Background
Grout, Lewis was born on January 28, 1815 in Newfane, Vermont, United States. Son of John and Azuba (Dunklee) Grout.
Grout, Lewis was born on January 28, 1815 in Newfane, Vermont, United States. Son of John and Azuba (Dunklee) Grout.
Graduated from Yale, 1842. Studied theology Yale Divinity School, 1844-1845. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1846.
Ordained on the day of his marriage, Congressional ministry, and sailed 2 days later as missionary to South Africa, reaching Natal, February 15, 1847. Labored among the Zulus, 1847-1862. Made exhaustive study of Zulu and other African tongues.
Pastor Congressional Church, Saxton’s River, Vermont, 1862-1863, Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, 1863-1865.
Secretary and agent for New Hampshire (U.S.) and Vermont of America Missionary Association, 1865-1884. Spent a year, 1884-1885, collecting funds for Atlanta University.
Pastor Sudbury, Vermont, 1885-1888. Engaged in philological, historical and other literature pursuits, since 1858.
Author: Translations of Psalms, Acts and Other Portions of the Bible into the Zulu Language, 1857.
Zulu-Land, 1864. Home: West. Brattleboro, Vermont
Married Lydia Bates, October 8, 1846.