Biography, Risner, Leslie 
Magoffin County, Ky
June  2003


Submitted by: Sharon Cornell   kay2000@myexcel.com

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This story was also told to me by Lee Risner's daughter 
Pearl Risner Hopkins, about her Uncle Leslie Risner.
 
Leslie's wife Manda died young and Leslie remarried.  His three 
children were raised by their grandparents Johnson and Susan 
Risner, per Pearl Risner Hopkins.
 
This info told to me by Pearl Risner Hopkins in 1994

Pearl told me Leslie's first wife Amanda Risner was a sister to 
Lee Risner's first wife Polly.  Amanda died young leaving three 
children.  

Leslie remarried May 19 1913 to Cordie "Cora" Spradlin at 
the home of George W Spradlin.  The marriage was performed 
by Grandpaw Johnson Risner and witnessed by George Marshall 
and Marshall Risner.  

Pearl said when we were toddlers, their Uncle Leslie was a mean boy.  
He was the meanest kid ever.  He would run up when I was getting 
wood, and stick his toes in the wood.  I had my ax drawed up and I 
couldn't hold the ax, and down it went and cut the whole toe of his shoe 
off.  He said you little fool, you cut the toe of my shoe off.  I asked him 
why he held his foot under the wood for. 

Pearl said that her Uncle Leslie and wife had a baby.  It was cold and 
they put the baby in bed with them to keep it warm, and sometime one 
of them rolled over and took the covers with them, and the baby froze 
to death.  When they woke up the baby was dead.

Pearl was 91 years old when she told me these stories, she could have 
been a little mixed up on the facts.

Pearl told me Leslie was only 39 years old when he died  She said he 
got baptism and the Holy Ghost, and said Leslie's sister was in a asylum, 
and Leslie got on a train to go see his sister.  When Leslie got on the 
train, he started preaching and saying to everyone on the train if you 
don't get the baptism and holy ghost  you will all go to hell.  They tried 
to get the conductor to put Leslie off the train.  The conductor said 
Leslie was telling the truth, and would not put him off the train.  Leslie 
said he was going to get his sister and take her home, and he did.  

This is what I am not real sure about, I have never been able to prove this.
Pearl said Leslie was shot and killed. 
 
Joyce Comer, Granddaughter of Leslie told me these stories about 
her gram pa.
 
Leslie Risner's son, Tolbert was riding home one night on his horse, 
when he was 18 years old.  He was drunk and passed out and fell off 
his horse and froze to death.  She said her grampa was a Huckster 
and preformed funerals sometimes.  Leslie was gone from home a lot. 
One time when Leslie was married to Cora, He came home and tried to 
take their three year old son, Elmer with him on one of his trips.  
Leslie put Elmer on his horse and Cora put up a fight and would not 
let Elmer go.  

Joyce also said that when Leslie died, he owned land in Ky with coal 
on it, and said some family member got the land away from Leslie.  
Cora also said that no one in the Risner family would help her with 
her children, after Leslie died, so she stayed in Ohio.
 
Leslie and his second wife, Cordie are buried in the Preston 
Cemetery, Marion twp., Hardin Co Oh.
 

 
Sharon Cornell    kay2000@myexcel.com. 




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