Seventh Generation  

226. William Smith Hatfield [17633] was born on 11 Jan 1857 in Pike County, Kentucky and died circa 1934 at age 77.

William married Rose Lee Barker [17634] [MRIN: 5927] on 1 May 1885 in Logan County, Virginia. Rose was born on 20 Jun 1861 in Logan County, Virginia.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 267 M    i. Albert Sidney Hatfield [17635] was born on 14 Mar 1886 in Madison, Virginia and died on 10 Dec 1975 in Boone County, West Virginia at age 89.

+ 268 F    ii. Minnie Ethel Hatfield [17638] was born on 8 May 1889 in Boone County, West Virginia and died in 1981 at age 92.

+ 269 F    iii. Fannie Pearl Hatfield [17642] was born on 8 Mar 1891 and died on 24 Jan 1984 at age 92.

   270 F    iv. Ada May Hatfield [17645] was born on 18 Jul 1894.

   271 F    v. Garnette Rose Hatfield [17646] was born on 8 Aug 1901.

227. James Henderson Hatfield [17647] was born on 13 Nov 1859 in Pond Fork, Boone County, Virginia and died on 5 Oct 1888 at age 28.

James married Mary M. Hopkins [17648] [MRIN: 5931] on 10 May 1880.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 272 M    i. William Roy Hatfield [17649] was born in Jun 1886 in West Virginia and died on 22 Jul 1940 in Galveston, Texas at age 54.

   273 M    ii. James H. Hatfield [17653] was born in Jun 1889 in West Virginia and died on 25 Dec 1899 in Mohawk, West Virginia at age 10.

General Notes: Cause of Death: Slate Fall.

234. Charles Martin Hatfield [34569] was born on 17 Jan 1884 in Fort Smith, Arkansas and died on 12 Jul 1967 at age 83.

Charles married Mae Dora Rasey [34570] [MRIN: 11747] on 6 Nov 1907 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Mae was born on 10 Oct 1890 in Sallisaw, Oklahoma and died on 16 Mar 1968 in Fresno, California at age 77.

Children from this marriage were:

   274 M    i. Albert Autus Hatfield [34602] was born on 10 Dec 1908 in Bryant, Texas.

Albert married Effie Norrid [34603] [MRIN: 11761]. Effie was born on 12 Apr 1909 in Bryant, Texas.

+ 275 M    ii. Hiram Delbert Hatfield [34571] was born on 10 Dec 1909 in McClain, Oklahoma and died on 24 Dec 1944 at age 35.

   276 F    iii. Hazel M. Hatfield [34594] was born on 25 Jun 1912 in McClain, Oklahoma.

Hazel married Lee Roy Kemp [34595] [MRIN: 11757]. Lee was born on 10 Oct 1893 in Missouri.

   277 M    iv. Edgar Cecil Hatfield [34607] was born on 1 Jan 1915 in McClain, Oklahoma.

Edgar married Iva Picture [34608] [MRIN: 11763] on 3 Mar 1944. Iva was born on 17 Sep 1914 in Portland, Oregon.

   278 F    v. Delilah Hatfield [34598] was born on 14 Sep 1917 in Scott County, Arkansas.

Delilah married Fred Hart [34599] [MRIN: 11759].

   279 M    vi. Jack Russell Hatfield [34605] was born on 5 Aug 1920 in Scott County, Arkansas.

Jack married Laura Ellsworth [34606] [MRIN: 11762]. Laura was born on 17 Oct 1917 in Bismark, North Dakota.

   280 M    vii. Theodore Kermit Hatfield [34604] was born on 10 Nov 1925 in Hanford, California.

   281 M    viii. Leo Thurman Hatfield [34596] was born on 10 Dec 1927 in Hanford, California.

Leo married Frances Marie Harris [34597] [MRIN: 11758]. Frances was born on 29 Jun 1930.

   282 F    ix. Eleanor Louise Hatfield [34609] was born on 17 Oct 1930 in Hanford, California.

Eleanor married Delbert Hudson Richwine [34610] [MRIN: 11764] on 12 Jun 1948. Delbert was born on 14 May 1924 in Lenna, Oklahoma.

   283 M    x. Billie Hatfield [34600] was born on 28 Jul 1935 in Hanford, California.

Billie married Linda Hite [34601] [MRIN: 11760]. Linda was born on 25 Dec 1935 in Hanford, California.

248. Addie May Hatfield [4696] was born on 18 Jun 1895 in Boone County, Arkansas, died on 30 Jan 1945 in Spokane, Washington at age 49, and was buried on 2 Feb 1945 in Spokane, Washington.

Addie married William Edward Barker [4697] [MRIN: 1665], son of Benjamin Barker [17601] and Alice Langford [17602], in Plains, Quay County, New Mexico. William was born on 23 Dec 1890 in Oklahoma and died on 19 Dec 1968 in Spokane, Washington at age 77.

Children from this marriage were:

   284 F    i. Betty Jo Barker [4742] .

   285 M    ii. Henry Merle Barker [4741] .

   286 M    iii. Cecil Emmet Barker [4739] was born on 2 Dec 1915.

+ 287 F    iv. Edna Maxine Barker [4698] was born on 25 Aug 1919 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas and died on 13 May 1990 in Spokane, Washington at age 70.

   288 M    v. Jack Barker [4740] was born on 6 Oct 1922.

249. Edward Lee Hatfield [4743] was born on 13 Aug 1897 in Newton County, Arkansas and died on 7 Aug 1987 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico at age 89.

Edward married Anna Viola Harden [4744] [MRIN: 1667] on 19 May 1923 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 289 F    i. Billy Don Hatfield [4745] was born on 31 Dec 1926.

   290 F    ii. Elsie Lee Hatfield [4746] was born on 6 Feb 1924.

250. Bertha Hatfield [4751] was born on 1 Feb 1900 in Moody, McClean County, Texas and died in Jun 1993 at age 93.

Bertha married Roy Eagan [4752] [MRIN: 1669].

Children from this marriage were:

   291 F    i. Oral Lee Eagan [4753] .

   292 F    ii. Etta Ava Eagan [4754] .

   293 M    iii. Elmer Edward Eagan [4755] .

   294 F    iv. Opal Merle Eagan [4756] .

   295 M    v. Teddy Clyde Eagan [4757] .

   296 F    vi. Lois Lavens Eagan [4758] .

   297 F    vii. Hazel Joyce Eagan [4759] .

   298 F    viii. Edna Ruth Eagan [4760] .

   299 F    ix. Glenia Irene Eagan [4761] .

   300 M    x. William Arthur Eagan [4762] .

   301 M    xi. Robert David Eagan [4763] .

   302 F    xii. Janett Louise Eagan [4764] .

251. Ida Katherine Hatfield [4765] was born on 4 May 1902 in Maude, Potowatoma County, Oklahoma and died on 22 Sep 1993 in Baytown, Harris County, Texas at age 91.

Ida married Claude Arthur Sparks [4766] [MRIN: 1670] on 10 Jun 1916 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico.

Children from this marriage were:

   303 M    i. Cecil Homer Sparks [4767] .

   304 F    ii. Thelma Opal Sparks [4768] .

   305 M    iii. Jessie Warren Sparks [4769] .

252. Ruby Hatfield [4770] was born on 18 Aug 1906 in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and died on 24 Nov 1981 in San Jose, California at age 75.

Ruby married Harold Deck [4771] [MRIN: 1671].

Children from this marriage were:

   306 F    i. Jeanette Louise Deck [4772] .

   307 F    ii. Jackie Elizabeth Deck [4773] .

   308 F    iii. Naomi Wilma Deck [4774] .

253. Ora Hatfield [4775] was born on 1 Jun 1909 in Plain, New Mexico.

Ora married Volney Bowen [4776] [MRIN: 1672] on 3 Sep 1926 in Hagerman, Chaves County, New Mexico.

Children from this marriage were:

   309 F    i. Eunice Marie Bowen [4777] .

   310 M    ii. William Edwin Bowen [4778] .

   311 F    iii. Charlene Bowen [4779] .

254. Naomi Della Hatfield [4780] was born on 8 Oct 1911 in Plain, New Mexico.

Naomi married J. R. Wrinkle [4781] [MRIN: 1673].

Children from this marriage were:

   312 F    i. Betty Louise Wrinkle [4782] .

   313 M    ii. James Robert Wrinkle [4783] .

   314 M    iii. Gordon Burge Wrinkle [4784] .

255. James Harvey Hatfield [4738] was born on 27 Mar 1922 in Clovis New Mexico.

James married Philis Ketner [4785] [MRIN: 1674].

The child from this marriage was:

   315 F    i. Sharon Gay Hatfield [4786] .

256. Lillian Mary Monnot [3400] was born on 28 Nov 1901 in Sacred Heart, Pottawatomi, Oklahoma, died on 7 Nov 1988 in Gridley, California at age 86, and was buried in Chico, California.

Lillian married Basil Demeyer [3445] [MRIN: 1199], son of Emile Demeyer [3446] and Clemenita Dekens [3447], on 20 Jun 1920. Basil was born on 6 Aug 1882 in Petegem, East Flanders, Belgium, died on 27 Sep 1965 in Chico, California at age 83, and was buried in Chico, California.

Children from this marriage were:

   316 M    i. Vincent Basil Demeyer [3448] was born on 4 Apr 1921 in Blythe, California and died on 22 Nov 1922 at age 1.

   317 M    ii. Paul Francis Demeyer [3449] was born on 2 Aug 1922 in Inglewood, California, died on 30 Aug 1994 in Gridley, California at age 72, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, California.

General Notes: Was killed in a farming accident.

Paul married Robbin Lucille Cisco [3450] [MRIN: 1201] on 25 Sep 1948.

Paul next married Wanda Coe [3451] [MRIN: 1202] in Apr 1956.

   318 M    iii. John Andrew Demeyer [3452] was born on 2 Oct 1923 in Blythe, California, died on 11 Jun 1957 in Chico, California at age 33, and was buried in Chico, California.

John married Frances Sullivan [3453] [MRIN: 1204] on 18 Jan 1950.

   319 F    iv. Mary Therese Demeyer [3454] was born on 11 May 1925 in Blythe, California.

Mary married Lyle Gilbert Gaston [3455] [MRIN: 1187] on 5 Sep 1948.

   320 M    v. Philip Albert Demeyer [3456] was born on 20 Jul 1926 in Blythe, California, died on 6 Mar 1995 at age 68, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, California.

Philip married Doris Smith [3457] [MRIN: 1205] on 20 Jun 1949.

Philip next married Marianna Sadduth [3458] [MRIN: 1206] on 3 Apr 1961.

   321 M    vi. Raymond Edwin Demeyer [3459] was born on 11 Sep 1929 in Blythe, California.

Raymond married Yvonne Dale Mardis [3460] [MRIN: 1207] on 17 Sep 1955.

Raymond next married Dixie Crane [3461] [MRIN: 1208] on 30 May 1971.

   322 M    vii. Louis Joseph Demeyer [3462] was born on 3 Aug 1931 in Inglewood, California.

Louis married Marlene Adaire Duwite [3463] [MRIN: 1209] on 23 Dec 1968.

   323 F    viii. Ruth Irene Demeyer [3464] was born on 12 May 1933 in Blythe, California.

General Notes: A catholic nun from 1958 until 1972.

Ruth married Fred Villien [3465] [MRIN: 1210] in Dec 1972 in Abbeyville, Louisiana.

   324 M    ix. Thomas Anthony Demeyer [3466] was born on 10 Mar 1946 in Blythe, California, died on 9 Aug 1954 in Crescent City, California at age 8, and was buried in Chico, California.

257. Margaret Frances Monnot [3401] was born on 1 Nov 1903 in Sacred Heart, Pottawatomi, Oklahoma, died on 15 Jan 1998 in Marysville, California at age 94, and was buried in Live Oak, California.

Margaret married Louis Dekens [3467] [MRIN: 1211], son of Theodore Victor Dekens [17393] and Leonie Marie Cocquyt [17394], on 7 Jun 1921 in Blythe, California. Louis was born on 11 Oct 1895 in Wankegan, Illionois and died on 6 Oct 1986 at age 90.

General Notes: Plastering Contractor. Lived at the end of Pennington Road, Live Oak, California, next to the Feather River. Farmed plum orchards.

Children from this marriage were:

   325 M    i. Michael Louis Dekens [3468] was born on 17 Mar 1922 in Blythe, California, died on 10 Jul 2000 in Live Oak, California at age 78, and was buried in Live Oak, California.

Michael married Laurence Donna Mae Sullivan [3469] [MRIN: 1212]. Laurence was born on 30 Sep 1909, died on 30 Dec 1997 at age 88, and was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak, California.

   326 M    ii. James Patrick Dekens [3470] was born on 17 Mar 1922 in Blythe, California, died on 18 Jun 1975 in Live Oak, California at age 53, and was buried in Live Oak, California.

James married Mary Ann Palaski [3471] [MRIN: 1213].

   327 M    iii. Charles Edward Dekens [3472] was born on 24 Jul 1924 in Inglewood, California.

Charles married Maurine Julian [3473] [MRIN: 1203] on 12 Oct 1950.

   328 M    iv. Joseph Francis Dekens [3474] was born on 22 Dec 1926 in Inglewood, California and died on 15 Jan 1976 in Sutter, California at age 49.

Joseph married Norma Elaine Gibson [3475] [MRIN: 1214].

   329 F    v. Teresa Ann Dekens [3476] was born on 9 Apr 1929 in Inglewood, California.

Teresa married Merle Wheeler [3477] [MRIN: 1215] on 14 Oct 1946.

258. Gertrude Anna Monnot [3402] was born on 2 Jun 1905 in Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma, died on 22 Mar 1999 in Paradise, California at age 93, and was buried in Paradise, California.

General Notes: Died from pneumonia.

Gertrude married Iver Solie [3478] [MRIN: 1216] on 10 Jun 1934.

Children from this marriage were:

   330 F    i. Janet Clair Solie [3480] was born on 22 Aug 1935.

Janet married Harold Chamberlain [3481] [MRIN: 1218] in 1955.

   331 F    ii. Joyce Marie Solie [3482] was born on 20 Sep 1940.

Joyce married Joseph Gido [3483] [MRIN: 1219] on 26 Dec 1959.

Gertrude next married John Aloysuis Meyer [3479] [MRIN: 1217] on 2 Feb 1971. John died on 12 Mar 1990 in Yuba City, California and was buried in Paradise, California.

262. Helen Catherine Monnot [50] was born on 16 Dec 1915 in Pasadena, California, died on 15 Aug 1980 in Yuba City, California at age 64, and was buried in Benicia, California.

General Notes: Helen Monnot (Lively), born in Pasadena, California to L. P. Monnot and Mary Hatfield. The Monnot family settled in Gridley, California on a small farm that provided a subsistence lifestyle. L.P Monnot worked as a carpenter, hay bailer and other agriculture related enterprises as the need arose. The Hatfield side of the family relates back to West Virginia; the Monnot can be traced to French origins and possibly to famed painter, Monet.

NOTES ON THE MONNOT FAMILY FARM

Gerald Lively: I remember the farm very well. It might have been as small as 14 acres but to us kids, my sister and I, it was as heaven as heaven could be. We were small back then; six, seven, eight years old. We loved visiting there in July and August when the orchards were in harvest. We were allowed to climb up on this very tall wide-stanced "fruit tree" ladder beneath a gigantic fig tree on the western side of the house and eat figs right off the tree. My sister, Catherine, always wanted me to pick the figs so she wouldn't have to touch the white sap that seeped out of the fig stems. I would flick off that stem and hand her a fig, and we loved doing that. We ate figs until we burst.

The water for the house came from a hand pumped well in the front yard. It always took a great deal of pumping to get it going, or so it seemed to me. And the water was always cold, even on those hot summer Gridley days. It never ceased to amaze me that the water came out of the ground, and was clean and cold.

Grandpa (L. P. Monnot) would take us cat fishing in Butte Creek in a row boat he built, and he used cork, a hook and a worm. We always brought something home.

There were those gigantic peaches, how delicious they were. Out in the barn we joyed in the hunt for chicken eggs in the loft, and the squad of meowing kittens that gathered at milking time. It was all hand milking and those kittens couldn't get enough of those squirts in the face. There were hundreds of feet of climbing red roses running the fence lines, the magpies squawking in the tree, the walnuts from the tree in the front yard, and helping churn the butter until our little arms seemed like they would fall off. Making ice cream was the same experience, it was turn, turn, turn and it always grew more difficult, not easier, to turn some more. Chicken dinner, Grandma (Mary Lee Hatfield) chased the chickens, caught them and chopped their heads off, grewsome; but the chicken was good and we soon forgot the anguish of the chicken kill.

The Monnot farm was a bit of heaven. It lives in memory now; the house is gone as is the barn, the shop and all the magic inside of it. The roses and trees are gone too. It is nothing more than pasture land now. Butte Creek is too polluted to fish anymore and the water is mostly drained off for irrigation.

I wonder if I dreamed it all. I wonder if it was real.

GL

Noted events in her life were:

• Family: Helen with husband in Concord, California, 1961.

• Burial: 1980, St. Dominicks Catholic Cemetery.

Helen married John Unknown [2478] [MRIN: 845]. John was born about 1915 in Butte County, California and died in Los Angeles, California.

Marriage Notes: Never married.

General Notes: John and Helen lived together for a few months but were never married.

Noted events in his life were:

• Relationship: Never married.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 332 F    i. Elana Monnot [2477] was born on 6 Nov 1936 in Los Angeles, California.

Helen next married Samuel Edgar Lively Jr. [49] [MRIN: 48], son of Samuel Edgar Lively Sr. [44] and Cora A. Eagle [45], on 17 Dec 1938 in Reno, Nevada. Samuel was born on 5 May 1920 in Gridley, California, died on 28 Jun 1978 in Benicia, California at age 58, and was buried Saint Dominicks Catholic Cemetery in Bencia, California. Another name for Samuel was Lewis Lively.

General Notes: Samuel Edgar Lively, Jr. used the name Lewis Lively for nearly his entire life. The family story has it that Samuel did not like the name he was going by in the first grade (Edgar), and told the teacher at the time that his real name was Lewis. The school accepted the name change and he used Lewis as his name until reaching senior citizen age and had applied for benefits from the Social Security Administration. At that time he was required to file an amended birth certificate (an affidavit) complete with the signatures of still living members of his immediate family.

Lewis' working career was spent as a heavy equipment operator in highway construction, having worked on such projects as the toll plaza approaching the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the freeway over the Altamont pass into Oakland during its original construction. His military career was in World War II with the U. S. 10th Army, 77th Infantry Division during the Okinawa and Ie Shima campaigns in the Pacific Theater which is described in the following:



10th U. S. Army, 77th Infantry Division at Okinawa and Ie Shima, World War II---------------------------------------

Lewis Lively served as a Tech Sergeant with the 77th Infantry Division. His combat career began as a follow-up (second or third wave) at the invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and then as a member of the primary invasion force on Ie Shima in mid-April. Following the Ie Shima event he was a part of the 77th Division sent back to Okinawa to assist the Marines in the final weeks of the Okinawa campaign.

Noted events in his life were:

• Burial: IeShima, island off Okinawa. Samuel E. Lively (aka Lewis Lively) is second from the right, back row.

• Burial: 1978, Saint Dominicks Catholic Cemetery, Benecia, California.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 333 M    i. Gerald Lewis Lively [51] was born on 22 Nov 1938 in Oroville, California and died in Ain't dead yet.

+ 334 F    ii. Catherine Helen Lively [52] was born on 29 Jan 1940, died on 9 May 1999 in Fort Worth, Texas at age 59, and was buried Moore Cemetery in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.

   335 M    iii. Robert Joseph Lively [53] was born on 26 Jan 1941 and died in 1942 in Richmond, California at age 1.

264. Lawrence Patrick Monnot [3408] was born on 17 Jan 1920 in Blythe, California, died on 23 Nov 1985 in San Bernardino, California at age 65, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, California.

General Notes: Burial at the Gridley - Biggs Cemetery. Cancer.

Lawrence married Emma Evaline Jacqnot [3409] [MRIN: 1186] on 19 Jan 1942.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 336 M    i. John Patrick Monnot [3311] was born on 28 Aug 1942 in Gridley, California.

+ 337 M    ii. James Michael Monnot [2500] was born on 15 Aug 1944 in Gridley, California.

+ 338 M    iii. Dale Edwards Monnot [3310] was born on 16 Jun 1946 in Gridley, California.

265. Rita Elizabeth Monnot [3410] was born on 19 Nov 1923 in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California.

General Notes: A genuine "Rosie the Riveter" at the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards during WWII. Her work was on Liberty Ships welding steel plates. I recall one comment of her's about the new female work force, "My supervisor chased me so much I don't know how we ever got a ship built or won that war."

Rita married Laurence Vincent Johnson [3411] [MRIN: 1188], son of Fred Johnson [3484] and Mary Paulik [3485], on 22 Dec 1943 in San Diego, California. Laurence was born about Aug 1921 in Santa Rosa, California.

General Notes: Served on Iceland in the U. S. Marine Corp during WWII. His only comment to me about WWII was the poor dental health of the Iceland natives.

Children from this marriage were:

   339 F    i. Kathleen Rita Johnson [3486] was born on 28 Oct 1944 in Yuba City, California.

Kathleen married Ronald Whitehall [3487] [MRIN: 1221] on 4 Mar 1963.

Kathleen next married Robert Clark [3488] [MRIN: 1222] in 1968.

   340 M    ii. Stephen Vincent Johnson [3489] was born on 30 Mar 1946 in Yuba City, California.

Stephen married Judy Barnett [3490] [MRIN: 1223] in 1968.

   341 F    iii. Annette Rose Johnson [3491] was born on 19 Jul 1947 in Marysville, California.

Annette married J. Weeks [3492] [MRIN: 1224].

Annette next married Sergio Rofanan [3493] [MRIN: 1225] in 1965.

   342 M    iv. David Lawrence Johnson [3494] was born on 16 Dec 1948 in Oroville, California.

David married Leslie Kneisler [3495] [MRIN: 1226] in 1968.

David next married Karen Walling [3496] [MRIN: 1227] in 1981.

   343 M    v. Mark Gregory Johnson [3497] was born on 30 Jul 1950 in Gridley, California.

Mark married Pat Simmons [3498] [MRIN: 1228] on 16 Jun 1972.

Mark next married Cathy Sandgren [3499] [MRIN: 1229] in Jun 1980.

   344 M    vi. Daniel Martin Johnson [3500] was born on 4 Oct 1952.

Daniel married Judy Rick [3501] [MRIN: 1231] on 5 Jul 1976.

Daniel next married Maureen Tracy [3502] [MRIN: 1232] in 1986.

   345 M    vii. Kenneth Peter Johnson [3503] was born on 9 Jun 1954 in Marysville, California.

Kenneth married Cynthia Harris [3504] [MRIN: 1233] on 9 Aug 1972.

   346 M    viii. Timothy Andrew Johnson [3505] was born on 30 Jul 1956 in Marysville, California.

Timothy married Debroah Nicoletti [3506] [MRIN: 1234] in 1975.

   347 M    ix. Jerome Edward Johnson [3507] was born on 8 Apr 1958 in Marysville, California.

Jerome married Julie Talbott [3508] [MRIN: 1235] in Jun 1982.

   348 M    x. Alan Henry Johnson [3509] was born on 4 Nov 1960 in Yuba City, California.

Alan married Donna Unknown [3510] [MRIN: 1236] in Jun 1982.

266. Regina Josephine Monnot [3412] was born on 1 Apr 1926 in Inglewood, California.

Regina married John Raymond Deniz [3511] [MRIN: 1237], son of John Vaz Deniz [4731] and Anna Pealitera [4732], on 9 Sep 1946. John was born on 28 Apr 1925 in Loleta, California, died on 30 Dec 2002 in Chico, California at age 77, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, California.

The child from this marriage was:

   349 F    i. Leslie Jean Deniz [3512] was born on 25 May 1962 in Oakland, California.

General Notes: Silver Medalist at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in woman's discus.

In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics, Leslie was the first American woman to medal in the discus since 1932. At 22 years of age while attending Arizona State University, Leslie participated in the Olympics tossing the discus 212 feet, 9 inches. In a later round Ria Stalman of Holland threw the discus 214 feet, 5 inches to edge Leslie out of the gold medal. No American woman has medaled in the discus since.