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Lieutenantt.
Daniel James
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Mary Elizabeth Pursley Stout
Like his brother Samuel, Daniel Stout was know fondly to the neighborhood as "uncle Dan'l".  He fought for the Union in the Civil War. He enrolled at Columbia, Kentucky in October, 1861, as a Corporal in Company E, 9th  Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged on August 5th, 1862 as a 2nd Lieutenant. 
His personal description at enlistment was 6'1", fair complexion and blue eyes.    He was a pensioner under certificate #427.934.  In the 1880 Census, Daniel is listed as being in the gold fields, though we don't know whether it was in California or Colorado, and Mary is listed as the head of household.
He and Mary lived in the Poplar Springs community for many years, and was highly instrumental in building the Poplar Springs Baptist Church, formerly the old Fallen Timber Church.  He was one of 3 men that made up the building committee to which bids had to be submitted.  Both he and Mary are buried at Poplar Springs Church. 

When I began researching in Barren County, I did not realize that the two town newspapers were separated by their allegiance to the North and South, pre and post Civil War.  The Republican was the Union paper, The Glasgow Times - Confederate (it was originally the Glasgow Democrat).  I had an obituary from The Glasgow Times which was very complimentary about Daniel, but mentioned nothing about his service to his country, just as they had done at the death of his brother Samuel.  Though Daniel had accomplished much in his lifetime, the following is what The Glasgow Times had to say:

"DIED"
"Mr. Daniel J. Stout died at his home in the Oleoak country last Wednesday of causes incident to old age, he being eighty years old at his death.  Before advancing years diabled him, Mr. Stout was known as the best shot, and greatest squirrel hunter in Barren County, always  shooting his squirrel through the head with a rifle.  He was a quiet, good man and citizen, and a member of the Baptist church.  The remains were interred at Poplar Springs Thursday last.
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