Samuel Van Dyke Stout

Samuel Van Dyke Stout

Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786-1850) was an American Whig politician.[1][2] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1841 to 1842.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Early life

He was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.[1][3][4] His father was Abraham Stout and his mother, Jane (Pettit) Stout.[1][3] He grew up in Kentucky and moved to Nashville in 1811.[1]

Career

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.[3] He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1841 to 1842.[1][3][4] He was a freemason.[3]

Personal life

He married Catherine Tannehill in Nashville on October 12, 1813 at the home of Catherine's brother, Wilkins F. Tannehill, who would later himself serve as the city mayor.[1][3][5][6] They had three sons, Josiah W., Charles C., Samuel H., and three daughters, Margaret Jane, Ira Abraham, and Catherine.[1][3] He attended the First Presbyerian Church.[3] He died of apoplexy in 1850, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.[1][3][4]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Clay Trabue
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1841-1842
Succeeded by
Thomas B. Coleman
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