Welcome to this month's Grave Spotlight of the Month. For this year, I am going to highlight some of the builders of historic properties in Monroe County, Indiana. We are starting 2026, with Daniel Godfrey Stout, builder of the Daniel Stout House located on Maple Grove Road near Ellettsville, Indiana.
Daniel Stout was born in October of 1776 to parents John/Johannes Stout (1754-1794) and Maria Cath Ensminger Stout (1750-1794). His father was a native of Virginia, though probably with German extraction, and died in Tennessee, while his mother was born in Pennsylvania, also passing in Tennessee. Their timeframe is very close in their deaths, but I can't find any definitive dates or reasons.
There is very little information about his family that I have found. I know that he was born in Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley area and passed away in Bloomington, Indiana, though his death date is listed as being January 10 in one place and December 25 in another. I did find what I believe is his headstone in Stout-Houston Cemetery near Ellettsville with the January 10, 1863 date, near a headstone for his wife, Sarah Jennings Davis Stout.
He also owned and operated a grist mill and a saw mill on the nearby creek, known as Stout Creek. The mill is mostly gone, but it is said that there is still a limestone wall visible. Daniel operated this mill with the purpose of grinding corn which was used to make corn liquor.
Daniel was married to Sarah Jennings Davis Stout (1781-1868). She was originally from Tennessee and passed away in Monroe County, Indiana. I have not been able to find any marriage records for them for the area, so it is possible that they were not married here. Or they were married before my records start. Early marriage records are hard to come by in some cases.
They had several children: William H. Stout (1811-1869), buried in Stout Cemetery, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana; John Daniel Stout (1813-1880), buried in Stout Cemetery, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana; Amos Stout (1815-1886), buried in New Park South Cemetery, Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana; Mary "Polly" Ann Stout Puett (1819-1907), buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Daniel J. Stout (1827-1896), burial is unknown; Alexander O. Stout (1830-1924), buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana; Mary "Mollie" Stout Griffith (1853-1879), buried in Griffith Cemetery, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana.
The last entry is a little confusing as it lists Mary Stout Griffith as being Sarah's daughter.....as well as Alexander's....her son. I have to think that this is a major mix up somewhere, but I can't find anything to confirm or deny it. I'm leaving it as is until I can find something to clear it up.
And unfortunately, this is where Daniel's story ends. There is so little information about him, which is very sad as he was clearly an interesting character. Serving with Harrison in the war and under his command, building a beautiful home by hand out of whatever was nearby, possibly designing and building a fabulous home for a president, a running two mills on a creek named after him. And then nothing. I feel that there has to be something else out there about him, but finding that seems to be very hard. Oddly enough, there is no information about Daniel Stout Counties of Monroe, Morgan and Brown. It was published in 1884, many years after he passed away, but there is nothing about his sons that I could find except for one mention of Amos Stout in Martinsville.
Rest in Peace Daniel Stout.
RESOURCES
Geni.com - Daniel Stout
SHAARD database - Daniel Stout House application for historic status
Bloomington Restorations - Daisy Garton History
Indiana Landmarks Digital Collections - Daniel Stout House
National Register of Historic Places - Full Application for Maple Grove District
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