Fourth Generation
88. Leroy R.
SLACK was born on Jul 29, 1861 in Louisiana. He appeared
in the census in 1920 in Webster Parish, LA, enumerated as a widower.169 He died on Mar 14, 1951 in
Claiborne Parish, LA. He was buried in Mar 1951 in Whitehall Cemetery,
Dykesville, Claiborne Parish, LA. Leroy R. SLACK and Magnolia T.
(Nola) BENEFIELD were married. They appeared in the census on Jun
1, 1900 in Webster Parish, LA.170
They appeared in the census in 1910 in Webster Parish, LA.171 Magnolia T. (Nola) BENEFIELD
was born on Dec 8, 1870 in Alabama. She died on Mar 27, 1911 in Claiborne
Parish, LA. She was buried in Mar 1911 in Whitehall Cemetery, Dykesville,
Claiborne Parish, LA. In the 1900 Webster Parish census the family
of John Bennefield was enumerated adjacent to the family of Lee Slack. John
is likely the brother of Magnolia.
The family consisted of John, head, born Oct., 1864, age 36, married 12 yrs.,
born GA, parents born GA; Lucy, wife, born Jan 1869, age 31, married 12 yrs,
mother of 5, 5 living, born AR, parents born MS; Bamma, dau., born Oct., 1889,
age 11, born AF, father born GA, mother born AR; Belle, dau., born May 1898,
age 10, born LA, father born GA, mother born AR; John, son, born Mar., 1892,
age 8, born LA, father born GA, mother born AR; Don, son, born Aug., 1894, age
6, born LA, father born GA, mother born AR; Ruby, dau., born Mar., 1897, age
3, born LA, father born GA, mother born AR.
The Benefield family was enumerated as family 5 in dwelling 4. Also in Dwelling
4 was the Henry Lee family. In dwelling 3, family 3 was the family of Sam Lee.
In the same census, sheet 11B, dwelling 180, family 181 is the family of Jewell
Bennefield, with wife Sallie, and children Susie, Burrel, Joe D., Shack <sic>
and Geraldine L. Leroy R. SLACK and Magnolia T. (Nola) BENEFIELD had the following
children:
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