22.  ELIZABETH GORDON⁴ TROUSDALE (JOHN³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born December 26, 1788 in Orange Co., NC, and died June 01, 1863.  She married WILLIAM MCCLAIN October 20, 1812.  He was born January 18, 1792, and died January 28, 1865.

More About ELIZABETH GORDON TROUSDALE:
Burial: Carthage Junction, TN

Notes for WILLIAM MCCLAIN:
Judge McClain, a distinguished lawyer, organized the Whig party in Tennessee, founded the bar in Carthage, and was a member of the Legislature for five terms.

More About WILLIAM MCCLAIN:
Burial: Carthage Junction, TN
Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Children of ELIZABETH TROUSDALE and WILLIAM MCCLAIN are:
i. JOHN TROUSDALE⁵ MCCLAIN, b. August 02, 1813, Carthage Junction, TN; d. April 1865, Sherman, TX; m. SUSAN PARKER MORGAN, June 18, 1839; b. Gallatin, TN.
ii. JAMES STOCKARD MCCLAIN, b. February 23, 1815, Carthage Junction, TN; d. MS; m. MAHALLA BRADFORD, December 01, 1858; b. 1828, Pickens Co., AL.
iii. WILLIAM ALEXANDER MCCLAIN, b. July 27, 1816, Carthage Junction, TN; d. November 09, 1878, Warsaw, MO; m. (1) MARY C. BRANSFORD, November 12, 1847; m. (2) ELIZABETH CULBERTSON, November 10, 1859.
iv. JESSE STOCKARD MCCLAIN, b. 1819, Carthage Junction, TN; d. 1892; m. (1) ELIZA S. DUNCAN, June 15, 1843; b. Columbia, TN; m. (2) LOUISA GRAVES HATCHER, June 24, 1858.
65. v. JANE ANN MCCLAIN, b. Abt. 1822, Carthage Junction, TN; d. Abt. 1868.
vi. LEMUEL MCCLAIN, b. 1823, Carthage Junction, TN; d. 1841.
66. vii. ANDREW MCCLAIN, b. 1826, Carthage Junction, TN; d. 1913.

23.  JOHN⁴ TROUSDALE, JR. (JOHN³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born May 10, 1792 in Orange Co., NC, and died May 28, 1879 in Smith Co., TN.  He married (1) ELIZABETH C. VASER October 02, 1812.  She was born August 13, 1791 in Gallatin, TN, and died April 30, 1817.  He married (2) ELIZABETH M. COWAN January 04, 1820, daughter of MATHEW COWAN and CATHERINE TROUSDALE.  She died April 13, 1845.

Notes for JOHN TROUSDALE, JR.:
SOURCE:  "The Trousdale Genealogy" by Karl Truesdell, 1952; Enlarged by Theodore McKee Trousdale, Jr., 1960.
     John Jr. lived adjacent to his father.  He began acquiring property in 1813 and thereafter and frequently served variously in the County (Smith Co. Ct. Min.).  In 1830 he owned 16 slaves, in 1840, 13 (Census).  John Jr. and his second wife were third cousins.

Children of JOHN TROUSDALE and ELIZABETH VASER are:
i. MARTHA S.⁵ TROUSDALE, b. November 01, 1813, Smith Co., TN; m. SAMUEL L. BALIFF, 1841.
67. ii. NANCY S. TROUSDALE, b. September 10, 1815, Smith Co., TN; d. August 07, 1880, Smith Co., TN.

Children of JOHN TROUSDALE and ELIZABETH COWAN are:
68. iii. WILLIAM CARL⁵ TROUSDALE, b. December 01, 1820, Gordensville, Smith Co., TN; d. September 15, 1906, Enigma, TN.
iv. CATHERINE CATRON TROUSDALE, b. July 28, 1822, Smith Co., TN; m. ELI ATWOOD, October 01, 1840.
69. v. MATHEW COWAN TROUSDALE, b. January 17, 1825, Smith Co., TN; d. May 01, 1923, Kempner, TX.
vi. JANE S. TROUSDALE, b. March 12, 1827, Smith Co., TN.
vii. ELIZABETH M. TROUSDALE, b. June 04, 1829, Smith Co., TN; d. April 12, 1845, Smith Co., TN.
viii. SALLIE HARVEY TROUSDALE, b. February 29, 1832, Smith Co., TN; d. September 04, 1839, Smith Co., TN.
ix. JOHN BRICE TROUSDALE, b. April 17, 1834, Smith Co., TN; d. April 12, 1862, Killed in Action at Shiloh, TN.

More About JOHN BRICE TROUSDALE:
Military service: Confederate Soldier

x. FRANCIS A. TROUSDALE, b. January 11, 1837.
xi. HELEN H. TROUSDALE, b. November 12, 1839, Smith Co., TN; d. March 20, 1843, Smith Co., TN.
xii. DELIA DOUGLAS TROUSDALE, b. April 06, 1842, Smith Co., TN; m. PHILLIPS.
xiii. SINA MCCOMBS TROUSDALE, b. April 01, 1845, Smith Co., TN; m. A. W. SMITH; b. Cooksville, TN.