TROUT, Levi “Lee”

Date of birth:  About 1845 – Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 11 Apr 1898 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, April 15, 1898,
Volume XXXVIII Number 40, page 1 column 4

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Death of Lee Trout.

Lee Trout, one of the best known far­mers in Johnson County, died Monday evening at 4 o’clock from acute inflam­mation of the kidneys with other com­plications. His illness dates back several weeks, first assuming the form of rheu­matism. After taking treatment at Mar­tinsville and at Greenwood he returned home, thinking his health somewhat im­proved. He suddenly became worse, his disease taking on a new form which caused his death.

Deceased was well known in adjoin­ing counties and throughout the state as a progressive farmer and was a prom­inent contestant at the agricultural fairs and at the State fair in the grain de­partment.

He was a son of Abram Trout, born in this county and 53 years of age at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and one son.

Funeral services were held on Wed­nesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Hurricane M. P. church conducted by Rev. Lineberry.

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Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 210, referencing Book H-18, page 9, records that Lee Troutt [sic], a fifty-three-year-old white male, died 11 Apr 1898 in Franklin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry