Louton family
{{Short description|International family}}
The Louton family is a family of American and European origin that established influence in religious leadership, academia and finance during the 20th century.{{Cite book |last=Grams |first=Rollin G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqGcswEACAAJ |title=Stewards of Grace: A Reflective, Mission Biography of Eugene and Phyllis Grams in South Africa, 1951-1962 |date=July 2010 |publisher=Wipf & Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-4982-5928-6 |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=1967-11-01 |title=Article clipped from Detroit Free Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/173156089/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |work=Detroit Free Press |pages=31}}{{Cite news |date=1963-07-22 |title=Edgar Myron Louton in The Flint Journal of Flint, Michigan on July 22, 1963 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-flint-journal-edgar-myron-louton-in/173153739/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |work=The Flint Journal |pages=6}}
Members by occupation
= Academia =
- David A. Louton, investment anlalyst at Bryant University. Son of Edgar M. Louton and grandson of A. G. Louton.
- Rollin G. Grams, theologian. Grandson of A. G. Louton and son of Eugene Grams.
- Eugene Grams, academic administrator, founder of the Cape College of Theology. Son-in-law of A. G. Louton.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2004-05-19 |title=Phyllis Grams Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information |url=https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/muskegon/name/phyllis-grams-obituary?id=14701074 |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Legacy.com |language=en}}
= Business =
- Adam Oster, local business and landowner in Austria-Hungary. Matrilineal great-grandfather of Edgar M. Louton.
= Law =
- Darrell Grams, international lawyer and brokerage firm owner; grandson of A. G. Louton.
= Religious leadership =
- A. G. Louton, American missionary to South Africa.
- Edgar M. Louton, missionary to South Africa and Basutoland.
- Eugene Grams, missionary to south Africa, son-in-law of A. G. Louton
- Ralph Phillip Hughes, Minister. Grandfather of David A. Louton.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Flint Journal |date=2010-10-08 |title=Pastoring still a passion for 94-year-old Flushing man |url=https://www.mlive.com/living/flint/2010/10/pastoring_still_a_passion_for.html |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=mlive |language=en}}