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BENJAMIN TOUT, farmer, Avilla, was born in Fleming county, Ky., May 14, 1819. When but two years old his parents moved to Brown county, Ohio, where they died and are buried. At the age of seventeen he went to Hendricks county, Ind., where several relations resided, and was married there Jan. 14, 1840, to Miss Abigail M. McKee, a native of Ohio. There were born to them twelve children, five of whom are now living: Mary E., wife of Isaiah Willhite; America J., wife of Frank Chambers; John F., Delanna A., wife of A. G. Hayworth, and Delphinna M., wife of Albert East. Two of his sons died while in the service of their country during the war of the Rebellion. Wm. H. was a member of Company H, Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16, 1863, aged twenty-one years. Geo, W. was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and died at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1863, aged seventeen. Mr. T. also served his country during the civil war. He enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Company H, Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and participated at the battle of Perrysville, Ky., and was mustered out the same year for disability. He became a citizen of Jasper county, Mo., in March, 1881. His farm consists of 240 acres well improved. Mr. Tout has been in hearty sympathy with the Republican party since its organization. In his youth he was a schoolmate of the great U. S. Grant.