___________________________________________________________________________ George W. Trout, farmer, Caney Fork, Ark. Among the successful agriculturists of Pike County, whose merits are such as to entitle them to representation in the present work, is Mr. George W. Trout, the subject of this sketch. His parents, W.N. and Mary A. (Huffman) Trout, were natives of North Carolina and Illinois, respectively. They were married in Arkansas and became the parents of two children: George W. and John H. The father was a public spirited man and was a Republican in his political views. He enlisted in the late (Civil) war, but was not in active service. He was also a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, and died in 1886, but the mother is still living, and is quite advanced in years. George W. Trout was born in Clark County, Ark., January 24, 1860, and was reared and educated in this State. He started out in life for himself as a farmer, and this occupation has continued ever since. He is the owner of 170 acres of land, and has thirty-five acres under cultivation. In 1884 his nuptials with Miss Sarah A. Wright, a native of Georgia, born in 1857, were celebrated, and to them have been born three children: Wilson N., Mary S. and William T. Mr. Trout was elected (school) director in 1883, and served in that capacity for five years. He is a Republican in politics, but is not active in that respect. He and Mrs. Trout are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. ___________________________________________________________________________ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 342-343. ___________________________________________________________________________ Update 04.07.00 David Kelley 1997 BIO-0097.HTM