John L. Slider/IA/OK/?
I'm so excited to see this forum is up and running! I've hit a major brick wall in searching for information about my great grandfather, John L. Slider. According to his marriage license, he was born in Madison Co., Iowa in 1873. He married my g-grandmother Mamie (Mary Ethel) Lee in Lacy, Oklahoma Territory, Kingfisher County, Sept. 6, 1900. They had two daughters, Lula Anne, and my grandmother, Della Mae. John is said to have taken a load of cotton to town to sell and disappeared. The story goes his wagon was found at the livery, and the cotton had been sold, so it appears he just took off with the money and never came back. Chances are he's got other family or families in other locations. I'd appreciate any lead.