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Samuel Van Dyke Stout was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Abraham Stout, a silver plater, and Jane Pettit Stout. He grew up in Kentucky and moved to Nashville in 1811. Stout married Catherine Tannehill in Nashville on October 12, 1813. They had three sons, Josiah W., Charles C., Samuel H., and three daughters, Margaret Jane, Ira Abraham, and Catherine. He first worked for his father's silver plating business, before opening a carriage factory on Clark Street. 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. Stout died in 1850 and is buried in Nashville City Cemetery.