John Harris LESLEY/Talladega Co., AL
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John Harris LESLEY/Talladega Co., AL
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Posted: 29 Jul 2007 5:40PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: LESLEY, McCASKILL, RABORN, HARRIS, BROCK, WILSON, CLARK, BEAN
Below is a book excerpt on John Harris LESLEY, b. 1850, Talladega Co., AL. The book is available in its entirety on Heritage Quest. This is a retyped copy from my files.
Evelyn Leslie
co-Administrator LESLIE DNA Project
NOTABLE MEN OF ALABAMA: Personal and Genealogical, with portraits
Originally published: Atlanta: Southern Historical Association, 1904
Reprint: Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company, 1976
Pages 363 and 364 of 944
JOHN Harris LESLEY, a well known citizen of Talladega County, was born in that county, on Christmas day, in the year 1850. His paternal grandparents, John Harris and Mary LESLEY, went from Indiana to South Carolina soon after their marriage, and later came to Alabama, where they passed the remainder of their lives. While living in South Carolina, their son, Theodore LESLEY, the father of John Harris, was born. There he married Rebecca BROCK, and after the death of her father, Charles BROCK, came with her mother and his parents to Alabama in 1836. He rented a farm near Munford, where he died in 1892. He and his wife had twelve children, five of whom, with their mother, are still living. He was a Democrat and both himself and wife were members of the Baptist church. John Harris LESLEY acquired such an education as the common schools of Talladega County afforded and began life as a farmer. He continued in that occupation until 1893, when he engaged in railroading and in operating a sawmill. At present he is employed by John H. WILSON in a meat market at Munford, though he still owns a part of the old homestead, where he resides. He affiliated with the Democratic party until recently, but is now a Populist and an active member of the Farmers’ Alliance. In 1873 he was married to Sarah CLARK, a daughter of Matthew and Minerva (BEAN) CLARK, one of the pioneers of Calhoun County, Ala. Minerva BEAN came to Alabama in her childhood, with her father, James BEAN, who was one of the early settlers of Talladega County. Mr. And Mrs. LESLEY have been blessed with the following children: Ada May, Mastin Leonidas, Mary Daisy, Minnie Lula, Charles Emmett, deceased; James Theodore, John Oscar, William CLARK, Anna Eola, Clifford Coleman, Ruby, and Samuel Troy.
Evelyn Leslie
co-Administrator LESLIE DNA Project
NOTABLE MEN OF ALABAMA: Personal and Genealogical, with portraits
Originally published: Atlanta: Southern Historical Association, 1904
Reprint: Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company, 1976
Pages 363 and 364 of 944
JOHN Harris LESLEY, a well known citizen of Talladega County, was born in that county, on Christmas day, in the year 1850. His paternal grandparents, John Harris and Mary LESLEY, went from Indiana to South Carolina soon after their marriage, and later came to Alabama, where they passed the remainder of their lives. While living in South Carolina, their son, Theodore LESLEY, the father of John Harris, was born. There he married Rebecca BROCK, and after the death of her father, Charles BROCK, came with her mother and his parents to Alabama in 1836. He rented a farm near Munford, where he died in 1892. He and his wife had twelve children, five of whom, with their mother, are still living. He was a Democrat and both himself and wife were members of the Baptist church. John Harris LESLEY acquired such an education as the common schools of Talladega County afforded and began life as a farmer. He continued in that occupation until 1893, when he engaged in railroading and in operating a sawmill. At present he is employed by John H. WILSON in a meat market at Munford, though he still owns a part of the old homestead, where he resides. He affiliated with the Democratic party until recently, but is now a Populist and an active member of the Farmers’ Alliance. In 1873 he was married to Sarah CLARK, a daughter of Matthew and Minerva (BEAN) CLARK, one of the pioneers of Calhoun County, Ala. Minerva BEAN came to Alabama in her childhood, with her father, James BEAN, who was one of the early settlers of Talladega County. Mr. And Mrs. LESLEY have been blessed with the following children: Ada May, Mastin Leonidas, Mary Daisy, Minnie Lula, Charles Emmett, deceased; James Theodore, John Oscar, William CLARK, Anna Eola, Clifford Coleman, Ruby, and Samuel Troy.