Allen Joseph Stout (My great, Great, Grandfather)

Allen Joseph Stout was born 5 December 1815 in Danville, Mercer County, Kentucky. He was the son of Joseph Stout and Anna Smith.
In the first settlement of New Jersey, there were 3 young men by the name of Stout. They came from Germany. 2 of them were killed by Indians and one married a woman who had been scalped and tomahawked and left for dead. (Penelope).
Allen was raised by very strict Quaker parents who had just gone through extreme hardships. He was the 10th child. When Allen's mother died from tuberculosis on 28th July 1824, Allen and Hosea were passed around from home to home as hired help. One of the men Allen worked for would whip him for doing things which he couldn't help doing.
Hosea took Allen to live with a cousin named Ephraim Stout Jr. so he could attend Jesse Stout's school for a time. Allen thought he was the meanest man he had ever seen. Allen was weak in body.
In 1837, Allen's sister married a Mormon, Allen believed Mormonism to be correct. He read the D & C but couldn't get hold of a Book of Mormon. He went to Sunday Meetings, He knew the Bible and he knew Lyman Wight and Charles C. Rich were teaching true scriptures even tho others were saying they weren't. Allen was baptized 22 April 1833 at age 22.
Allen was in poor health so he had to stay in Far West  while the others moved on. He thought he would have to go back but Hosea, his brother rescued him by buying land and providing employment and shelter for him.
When Allen was baptized he was a very sick man, but after he was done he felt like he could rise and fly. He felt relieved of a seemingly great weight. After the Elders anointed him he was healed both of his breast complaint and fever sores.
At age 24, Allen was called on a mission. He left Nauvoo on foot to go South. His intentions was to try to preach the gospel even tho he was young and unlearned. He had never spoken in public before so he called on the Lord for strength and wisdom to enable him to be able to do his duty with an eye single to His glory.Allen received a letter from his brother Hosea telling him that the Prophet Joseph Smith was in danger in Missouri. Allen hastened back to Nauvoo. He worked as a carpenter, a fisherman, and received a commission as 3rd Lieutenant in the Nauvoo Legion. This happened in October 1842 at age 27. He worked as a teamster for Miles Anderson where he met Elizabeth-They were married in July. (Not my grandmother)
In 1843 Allen was promoted to Captain, 1st Co. Nauvoo Legion. Him and Hosea were determined to protect the life of the Prophet. While Allen was serving as body-guard to the Prophet they seen a man coming toward them. When he came near, the Prophet told Allen to wait there while he went to talk to this man. Allen waited for sometime a short distance away while Joseph spoke with the stranger. When the Prophet returned to where Allen was, Allen was very upset for being negligent as a bodyguard. The Prophet Joseph told Allen that the man would never hurt him, he was John the Revelator.
After the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum were taken to Carthage jail, the Prophet told Jonathan Dunham to bring the Nauvoo Legion to Carthage to save him, but Dunham didn't tell anyone about the orders and the Legion was kept under arms while the mob broke in the jail and slew Joseph and Hyrum.
When the bodies were brought back to Nauvoo, Allen saw their beloved forms reposing in the arms of death, which gave him such feelings he could not describe.
After the martyrdom, Allen joined the Nauvoo Police Dept. His salary was one dollar per day in city script. In January 1845, the legislature repealed the Nauvoo city charter and this ended the pay to Allen. The Legion was ended but Brigham Young said if they would render their services, the Lord would provide for them. Allen was soon offered a job which gave him an income.
In 1845, Brigham Young asked Allen to be his own personal bodyguard. In the fall Allen also became the bodyguard to Heber C. Kimball. At the Kimball home, Allen and Elizabeth were sealed then Allen received his endowments in the NauvooTemple.
During the winter months of 1845-46, Allen's family could not stay in Nauvoo any longer. They prepared for their journey West.
Allen had rheumatism attacks so the journey became hard with the weather being so bad. After they crossed the Mississippi River on Feb. 10th, the severity of the weather forced them to camp at Sugar Creek for several weeks. On Jan. 30, 1848, Elizabeth died leaving Allen with 3 small children and a journey of 1100 miles to perform without any animals to help. Allen continued to pour his soul into prayer that the Lord would open up some way for him to take care of the children and make the journey. Allen hired a girl named Amanda Melvina Fisk to care for the children. She worked from April 8 to 30th and Brigham Young performed the marriage between Amanda and Allen. After the marriage, they moved to Pigeon Creek Iowa where they rented land and planted a garden. Allen taught masonry and guarded cattle at night. There their first child was born on April 16, 1849. They left for the Rockies in July 1851. In March they had another child, they left 4 July 1851 and arrived in Salt Lake October 2, 1851. Amanda was very sick and had to be carried into the home.
Allen died 18 December 1889 in Rockville Utah.