The database of U.S. Civil War Soldier Records lists Oliver Perry Slusher, drafted to Company C., Virginia 30th Sharp Shooter Battalion on 15 Apr 1863, enlisted on 4 June 1863 in Floyd Co., Virginia, height 6 ft 2 in, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, rank in private, rank out private, died 26 Apr 1899.

1860 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Court House district, enumerated 4 Aug, lists on p. 141 as family #1019/951:
Oliver P. Slusher, 29, farmer; Mary J., 28; Asa L., 3; Flournoy, 1; Wm B. Wood, 11. All born in Virginia.

1870 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Jacksonville township, enumerated 22 June, lists on pp. 11-12 as family #80/86:
Slusher, Oliver P., 39, farmer; Mary J., 37; Asa L., 13; Flournoy, 11; Louisa J., 8; George Wm, 4; Angeline, 2. All born in Virginia.

1880 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Jacksonville district, enumerated 23 June, lists on p. 39 as family #366:
Slusher, Oliver P., 49, farmer; Mary J., 48, wife; George W., 14, son; Angeline, 12, dau; Roena, 9, dau; Ellen, 7, dau; Lela, 2, dau; Hylton, Abraham, son-in-law; Louisa J., 18, dau. All born in Virginia.

1890 census of Floyd Co., VA14 , lists in Jacksonville District:
Oliver P. Slusher, 59; Mary J., 58; Angeline, 21; Mary E., 17; Lela K., 12