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Biography
Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786–1850) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1841 to 1842.
Biography
Early life
He was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His father was Abraham Stout and his mother, Jane (Pettit) Stout. He grew up in Kentucky and moved to Nashville in 1811.
Career
He served on the Nashville Board of Aldermen from 1824 to 1825, 1830 to 1832, 1835 to 1837, 1838 to 1839, in 1844, and from 1846 to 1850. He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1841 to 1842. He was a freemason.
Personal life
He married Catherine Tannehill in Nashville on October 12, 1813 at the home of Catherine's brother, Wilkins F. Tannehill, who would later himself serve as the city mayor. They had three sons, Josiah W., Charles C., Samuel H., and three daughters, Margaret Jane, Ira Abraham, and Catherine. He attended the First Presbyerian Church. He died of apoplexy in 1850, and he is buried in the Nashville City Cemetery.