Notes for LEROY PIKE PORTERFIELD:

Son of Guy Leroy and Laura Grace (Belles) Pike.
Adopted by Aunt and Uncle, Joseph Wall and Myrtle Grace (Pike) Porterfield when father died of influenza.
Born: March 28, 1915 in Unknown.
Died: September 11, 1965 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, Calfornia.
Cause of Death: Heart Attack.
Married: (1) Mercy Jayne Randall 1934 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. (Divorce)
(2) Unknown Wife abt. 1943.

LeRoy and his brother, Ronald K. Pike were adopted by Joseph Wall Porterfield and Myrtle Grace Porterfield (nee Pike) after 1918 when his father, Guy LeRoy Pike, died from influenza. Myrtle was Guy's sister.Another brother, James Skillman Pike was adopted by another relative, perhaps his grand uncle, Henry Allen Pike and his wife, Mary Ann Pike (nee Cullen). His sister, Grace I. Pike was born after her father's death. She may have stayed with her mother, or she may have been adopted by her aunt Bertha Audell Gault.

LeRoy R. Pike's name was changed when he was adopted to LeRoy Pike Porterfield.

From ancestry.com messageboard:
My great-grandmother was the mother of Leroy, Ronald, and James. Her name was Laura Grace Belles. She married Guy Leroy Pike in Washington, but he died in 1918 during the flu epidemic. There was also a daughter Grace (1919-1925). Laura had to send the children to live with relatives after Guy died. The family rumor is that she sent the kids to live with someone in Guy's family until she could support the kids, but whoever had the kids took off and never got in contact with her, so she never found out what happened to her children. Laura remarried in 1925 to Clair Reichenberg and raised four more children in Idaho. I know that James was adopted by his great-aunt, Mary Pike, and lived in South Dakota. If you have any information on Leroy and Ronald, my family would be very happy to know what happened to them.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven't been on here in a long time. LeRoy and Ronald were adopted by Joseph Wall Porterfield and his wife, Myrtle Grace Pike. Myrtle was Guy's sister. As far as I know, They were legally adopted right away. LeRoy was my grandfather. You can reach me easier at stllbrown@gmail.com Write and I'll send what I have to you. I can't tell you how excited I am to get this bit of history. I always wondered what happened to Laura and Grace!