Hi Jeanie, I don't have any information on your specific family, but my Great Grandfather John A. Stout (b. circa 1863) may have been born in Preble Co., Ohio. He was an orphan raised by an Elisha and Elizabeth (Toney) Spencer who were from that county. Later they moved to Wayne Co., Indiana. John A. always used the last name Stout, and he mentions an Aunt Jane Stout and a George Stout in his 1893 journal, so I assume that was his birth name. He also said that his parents were born in NJ, but his adoptive parents were not born there. I have more information, but I have never been able to find out the identity of John A.'s birth parents or other family members. This is the first time I have heard the Stout name and Preble County mentioned together. Do you know when your Daniel Stout left New Jersey and came to Preble? Do you know if Sarah Stout had brothers and sisters or any other relatives there? Maybe we could help each other. I live close to Preble Co. and have been thinking of ways that I might do research on the Stouts there. Maybe I could find the answers to your other questions, too. If you can give me the information that you have, I can go there to see what I can find. Does anyone else know anything about Stout families in Preble Co., Ohio in the 1800s? Sincerely, Susan Susan E. Davis Genealogy Site: _http://www.Tribalpages.com/tribes/shasta4737_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/shasta4737) Address: 134 South West 14th Street Richmond, Indiana 47374 Phone: 765-965-6518