Pioneer Stories   Pioneer Story of Elisha Leslie Narrator: Edith L. Crawford Carrizozo, N. Mex. Oct 17 1938 Date: October 14, 1938. Topic: Pioneer Story Source of Information: Elisha Leslie. I was bom February 14, 1873, in Dublin, Erath County, Texas, and came to New Mexico when I was ten years old. I have lived in Lincoln County about fifty-three years. My father, Robert Leslie, was bom in Fulton County, Georgia, May 17, 1853. My mother, Elizabeth Ward, was bom in Georgia, (I do not know the town or county) January 6, 1857. My parents were married about the year 1871 in Dublin, Texas. I do not know when they came to Texas. My father owned a farm near Dublin, Texas, and raised corn, small grains, potatoes, and had a small bunch of cattle and a few horses. My father had some big heavy teams and sometimes used them in doing construction work. I know that at one time he had four teams at work for a rail-road company, but I do not remember just where this was. My father met a man by the name of Jack Farr, who came down into Texas from Lincoln County, New Mexico. … Continue reading Pioneer Story of Elisha Leslie