Robert Ray Stout’s cremated remains were never taken after his death and are available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by any relative. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
According to his social security records and draft registration, Robert was born in Tennessee on 6/12/1888 despite OSH records saying he was born in 1882. Both of Robert’s parents were also native of Tennessee. His mother, Clarinda Arnold, was born in 1846. His father, Lawson E. Stout, was born in 1841. Both could read, but neither could write. During the US Civil War, Lawson Stout served in the Union Army in Company F, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. Tennessee furnished more troops for the Union than every other Confederate state, combined.
Lawson & Clarinda were married in the mid-1860s. She had 14 children with 10 being alive in 1900. Their children (all born in Tennessee) included: William (about 1864), Emily Loretta (in 1869), Elbert (about 1870), Mary Jane (born in 1873), Wilburn (about 1876), Sarah Marticia (in 1875), Martha (in 1879), Callie Ray (in 1885), Robert (in 1888), and Jessie (in 1890).
At the time of the 1870 & 1880 censuses (before Robert was born), his parents and siblings were living in Johnson County, in the northeast corner of Tennessee where his father was farming. In the 1900 census, Robert was 12 years old listed with his parents and siblings in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. His father was continuing his farming career. The move to North Carolina was not a huge move. Watauga County, North Carolina and Johnson County, Tennessee are adjacent counties.
During the 12 months before the 1900 census, Robert only attended school for 2 months. He could not read or write. As an adult he was tall and stout with blue eyes and dark brown hair. About 1910 he married Emma A. Reese. It was the first marriage for each of them. She was born in North Carolina about 1892. In the census of 1910 taken in May, Robert (age 21) and Emma (18) were farming in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. At that point they still had no children. However in a short while they had 2 babies who were both born in North Carolina. Their daughter Estella “Stella” was born in July 1910 and in December 1911, their son Lawson “Clayton” was born.
When the World War I draft registration was collected in 1917, Robert reported he was living with Emma and their children in Cavendish, Clearwater County, in the Idaho panhandle. In August 1917 he was among the men called to take a physical exam to determine whether they would be drafted. Apparently he was not drafted.
Robert’s father died in 1918 and Robert’s mother died 10 years later. They were buried in Johnson County, Tennessee. During the 1920 census, Robert, Emma and the children were still living in Clearwater County, Idaho where he was a laborer. In March 1923 in Washington, Robert & Emma had a daughter, Mary “Elaine.” Their daughter Beulah “Maxine” was born in Portland, Oregon in February 1924. Emma & Robert divorced some time in the 1920s.
On 5/25/1926 Robert & Emma’s daughter Stella (age 15) married Harvey L. Buckner in Nez Perce County, Idaho. They had one child, Harvey Lewis Buckner, Jr., before Stella and Harvey divorced. In 1931 Stella married William Walker Strange. They had 3 children, of whom only Bill, Jr. survived infancy.
In the 1930 census, Emma was listed as divorced, living with her 3 other children (Clayton, Mary and Beulah) in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Emma was not employed, but her son Clayton was supporting the family as a laborer in a sawmill. Emma married Fred Schneider in 1930. Robert has not been found in the 1930 census.
Son Clayton married Zelma Morrison in Asotin, in eastern Washington. They had a daughter named Janet who was born in June 1936. When Janet was 3 weeks old Zelma sued Clayton for divorce alleging non-support. The divorce was granted in 1937. In December 1938, Clayton was fined $100 and sentenced to 4 months in jail for attacking Zelma with a knife.
In 1938 Robert was living in Portland, Oregon and on 12/15/1938 in Watauga County, North Carolina he married Ruby Elizabeth Stout. He was 50 and Ruby was 18. It is very likely they were distant cousins. Both his and Ruby’s families lived in the same counties in Tennessee and North Carolina. Robert took his new wife back to Oregon. In the 1940 census, Robert, Ruby and their 5 month old son Robert Raymond Stout, Jr. were living in Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon near Portland. Robert was a timber faller. Ruby and Robert divorced before 1954 when she remarried.
In 1949 in Lewiston, Idaho Robert’s son Clayton (age 38) was charged with raping an 8 year old girl. In November 1950 Clayton married Melva Blanchard. Robert’s grandson (Stella’s son), Harvey Buckner died on 10/7/1954 in a car accident in Colorado at the age of 27. In April 1958 Stella’s son Bill Strange, Jr. married Wanda Buckner, the daughter of Stella’s ex-husband Harvey Buckner. They were not blood relatives. On 3/13/1959 Bill & Wanda’s daughter Darlene Marie Strange was born. About a year after the birth of his great granddaughter, Robert was institutionalized.
On 2/8/1960 Robert was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was diagnosed to have senile brain disease with psychotic reaction. After being a patient at the institution for 8 years he died there of pneumonia on 5/8/1968. He was almost 80 years old.
While he was institutionalized his first wife, Emma Schneider died of a heart attack in Lewiston, Idaho on 6/21/1962. Her son Clayton was not acknowledged in her obituary. Clayton died in San Diego County, California on 4/7/1985. Daughter Mary Elaine white died in 1994. It is not known what became of Robert’s second wife Ruby, or his children Maxine and Robert, Jr.
According to his social security records and draft registration, Robert was born in Tennessee on 6/12/1888 despite OSH records saying he was born in 1882. Both of Robert’s parents were also native of Tennessee. His mother, Clarinda Arnold, was born in 1846. His father, Lawson E. Stout, was born in 1841. Both could read, but neither could write. During the US Civil War, Lawson Stout served in the Union Army in Company F, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. Tennessee furnished more troops for the Union than every other Confederate state, combined.
Lawson & Clarinda were married in the mid-1860s. She had 14 children with 10 being alive in 1900. Their children (all born in Tennessee) included: William (about 1864), Emily Loretta (in 1869), Elbert (about 1870), Mary Jane (born in 1873), Wilburn (about 1876), Sarah Marticia (in 1875), Martha (in 1879), Callie Ray (in 1885), Robert (in 1888), and Jessie (in 1890).
At the time of the 1870 & 1880 censuses (before Robert was born), his parents and siblings were living in Johnson County, in the northeast corner of Tennessee where his father was farming. In the 1900 census, Robert was 12 years old listed with his parents and siblings in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. His father was continuing his farming career. The move to North Carolina was not a huge move. Watauga County, North Carolina and Johnson County, Tennessee are adjacent counties.
During the 12 months before the 1900 census, Robert only attended school for 2 months. He could not read or write. As an adult he was tall and stout with blue eyes and dark brown hair. About 1910 he married Emma A. Reese. It was the first marriage for each of them. She was born in North Carolina about 1892. In the census of 1910 taken in May, Robert (age 21) and Emma (18) were farming in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. At that point they still had no children. However in a short while they had 2 babies who were both born in North Carolina. Their daughter Estella “Stella” was born in July 1910 and in December 1911, their son Lawson “Clayton” was born.
When the World War I draft registration was collected in 1917, Robert reported he was living with Emma and their children in Cavendish, Clearwater County, in the Idaho panhandle. In August 1917 he was among the men called to take a physical exam to determine whether they would be drafted. Apparently he was not drafted.
Robert’s father died in 1918 and Robert’s mother died 10 years later. They were buried in Johnson County, Tennessee. During the 1920 census, Robert, Emma and the children were still living in Clearwater County, Idaho where he was a laborer. In March 1923 in Washington, Robert & Emma had a daughter, Mary “Elaine.” Their daughter Beulah “Maxine” was born in Portland, Oregon in February 1924. Emma & Robert divorced some time in the 1920s.
On 5/25/1926 Robert & Emma’s daughter Stella (age 15) married Harvey L. Buckner in Nez Perce County, Idaho. They had one child, Harvey Lewis Buckner, Jr., before Stella and Harvey divorced. In 1931 Stella married William Walker Strange. They had 3 children, of whom only Bill, Jr. survived infancy.
In the 1930 census, Emma was listed as divorced, living with her 3 other children (Clayton, Mary and Beulah) in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Emma was not employed, but her son Clayton was supporting the family as a laborer in a sawmill. Emma married Fred Schneider in 1930. Robert has not been found in the 1930 census.
Son Clayton married Zelma Morrison in Asotin, in eastern Washington. They had a daughter named Janet who was born in June 1936. When Janet was 3 weeks old Zelma sued Clayton for divorce alleging non-support. The divorce was granted in 1937. In December 1938, Clayton was fined $100 and sentenced to 4 months in jail for attacking Zelma with a knife.
In 1938 Robert was living in Portland, Oregon and on 12/15/1938 in Watauga County, North Carolina he married Ruby Elizabeth Stout. He was 50 and Ruby was 18. It is very likely they were distant cousins. Both his and Ruby’s families lived in the same counties in Tennessee and North Carolina. Robert took his new wife back to Oregon. In the 1940 census, Robert, Ruby and their 5 month old son Robert Raymond Stout, Jr. were living in Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon near Portland. Robert was a timber faller. Ruby and Robert divorced before 1954 when she remarried.
In 1949 in Lewiston, Idaho Robert’s son Clayton (age 38) was charged with raping an 8 year old girl. In November 1950 Clayton married Melva Blanchard. Robert’s grandson (Stella’s son), Harvey Buckner died on 10/7/1954 in a car accident in Colorado at the age of 27. In April 1958 Stella’s son Bill Strange, Jr. married Wanda Buckner, the daughter of Stella’s ex-husband Harvey Buckner. They were not blood relatives. On 3/13/1959 Bill & Wanda’s daughter Darlene Marie Strange was born. About a year after the birth of his great granddaughter, Robert was institutionalized.
On 2/8/1960 Robert was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was diagnosed to have senile brain disease with psychotic reaction. After being a patient at the institution for 8 years he died there of pneumonia on 5/8/1968. He was almost 80 years old.
While he was institutionalized his first wife, Emma Schneider died of a heart attack in Lewiston, Idaho on 6/21/1962. Her son Clayton was not acknowledged in her obituary. Clayton died in San Diego County, California on 4/7/1985. Daughter Mary Elaine white died in 1994. It is not known what became of Robert’s second wife Ruby, or his children Maxine and Robert, Jr.
Robert Ray Stout’s cremated remains were never taken after his death and are available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by any relative. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
According to his social security records and draft registration, Robert was born in Tennessee on 6/12/1888 despite OSH records saying he was born in 1882. Both of Robert’s parents were also native of Tennessee. His mother, Clarinda Arnold, was born in 1846. His father, Lawson E. Stout, was born in 1841. Both could read, but neither could write. During the US Civil War, Lawson Stout served in the Union Army in Company F, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. Tennessee furnished more troops for the Union than every other Confederate state, combined.
Lawson & Clarinda were married in the mid-1860s. She had 14 children with 10 being alive in 1900. Their children (all born in Tennessee) included: William (about 1864), Emily Loretta (in 1869), Elbert (about 1870), Mary Jane (born in 1873), Wilburn (about 1876), Sarah Marticia (in 1875), Martha (in 1879), Callie Ray (in 1885), Robert (in 1888), and Jessie (in 1890).
At the time of the 1870 & 1880 censuses (before Robert was born), his parents and siblings were living in Johnson County, in the northeast corner of Tennessee where his father was farming. In the 1900 census, Robert was 12 years old listed with his parents and siblings in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. His father was continuing his farming career. The move to North Carolina was not a huge move. Watauga County, North Carolina and Johnson County, Tennessee are adjacent counties.
During the 12 months before the 1900 census, Robert only attended school for 2 months. He could not read or write. As an adult he was tall and stout with blue eyes and dark brown hair. About 1910 he married Emma A. Reese. It was the first marriage for each of them. She was born in North Carolina about 1892. In the census of 1910 taken in May, Robert (age 21) and Emma (18) were farming in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. At that point they still had no children. However in a short while they had 2 babies who were both born in North Carolina. Their daughter Estella “Stella” was born in July 1910 and in December 1911, their son Lawson “Clayton” was born.
When the World War I draft registration was collected in 1917, Robert reported he was living with Emma and their children in Cavendish, Clearwater County, in the Idaho panhandle. In August 1917 he was among the men called to take a physical exam to determine whether they would be drafted. Apparently he was not drafted.
Robert’s father died in 1918 and Robert’s mother died 10 years later. They were buried in Johnson County, Tennessee. During the 1920 census, Robert, Emma and the children were still living in Clearwater County, Idaho where he was a laborer. In March 1923 in Washington, Robert & Emma had a daughter, Mary “Elaine.” Their daughter Beulah “Maxine” was born in Portland, Oregon in February 1924. Emma & Robert divorced some time in the 1920s.
On 5/25/1926 Robert & Emma’s daughter Stella (age 15) married Harvey L. Buckner in Nez Perce County, Idaho. They had one child, Harvey Lewis Buckner, Jr., before Stella and Harvey divorced. In 1931 Stella married William Walker Strange. They had 3 children, of whom only Bill, Jr. survived infancy.
In the 1930 census, Emma was listed as divorced, living with her 3 other children (Clayton, Mary and Beulah) in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Emma was not employed, but her son Clayton was supporting the family as a laborer in a sawmill. Emma married Fred Schneider in 1930. Robert has not been found in the 1930 census.
Son Clayton married Zelma Morrison in Asotin, in eastern Washington. They had a daughter named Janet who was born in June 1936. When Janet was 3 weeks old Zelma sued Clayton for divorce alleging non-support. The divorce was granted in 1937. In December 1938, Clayton was fined $100 and sentenced to 4 months in jail for attacking Zelma with a knife.
In 1938 Robert was living in Portland, Oregon and on 12/15/1938 in Watauga County, North Carolina he married Ruby Elizabeth Stout. He was 50 and Ruby was 18. It is very likely they were distant cousins. Both his and Ruby’s families lived in the same counties in Tennessee and North Carolina. Robert took his new wife back to Oregon. In the 1940 census, Robert, Ruby and their 5 month old son Robert Raymond Stout, Jr. were living in Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon near Portland. Robert was a timber faller. Ruby and Robert divorced before 1954 when she remarried.
In 1949 in Lewiston, Idaho Robert’s son Clayton (age 38) was charged with raping an 8 year old girl. In November 1950 Clayton married Melva Blanchard. Robert’s grandson (Stella’s son), Harvey Buckner died on 10/7/1954 in a car accident in Colorado at the age of 27. In April 1958 Stella’s son Bill Strange, Jr. married Wanda Buckner, the daughter of Stella’s ex-husband Harvey Buckner. They were not blood relatives. On 3/13/1959 Bill & Wanda’s daughter Darlene Marie Strange was born. About a year after the birth of his great granddaughter, Robert was institutionalized.
On 2/8/1960 Robert was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was diagnosed to have senile brain disease with psychotic reaction. After being a patient at the institution for 8 years he died there of pneumonia on 5/8/1968. He was almost 80 years old.
While he was institutionalized his first wife, Emma Schneider died of a heart attack in Lewiston, Idaho on 6/21/1962. Her son Clayton was not acknowledged in her obituary. Clayton died in San Diego County, California on 4/7/1985. Daughter Mary Elaine white died in 1994. It is not known what became of Robert’s second wife Ruby, or his children Maxine and Robert, Jr.
According to his social security records and draft registration, Robert was born in Tennessee on 6/12/1888 despite OSH records saying he was born in 1882. Both of Robert’s parents were also native of Tennessee. His mother, Clarinda Arnold, was born in 1846. His father, Lawson E. Stout, was born in 1841. Both could read, but neither could write. During the US Civil War, Lawson Stout served in the Union Army in Company F, 13th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry. Tennessee furnished more troops for the Union than every other Confederate state, combined.
Lawson & Clarinda were married in the mid-1860s. She had 14 children with 10 being alive in 1900. Their children (all born in Tennessee) included: William (about 1864), Emily Loretta (in 1869), Elbert (about 1870), Mary Jane (born in 1873), Wilburn (about 1876), Sarah Marticia (in 1875), Martha (in 1879), Callie Ray (in 1885), Robert (in 1888), and Jessie (in 1890).
At the time of the 1870 & 1880 censuses (before Robert was born), his parents and siblings were living in Johnson County, in the northeast corner of Tennessee where his father was farming. In the 1900 census, Robert was 12 years old listed with his parents and siblings in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. His father was continuing his farming career. The move to North Carolina was not a huge move. Watauga County, North Carolina and Johnson County, Tennessee are adjacent counties.
During the 12 months before the 1900 census, Robert only attended school for 2 months. He could not read or write. As an adult he was tall and stout with blue eyes and dark brown hair. About 1910 he married Emma A. Reese. It was the first marriage for each of them. She was born in North Carolina about 1892. In the census of 1910 taken in May, Robert (age 21) and Emma (18) were farming in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. At that point they still had no children. However in a short while they had 2 babies who were both born in North Carolina. Their daughter Estella “Stella” was born in July 1910 and in December 1911, their son Lawson “Clayton” was born.
When the World War I draft registration was collected in 1917, Robert reported he was living with Emma and their children in Cavendish, Clearwater County, in the Idaho panhandle. In August 1917 he was among the men called to take a physical exam to determine whether they would be drafted. Apparently he was not drafted.
Robert’s father died in 1918 and Robert’s mother died 10 years later. They were buried in Johnson County, Tennessee. During the 1920 census, Robert, Emma and the children were still living in Clearwater County, Idaho where he was a laborer. In March 1923 in Washington, Robert & Emma had a daughter, Mary “Elaine.” Their daughter Beulah “Maxine” was born in Portland, Oregon in February 1924. Emma & Robert divorced some time in the 1920s.
On 5/25/1926 Robert & Emma’s daughter Stella (age 15) married Harvey L. Buckner in Nez Perce County, Idaho. They had one child, Harvey Lewis Buckner, Jr., before Stella and Harvey divorced. In 1931 Stella married William Walker Strange. They had 3 children, of whom only Bill, Jr. survived infancy.
In the 1930 census, Emma was listed as divorced, living with her 3 other children (Clayton, Mary and Beulah) in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Emma was not employed, but her son Clayton was supporting the family as a laborer in a sawmill. Emma married Fred Schneider in 1930. Robert has not been found in the 1930 census.
Son Clayton married Zelma Morrison in Asotin, in eastern Washington. They had a daughter named Janet who was born in June 1936. When Janet was 3 weeks old Zelma sued Clayton for divorce alleging non-support. The divorce was granted in 1937. In December 1938, Clayton was fined $100 and sentenced to 4 months in jail for attacking Zelma with a knife.
In 1938 Robert was living in Portland, Oregon and on 12/15/1938 in Watauga County, North Carolina he married Ruby Elizabeth Stout. He was 50 and Ruby was 18. It is very likely they were distant cousins. Both his and Ruby’s families lived in the same counties in Tennessee and North Carolina. Robert took his new wife back to Oregon. In the 1940 census, Robert, Ruby and their 5 month old son Robert Raymond Stout, Jr. were living in Milwaukie, Clackamas County, Oregon near Portland. Robert was a timber faller. Ruby and Robert divorced before 1954 when she remarried.
In 1949 in Lewiston, Idaho Robert’s son Clayton (age 38) was charged with raping an 8 year old girl. In November 1950 Clayton married Melva Blanchard. Robert’s grandson (Stella’s son), Harvey Buckner died on 10/7/1954 in a car accident in Colorado at the age of 27. In April 1958 Stella’s son Bill Strange, Jr. married Wanda Buckner, the daughter of Stella’s ex-husband Harvey Buckner. They were not blood relatives. On 3/13/1959 Bill & Wanda’s daughter Darlene Marie Strange was born. About a year after the birth of his great granddaughter, Robert was institutionalized.
On 2/8/1960 Robert was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was diagnosed to have senile brain disease with psychotic reaction. After being a patient at the institution for 8 years he died there of pneumonia on 5/8/1968. He was almost 80 years old.
While he was institutionalized his first wife, Emma Schneider died of a heart attack in Lewiston, Idaho on 6/21/1962. Her son Clayton was not acknowledged in her obituary. Clayton died in San Diego County, California on 4/7/1985. Daughter Mary Elaine white died in 1994. It is not known what became of Robert’s second wife Ruby, or his children Maxine and Robert, Jr.
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