William Trousdale

William Trousdale (1877 - 1948) was a lumber baron who resided in Sheldon, North Carolina. As well as being a shareholder in both the Knoxville & Asheville Railroad and the Asheville & Hickory Eastern Railroad, he was the founder of the small lumber town of Trousdale City, as well as founding the Sheldon, Lake Junaluska & Mount Morris Railroad and the Trousdale & Futrell Railroad & Lumber Company.