Samuel Hollingsworth Stout
Born	March 3, 1822 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	September 18, 1903 Clarendon, Texas, U.S.
Education	Classical and Mathematical Seminary
Alma mater	University of Nashville University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Occupation(s)	Farmer, slaveholder, surgeon, teacher
Spouse	Martha Moore Abernathy
Children	7
Parent(s)	Samuel Van Dyke Stout Catherine Tannehill
Relatives	John Wilkins, Jr. (maternal great-uncle) William Wilkins (maternal great-uncle) Wilkins F. Tannehill (maternal uncle)

Major Samuel Hollingsworth Stout (March 3, 1822 – September 18, 1903) was an American farmer, slaveholder, teacher and surgeon. In the Antebellum era, he was the owner of a farm with slaves in Giles County, Tennessee. During the American Civil War, he was a surgeon to the Army of Tennessee and later in charge of sixty hospitals for the Confederate States Army in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. He later taught at the Atlanta Medical College (now known as the Emory University School of Medicine), and he practiced medicine in Texas.

Early life

Samuel Hollingsworth Stout was born on March 3, 1822, in Nashville, Tennessee. ^{[1] [2] [3]} His father, Samuel Van Dyke Stout, was the owner of a carriage factory and the mayor of Nashville. ^[4] He had three brothers and one sister. ^[5] He was raised as a Presbyterian. ^[5]

Stout was educated at the Classical and Mathematical Seminary in Nashville. ^[4] He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1839 with an A.B., and he earned an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania's medical school in 1848. ^{[6] [2] [4]}

Career

Stout became a surgeon for the United States Navy but resigned as the American-Mexican War was coming to an end. ^[2] Instead, he practiced medicine in Giles County, Tennessee, where he owned a farm with slaves. ^[4] He also became an early member of the Tennessee Historical Society. ^[4]

At the outset of the American Civil War, on May 17, 1861, Stout became a major of cavalry in the Confederate States Army. ^[1] He was a surgeon to the Third Tennessee Infantry from May to November 1861, and to Gordon Hospital in Nashville from November 1861 to February 1862. ^[4] He subsequently moved to Chattanooga, where he was in charge of hospitals for the Army of Tennessee. ^[4] By the summer of 1864, his responsibilities had expanded to sixty Confederate hospitals in the Southern states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. ^[4] By the end of the war, he had lost his Giles County farm. ^[4]

Stout was a professor of surgery at the Atlanta Medical College, later known as the Emory University School of Medicine, from 1866 to 1867. ^{[2] [3]} He practised medicine in Georgia until 1882, when he moved to Cisco, Texas; he taught and practiced medicine in Dallas. ^[4]

Personal life and death

Stout married Martha Moore Abernathy in 1848. ^[4] They had seven children. ^[4] He died on September 18, 1903, in Clarendon, Texas. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

Further reading

• Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. (1994). Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN  9781570031557. OCLC  39872235.

External links

• Samuel Hollingsworth Stout at Find a Grave
• Samuel Hollingsworth Stout papers, at the Georgia Historical Society
• Samuel Hollingsworth Stout Papers, 1819-1963, Tennessee Historical Society Collection, Tennessee State Library and Archives
• Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Samuel Hollingsworth Stout papers, 1800-1899