98.  MARGARET ANN⁵ BLACKARD (JEMINA⁴ TROUSDALE, ALEXANDER³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1836 in White Co., IL.  She married JAMES W. ARMSTRONG.  He was born Abt. 1826 in IL.

Children of MARGARET BLACKARD and JAMES ARMSTRONG are:
i. LOIS⁶ ARMSTRONG.
ii. WILLIAM FINLEY ARMSTRONG.
iii. GEORGE WASHINGTON ARMSTRONG.
iv. SOLON DOUGLAS ARMSTRONG.
v. MARTHA ARMSTRONG.
vi. JOHN FRANKLIN ARMSTRONG.
vii. MARTIN LUTHER ARMSTRONG.
viii. ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG.
ix. ELLEN ARMSTRONG.

99.  THOMAS BENTON⁵ BLACKARD (JEMINA⁴ TROUSDALE, ALEXANDER³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born in White Co., IL.  He married SARAH JANE BRYAN. 

Children of THOMAS BLACKARD and SARAH BRYAN are:
i. ADA⁶ BLACKARD.
ii. LUCIEN BLACKARD.

100.  ALEXANDER GATESFIELD⁵ TROUSDALE (ABNER LAFAYETTE⁴, ALEXANDER³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born September 11, 1837 in White Co., IL, and died April 14, 1899 in Gallatin Co., IL.  He married ELIZABETH ANN COOK.  She was born March 13, 1826 in Gallatin Co., IL, and died 1913 in Gallatin Co., IL.

Notes for ALEXANDER GATESFIELD TROUSDALE:
SOURCE:  "The Trousdale Genealogy" by Karl Truesdell, 1952; Enlarged by Theodore McKee Trousdale, Jr., 1960.
    Several children, not shown, were drowned while attempting to ford the North Fork Saline River.

Child of ALEXANDER TROUSDALE and ELIZABETH COOK is:
208. i. JOHN CARLETON⁶ TROUSDALE, b. May 21, 1866, Gallatin Co., IL; d. March 22, 1921, St. Louis, MO.

101.  ELIZABETH JANE⁵ TROUSDALE (ABNER LAFAYETTE⁴, ALEXANDER³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born June 17, 1839 in White Co., IL, and died Aft. 1870 in White Co., IL.  She married CHARLES WHITFIELD EDWARDS.  He was born July 27, 1837 in Gallatin Co., IL, and died March 19, 1934 in White Co., IL.

Children of ELIZABETH TROUSDALE and CHARLES EDWARDS are:
i. MARSHALL⁶ EDWARDS, b. 1859, White Co., IL; d. 1932; m. ALICE GAINES.
ii. MARION EDWARDS, b. February 27, 1862, White Co., IL; m. LOU KANADA (CANNADAY), February 10, 1897.
iii. JOHN EDWARDS, b. Abt. 1865, White Co., IL; m. MARY HERREL.
iv. MARTHA EDWARDS, b. April 11, 1867, White Co., IL; d. July 19, 1897, Gallatin Co., IL; m. JAMES GRAVES, October 18, 1886.

102.  CHARLOTTE PELINA⁵ TROUSDALE (ABNER LAFAYETTE⁴, ALEXANDER³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born October 04, 1841 in White Co., IL, and died 1915 in Gallatin Co., IL.  She married JOSEPH EDWARDS.  He was born 1819 in Gallatin Co., IL, and died in Gallatin Co., IL.

Children of CHARLOTTE TROUSDALE and JOSEPH EDWARDS are:
i. ELIZABETH⁶ EDWARDS, m. (1) DOUGLAS COOK; m. (2) GEORGE SHOOK.
ii. MARY EDWARDS, m. THOMAS ROWE.
iii. JOHN EDWARDS, m. GERTRUDE GREGG.
iv. KATHERINE EDWARDS, m. JOHN MCGHEE.
v. STELLA EDWARDS, m. HENRY MCGHEE.

103.  WILLIAM GEORGE⁵ TROUSDALE (ABNER LAFAYETTE⁴, ALEXANDER³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born November 24, 1843 in White Co., IL, and died in CO.  He married MATILDA BLAZIER. 

Children of WILLIAM TROUSDALE and MATILDA BLAZIER are:
209. i. GEORGE MONROE⁶ TROUSDALE, b. May 05, 1872, Gallatin Co., IL; d. March 08, 1942, Monroe, WA.
210. ii. FELIX FERGUSON TROUSDALE, b. December 03, 1874, Omaha, IL; d. January 21, 1937, Sikeston, MO.
211. iii. ABNER PULASKI TROUSDALE, b. May 07, 1877, Nr. Little Rock, AR.
iv. CASSIE TROUSDALE, m. DAVID JONES.