- Jared Comstock Stout's middle name, Comstock, was the same as his mother's maiden name. He married Mary (or Martha) Montgomery on December 26, 1862 in Lewawee County, Michigan. In 1869, they moved to Kansas City, Kansas. Jared was master painter for the Kansas Pacific Railroad, now Union Pacific, in charge of the local shops. He was one of the substantial citizens of Kansas City, Kansas, a member of the board of education and its treasurer. Later he was city treasurer. He dien in Horton, Kansas in 1910.
Jared had bought 1/4 interest in the Glendale Ranch near Beverly, Kansas and it was because of him that his nephew, Nathan A. Stout, went to Kansas in 1881. Nathan was ranch manager there for 3-4 years. The ranch was in two parts. The main part was 3 miles east and 1 1/2 miles south of what became the Nathan Stout home place. Nathan bought the first quarter section while he still worked on the ranch. When Nathan and Caroline had a child, Jared sent them a willow baby carriage that all their children used, except for the youngest Arthur Stout.
Jared Comstock Stout's brother, Joseph, had a sone that he named Jared.
Jared Comstock and Mary Stout son, Ralph, was managing editor of the "Kansas City Star". He married Mary McCabe. Ralph and Mary McCabe Stout had two children: Martha, who married Franklin gledhill and David. Ralph died October 10, 1926. David Stout became a rancher near Tucson, Arizona.
Jared and Mary Stout also had a daughter, Helen Stout, living in chicago in 1826.
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