PA32 25 MINS AFTER A REFUELING STOP IN VMC CONDITIONS; ENG BEGAN ROUGH OP AND QUIT. ABLE TO LAND ON ROAD WITHOUT DAMAGE TO ACFT OR INJURY TO PAX.

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DEPARTED JSO AT JACKSONVILLE; TX. AFTER REFUELING; TOOK ON ABOUT 32 GALLONS; TOTAL ON BOARD AT THAT TIME WAS APPROX 70 GALLONS. NEW FUEL WAS ADDED TO INBOARD TANKS. DEPARTED ABOUT XA15 PM WITH 3 PAX RETURNING TO 52F ARPT ON THE 300 DEG RADIAL. ABOUT 25 MINS INTO THE FLT AND AT APPROX 3500 FT; THERE WAS A HESITATION AND A SURGE IN THE FUEL FLOW METER AND MY FRONT SEAT PAX ASKED ME IF I FELT THAT DISTURBANCE; YES I DID. FROM THAT POINT WITH MIXTURE RICH AND BOOST PUMP ON; THE ENG WOULD CUT OUT THEN REFIRE REPEATEDLY UNTIL THE ENG DIED. BY THIS TIME WE HAD LOST ALT; THERE WAS NO CLR PLACE TO LAND. IT HAD BEEN RAINING SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR AND THE COUNTRYSIDE WAS VERY WET. I SAW AN FM RD RUNNING E AND W; WANTED TO LAND INTO THE WIND (W); BUT THERE WERE TREES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND I WASN'T SURE OF VEHICLES SO I TURNED 180 DEGS; DOWNWIND; NO VEHICLES; MISSING THE ELECTRIC LINES AND LANDED TO THE E WITH LONG ROLLOUT MISSING ROAD SIGNS; MARKERS AND TREES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT NOR WAS THERE BODILY INJURY TO MY 3 PAX. THE PLANE WAS TOWED TO A FARM HOUSE WHERE IT WAS SECURED AND AWAY FROM THE HWY. I DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE; BUT SUSPECT THAT IT IS A FUEL INJECTION PROB OR CONTAMINATED FUEL. THE BASE OPERATOR HAS NORMAL FUEL TURN OVER AND HAS NO OTHER RPTED OCCURRENCES. A LICENSED MECH IS IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHAT THE PROB MAY BE. WHEN THE SOLUTION IS SOLVED WE WILL TRY AND OBTAIN PERMISSION TO FLY IT OUT. I HAVE OWNED THE PLANE SINCE NEW AND IT HAS A TOTAL ENG AND AIRFRAME TIME OF 1178 HRS. ALWAYS HANGARED.