where the father established the town of Galva, laying it out
on his homestead. In 1885 he removed to Neosho county. Kansas, where he resided
for three years and then became a resident of Coffey county Kansas, where he
continued to make his home until 1894. Leaving the Sunflower state, he then made
his way southward to Houston, Texas. and in 1905 he came to Yakima county, where
he rented land. Later he purchased a farm, which he continued to cultivate for a
time but subsequently retired to Yakima, where his death occurred September 9,
1917. His widow is still living upon a farm near that of our subject.

Elmer H. Stout obtained a public school education and in 1897 he left Texas and
removed to the northwest, locating first in Seattle. Afterward he became a
resident of Tacoma and in the spring of 1898 made his way to Yakima, where he
worked out for about a year. He then took up a homestead on Eureka flats, proved
up on the property and after obtaining title thereto sold it. He also did some
railway contract work on the construction of the North Bank road near Pasco,
and was six months in Idaho engaged in railway construction work. In 1908 he
took up his abode on a ranch with his father in the Wenas valley and since that
time he has given his attention to the development, cultivation and improvement
of the place, purchasing his father's interest therein about 1911. He has eighty
acres of land, which is devoted to the cultivation of grain and hay. He also
raises hogs upon his place and is meeting with success in the various branches
of his business. All the improvements upon his place have been made by Mr.
Stout, who has similarly equipped the farm upon which the mother and a brother
make their home.

On the 1st of January. 1913, Mr. Stout was married to Miss Viola Hile, a native
of Pennsylvania and a daughter of John C. and Mary Catherine (Vought) Hile, both
of whom passed away in Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Stout have been born two
children, Ruth and Kenneth.

Mr. Stout is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and his religious faith
is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. His life has been guided by high and
honorable principles and the sterling worth of his character is recognized by
all with whom he has come in contact.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.