The Rout Family Collection
Richard Clark Rout was born in London, England, on March 14, 1824. After coming to America, he married Margaret Van Zandt, who later died in a tornado in 1859. Richard then married Mary Ann Mills (who probably died around 1871), and then Mary Ellen Zimmerman, in December 1871 in Clayton, Illinois. In 1894, he settled in Salida with his family of daughters, son, and stepsons. His obituary (possibly embellished) states that he had a very colorful life, going out West and earning and losing a fortune in gold, though there is no proof of this.
Special thanks to Sharon Bookmyer Marangoni for contributing this collection.
Richard and Margaret Rout’s daughters:
Front row, l to r: Maude Leslie Rout, 14 years old; Jesse Rosebaum Rout, 24 year old; Ruth Ann Rout, 22 years old. Back row, l to r: Ellen Perry Rout, 16 years old; Cynthia Edna Rout, 20 years old; Lena Cate Rout, 18 years old.
Ruth Rout and her husband Charles were partners in the Golden Gate Diner at 106 F Street during the early part of the 20th century.
Lena Kate Rout in 1896
Maude Leslie Rout ca. 1905. Maude Rout was born February 24, 1885 in Clayton, Illinois and married Arthur Jerome Meeker on August 16, 1903. They later moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Maude died from tubercular meningitis on July 4, 1914.
Arthur then returned to Salida and married Maude’s sister, Cynthia Rout.
Ruth’s daughter Mary Caroline Clarissa Woody, ca. 1911. Mary was born September 9, 1910.
This is Albert Nelson Zimmerman, one of Richard Rout’s stepsons. Albert was born February 11, 1862 in Ross County, Ohio, to Mary Ellen Barkley Zimmerman and Orlando Zimmerman (married August 18, 1858 Ross County, Ohio). Orlando died Feb. 28, 1865 in Huntsville, Alabama, of disease. Albert had two older brothers, Walter Stoles Zimmerman born May 11, 1864 and Baxter Cammill Zimmerman born Dec. 17, 1859, both in Ross County, Ohio. Mary Ellen married Richard Rout in 1871.