William Trousdale served in the Creek Indian War, the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson at Pensacola and New Orleans, the Seminole War of 1836 in Florida, and later was made a brigadier general in the United States Army for his gallantry in the Mexican War. He was one of a very few who served in four wars of the first half of the nineteenth century. Trousdale became a member of the Tennessee State Senate in 1835 and was elected Governor of Tennessee in 1849. He later served as United States Minister to Brazil from 1853 to 1856 during the Franklin Pierce administration.
William Trousdale died at Trousdale Place in 1872, and his wife, Mary Ann Bugg Trousdale, continued to live there until her death a decade later, when the home passed to their son, Julius. Julius was a veteran of the Confederate Army and later speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Governor Trousdale's oldest son, Charles, accompanied his father as an aide when Governor Trousdale was appointed minister to Brazil. Charles became a lawyer and while serving in the Confederate States Army, he lost a leg at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Both Julius and his only living child, Mary, died in 1899. Subsequently, in 1900, his widow, Annie Berry Trousdale, deeded the home to the Clark Chapter #13 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in his memory and in memory of all veterans.
Descendants of William Trousdale and Mary Bugg Trousdale
- William Trousdale 1790 - 1872
- Mary Ann Bugg 1807 - 1882
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- Maria Louisa Trousdale 1828 - 1906
- Benjamin Franklin Allen 1826 - 1910
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- Alice Mary Allen 1851 - 1928
- William Wells Berry 1849 - 1920
- William Trousdale Allen 1853 - 1926
- Bessie McClean 1872 - 1955
- Valeria Eliza Allen 1856 - 1937
- Franklin Campbell Allen 1865 - 1931
- Louise Trousdale Allen 1870 - 1959
- William Alexander Guild 1871 - 1948
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- Valeria Caroline Trousdale 1830 - 1860
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- John Frank Lafferty 1856 - 1917
- Margaret M. Rice 1865 - 1933
- William Trousdale Lafferty 1860 - 1939
- *2nd Wife of William Trousdale Lafferty:
- *3rd Wife of William Trousdale Lafferty:
- Ophelia Trousdale Lafferty 1858 - 1892
- James Isaac Walton 1857 - 1925
- Mary O. Lafferty 1858 -
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- Charles William Trousdale 1839 - 1900
- Eleanor Katherine Odom 1841 - 1866
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- Eleanor Katherine Trousdale 1866 - 1952
- William Young Allen 1863 - 1941
- Fergus Julian Trousdale 1861 - 1862
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- Julius AugustusTrousdale 1840 - 1899
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- Mary Trousdale 1881 - 1899
- Infant Trousdale 1883 -
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- Frances Elizabeth Trousdale 1843 - 1914
- John Bell Peyton 1836 - 1914
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- Ophelia Peyton 1861 - 1870
- William Trousdale Peyton 1865 - 1898
- Bailey Peyton 1867 -
- Mary Bugg Peyton 1871 - 1961
- Louise Allen Peyton 1876 - 1966
- Frances Trousdale Peyton 1880 - 1920
- Charles Louis Neal 1873 -
- Julius Augustus Trousdale Peyton 1886 - 1968
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