Samuel Trout Family 1871

TROUT

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 7/30/2006 at 10:01:13

The Enterprise
Birmingham ,Van Buren ,Iowa
Saturday, February 4, 1871

A SMALL FAMILY OF 17 - Mr. Samuel Trout, living three miles north-west of this place, in Jefferson county, is the father of fifteen children, the eldest a daughter, being nineteen years old. The youngest, a son, is one year old. All are alive and enjoying good health. Mr. Trout, the father, is 47 years old, and a native of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Trout, the mother, is 40 years old, and a native of Canada West. The couple have been married twenty years, and that their married life has been one of uninterrupted peace and harmony, the above record, we think, abundantly proves.