John H. Leslie and his wife Emma Belcher.
John H. Leslie, born March 14, 1874, was the second of the four children of Sparrell B. Leslie and Helen Williamson. He was a prominent farmer and timberman and spent his entire life in the vicinity of his birthplace on John's Creek, Pike County, Kentucky. In later years he was blind as a result of dynamiting for fish. It is said, however, that although blind he was a good trader in livestock; that he could judge the weight of a hog by feeling it and of a horse by chinning it. He had also lost the use of one hand in the accident which took his sight, but could shuck corn and do the feeding with one hand. He was, as described by one of his grandsons, "full of fun and always had a joke to tell." He was often referred to as "Blind John" to distinguish him from his first cousin, John b. Leslie, who lived nearby and who was know as "Caney John". He died of a heart ailment on September 26, 1938, as the age of 64. He was buried, at his own request, on a part of his own farm which adjoins the Pharmer Leslie Cemetery.
by Pam R.
John H. Leslie, born March 14, 1874, was the second of the four children of Sparrell B. Leslie and Helen Williamson. He was a prominent farmer and timberman and spent his entire life in the vicinity of his birthplace on John's Creek, Pike County, Kentucky. In later years he was blind as a result of dynamiting for fish. It is said, however, that although blind he was a good trader in livestock; that he could judge the weight of a hog by feeling it and of a horse by chinning it. He had also lost the use of one hand in the accident which took his sight, but could shuck corn and do the feeding with one hand. He was, as described by one of his grandsons, "full of fun and always had a joke to tell." He was often referred to as "Blind John" to distinguish him from his first cousin, John b. Leslie, who lived nearby and who was know as "Caney John". He died of a heart ailment on September 26, 1938, as the age of 64. He was buried, at his own request, on a part of his own farm which adjoins the Pharmer Leslie Cemetery.
by Pam R.
John H. Leslie and his wife Emma Belcher.
John H. Leslie, born March 14, 1874, was the second of the four children of Sparrell B. Leslie and Helen Williamson. He was a prominent farmer and timberman and spent his entire life in the vicinity of his birthplace on John's Creek, Pike County, Kentucky. In later years he was blind as a result of dynamiting for fish. It is said, however, that although blind he was a good trader in livestock; that he could judge the weight of a hog by feeling it and of a horse by chinning it. He had also lost the use of one hand in the accident which took his sight, but could shuck corn and do the feeding with one hand. He was, as described by one of his grandsons, "full of fun and always had a joke to tell." He was often referred to as "Blind John" to distinguish him from his first cousin, John b. Leslie, who lived nearby and who was know as "Caney John". He died of a heart ailment on September 26, 1938, as the age of 64. He was buried, at his own request, on a part of his own farm which adjoins the Pharmer Leslie Cemetery.
by Pam R.
John H. Leslie, born March 14, 1874, was the second of the four children of Sparrell B. Leslie and Helen Williamson. He was a prominent farmer and timberman and spent his entire life in the vicinity of his birthplace on John's Creek, Pike County, Kentucky. In later years he was blind as a result of dynamiting for fish. It is said, however, that although blind he was a good trader in livestock; that he could judge the weight of a hog by feeling it and of a horse by chinning it. He had also lost the use of one hand in the accident which took his sight, but could shuck corn and do the feeding with one hand. He was, as described by one of his grandsons, "full of fun and always had a joke to tell." He was often referred to as "Blind John" to distinguish him from his first cousin, John b. Leslie, who lived nearby and who was know as "Caney John". He died of a heart ailment on September 26, 1938, as the age of 64. He was buried, at his own request, on a part of his own farm which adjoins the Pharmer Leslie Cemetery.
by Pam R.
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