Obituary, "Judge J.F. Stout Will Be Buried at 5 O'Clock Friday," 8/14/1936, p. 2. "Judge Stout, a native of North Carolina . . . taught school for some time before being admitted to the bar in 1878 and served in the Texas legislature, 1882-1884."
Corsicana Daily Sun .
Census of 1900 - Jessie F. Stoutz, Corsicana, Navarro County, age 53, born February 1847, county judge, wife Anna. Census of 1920 - J.F. Stout, Navarro County, age 72, born circa 1848 in North Carolina, lawyer, wife Anna.
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Jesse Franklin Stout, birth date 2/6/1846 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, death date 8/11/1936, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County. Includes photo and obituary from the Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, 8/14/1936.
Find a Grave .
Death notice, "Prominent Jurist of Texas is Dead," Gainesville Weekly Register and Messenger, 8/13/1936, p. 1, crediting Cooke County Library. "Judge J.F. Stout, aged 90 years, pioneer Corsicana attorney, died at his summer home in Manitou, Colorado."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .