Biography of Eugene Trout, page 945.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Eugene Trout, of the firm Long & Trout, liverymen, Auburn, was born in Union 
Township, De Kalb County, Ind., Sept. 16, 1858.  He was the adopted son of 
George W. Trout, deceased, a pioneer of De Kalb County, and one of the first 
business men of Waterloo.  He was reared and  educated in Waterloo.  He 
engaged in the livery business two years before coming to Auburn in 1882, 
and her was employed two years to superintend Casebeer & Matheny’s livery 
stable.  He then clerked a few months, and in September, 1884, formed a 
partnership with Edgar E. Long in the livery business. Mr. Trout was married 
May 12, 1881, to Frankie Buss, daughter of William Buss, of Smithfield 
Township.  They have two children---George W., aged three years, and Cyrus 
B., aged one year.  He is a member of the Knights of Honor.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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