Background
Grout, Josiah was born on May 28, 1841 in Compton, Quebec, Canada (of America parents). Son of Josiah and Sophronia (Ayer) Grout.
Grout, Josiah was born on May 28, 1841 in Compton, Quebec, Canada (of America parents). Son of Josiah and Sophronia (Ayer) Grout.
Educated Saint Johnsbury and Glover academics. (Doctor of Laws, University of Vermont and Norwich University, 1896). Private to captain 1st Vermont Cavalry, 1861-1863.
Major 26th New York Cavalry, 1864-1865.
Admitted to bar, 1865. Practiced in Vermont, 1865-1875, in Illinois, 1875-1881. Farmer, Newport, Vermont, 1881-1917.
In law practice at Newport, 1905-1912.
Member Vermont House of Representatives, 1872, 74, 84, 86, 88, 1904 (speaker, 1874, 86, 88), Senate, 1892.
Married Harriet Hinman, October 1868.