Leslie was born in Grouse Creek, Box Elder County, Utah on April 25, 1901 a son of Allen Newman and Mary Emily Barlow Tanner.

He was about to leave for his LDS mission when he had appendicitis.

He died April 24, 1924 and is buried in the Grouse Creek Cemetery.

Roy Frost & Leslie Tanner

Leslie Tanner & Ruby Douglas

1918 - Joseph Kimber, Leslie Tanner, Alice Barlow, Beth Davis & Lawrence Kimber