Background
He was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His father was Abraham Stout and his mother, Jane (Pettit) Stout.
He was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His father was Abraham Stout and his mother, Jane (Pettit) Stout.
He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1841 to 1842. He grew up in Kentucky and moved to Nashville in 1811. He served on the Nashville Board of Aldermen from 1824 to 1825, 1830 to 1832, 1835 to 1837, 1838 to 1839, in 1844, and from 1846 to 1850.
He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1841 to 1842.
He was a freemason. Personal life
He attended the First Presbyerian Church. He died of apoplexy in 1850, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.