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Matilda <I>Blackburn</I> Stout

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Matilda Blackburn Stout

Birth
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
7 Jan 1908 (aged 87–88)
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Burial
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Wife of William Stout, sister of Lucinda Blackburn.

MRS. MATILDA STOUT. Another of the old pioneers yesterday afternooon passed to the great beyond, when Mrs. Matilda Stout passed away at the home of her niece Mrs. T. J. West, 1030 Seventh street, her age being 85 years. Funeral services will be held today at 3 o'clock from the home,' and the members of the Pioneer Society will attend in a body and read their service at the grave. Mrs. Stout was a native of Pennsylvania and came West with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. Anthony Blackburn, by the overland route to Central California via the Sacramento route. The family remained there for some time, then came to San Diego and back to the north again. Soon after they removed to San Bernardino which has since been their home. She had resided in the State for the past 59 years, about 50 years having been spent In San Bernardino. Soon after she came to this city, or as it ."was then a frontier post, the deceased was married to William Stout, a well-known pioneer school teacher of the valley, and they lived happily until his death a little more than 20 years ago. For nearly 40 years Mrs. Stout has been in ill health so that it was always impossible for her to get out among people, but she ever maintained an interest in the doings of the busy world and especially In the Pioneer Society, though it was impossible to attend the meetings of that organization., For some years she has made her home with her niece, Mrs. T. J. West, who has cared for her In her declining years, most tenderly. But one sister survives Mrs. Stout, Mrs. Eliza Bainbridge, of San Luis Obispo County, beside several nieces and nephews, the children of the late Thomas and Abner Blackburn.
Information from the SAN BERNARDINO SUN of January 8, 1908
Wife of William Stout, sister of Lucinda Blackburn.

MRS. MATILDA STOUT. Another of the old pioneers yesterday afternooon passed to the great beyond, when Mrs. Matilda Stout passed away at the home of her niece Mrs. T. J. West, 1030 Seventh street, her age being 85 years. Funeral services will be held today at 3 o'clock from the home,' and the members of the Pioneer Society will attend in a body and read their service at the grave. Mrs. Stout was a native of Pennsylvania and came West with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. Anthony Blackburn, by the overland route to Central California via the Sacramento route. The family remained there for some time, then came to San Diego and back to the north again. Soon after they removed to San Bernardino which has since been their home. She had resided in the State for the past 59 years, about 50 years having been spent In San Bernardino. Soon after she came to this city, or as it ."was then a frontier post, the deceased was married to William Stout, a well-known pioneer school teacher of the valley, and they lived happily until his death a little more than 20 years ago. For nearly 40 years Mrs. Stout has been in ill health so that it was always impossible for her to get out among people, but she ever maintained an interest in the doings of the busy world and especially In the Pioneer Society, though it was impossible to attend the meetings of that organization., For some years she has made her home with her niece, Mrs. T. J. West, who has cared for her In her declining years, most tenderly. But one sister survives Mrs. Stout, Mrs. Eliza Bainbridge, of San Luis Obispo County, beside several nieces and nephews, the children of the late Thomas and Abner Blackburn.
Information from the SAN BERNARDINO SUN of January 8, 1908


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  • Created by: Barbara LeClaire
  • Added: Sep 7, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29655926/matilda-stout: accessed ), memorial page for Matilda Blackburn Stout (Jan 1820–7 Jan 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29655926, citing Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA; Maintained by Barbara LeClaire (contributor 46903377).