Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Manning, Jasper S. June 27, 1842 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

Page 414, 415

JASPER S. MANNING
	A prosperous and successful farmer and stockman, whose good, manly 
qualities have won him a host of friends, and whose general intrinsic worth 
has made him a leader among men, the man of whom we now speak is numbered 
among the most prominent agriculturists and educators of Umatilla county, 
which position he justly merits as is abundantly testified by his career and 
the success he has achieved in the battles of life.  Mr. Manning is a native 
of the Empire state, being born in Ithaca, on June 27, 1842.  For twenty-one 
years he remained with his parents, assisting his father in his business of 
farming and stock raising.  He was favored with fine opportunities to secure a 
good education and he faithfully took advantage of them, perfecting himself in 
mental discipline and accumulations to a high degree. 
	At the time of his majority he sought the greater opportunities of the 
west, coming to Ogle county, Illinois.  Here he spent some time teaching in 
the seminary, which place he was well fitted to fill with merit.  Desiring a 
more active life he turned to agriculture, but soon decided to take up a 
commercial life, which was followed with that excellent enterprise that 
brought success, and in 1871 he returned to his birthplace and continued in 
merchandising until 1876.  After this he again came to Illinois and then on to 
Hardin county, Iowa, where he took up the stock and grain business until 1886, 
the date of his arrival in Umatilla county.  Here he purchased a section of 
land two miles east from Pilot Rock, where he has made a fine home and has 
occupied his attention with farming and stock raising.
	At Ithaca, New York, in 1865, he was married to Miss Mary Frances 
Smith, a native of that place and daughter of Charles Smith, a sheep man of 
the same county.  To this union there has been born one child, Charles J. 
Manning, born January 27, 1869.  He is married to Miss Fannie Carley, a naive 
of Missouri, and lives with his father on the farm, where he takes an active 
part in their large stock business.  Mr. Manning has never pressed for 
political preferment for himself, but is quite active in securing for the 
public trusts men of ability and honesty, and has made his influence felt for 
good in his large acquaintanceship, where he is highly esteemed and justly 
popular. 


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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