Leslie Oliver Parker was married twice, first to Elizabeth "Bessie" Howard, she left him, while pregnant with their second child, Ray Graves Parker, and she moved to New Mexico. His second wife was Barbara Ann Reiter, they moved to Osage County, Oklahoma, and raised their six children there.
Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Roll: 1385; Page: 260C; Enumeration District: 171 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Source: 1900 US Census Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0082 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Two Sources for 1st Marriage "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8F3-SQD : 10 February 2018), Lesley O. Parker and Bessie Howard, 15 Sep 1897; citing Pelham, Caswell, North Carolina, reference P395, 410; FHL microfilm 358,272. Link to page: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8F3-SQD
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58H-NFB : 22 December 2016), Lesley O Parker and Bessie Howard, 15 Sep 1897; citing Caswell, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 540,256. Link to page: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58H-NFB
Source for WW1 Draft Registration Card: Source Citation Registration State: Oklahoma; Registration County: Osage; Roll: 1852065
Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
Source for Death: Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83224312
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