Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Manly, Oliver R. 1857 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

OLIVER R. MANLY.

    Oliver R. Manly, a well-known young farmer of St. Bridget township, this
county, was born in Missouri on August 27, 1889, son of Allen and Emma
(Steadman) Manly, the former of whom was born in Ohio and is now living in
Barber county, this state. Allen Manly was the eldest of seven children born to
his parents and was married twice, his second marriage having been without
issue. To his union with Emma Steadman eight children were born, of whom the
subject of this sketch was the sixth in order of birth, the others being as
follow: Joseph, who is living in Barber county, this state: Mrs. Sadie
Abernacky, of Wichita; Mrs. Audrey Boden, deceased; Mrs. Maggie Smith, of
Springfield, Missouri; Lonnie, of Barber county; Anna, who also lives in Barber
county, and Charles, who is working for his brother, Oliver R. Manly, in this
county.

    Reared on a farm, Oliver R. Manly has been engaged as a farmer all his life
and early discerned the possibilities of modern methods applied to agriculture,
being an ardent advocate of progressive methods in tilling the soil. In 1911 he
came to* Marshall county and has since made his home here, being now engaged in
farming the old James W. Manly farm in St. Bridget township, the place belonging
to his brothers-in-law, his labors co-operating with theirs in bringing that
place to its highest development and most profitable cultivation.

    On October 17, 1916, Oliver R. Manly was united in marriage to Mrs. Sadie
(Manly) Rodgers, who was born in Murray township, this county, November n, 1879,
daughter of James W. and Mary A. (Ford) Manly, the former of whom was a son of
Beveridge and Sidney (Bowes) Manly, pioneers of Marshall county, further mention
of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. James W. Manly was born in Ohio in
1852. In 1875 he married Mary A. Ford, who was born in Livingston county,
Illinois, April 14, 1855. They settled in this county and at the time of his
death in 1915 James W. Manly was the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and
forty acres in St. Bridget township, where his widow still makes her home, being
tenderly cared for there by her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Manly.

    To James W. and Mary A. (Ford) Manly five children were born, namely: Mrs.
Lillie Partridge, of Murray township, this county; Sadie, the wife of Oliver R.
Manly, the subject of this biographical sketch; John H., who is assisting in the
farming of the home place in St. Bridget township; James R., of Marysville, and
Robert Elmer, who is also at home assisting in the management of the farm. In
1900 Sadie Manly married George Rodgers, who was born in Monmouth, Illinois,
March 2, 1880, son of Duty and Mary (Bowes) Rodgers, natives of Illinois, who
came to Kansas in 1882 and settled on a farm in Murray township, this county.
George Rodgers died on May 20, 1915, leaving a widow and one child, a daughter.
Rachel, who was born on February 8, 1903.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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