Trusler, Nelson
lawyer, was born Dec. 11, 1823, in Franklin county, Ind. He had a lucrative practice in the courts of the counties of Fayette, Franklin, Union and Rush, and he soon took position in the front rank of the bar. While thus engaged in the practice of law, he was elected as representative to the general assembly of his state, after a bitter political contest, his political opponent being the noted baptist preacher, the Rev. Wilson W. Thompson, candidate of the democratic party for that position.