From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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SHERE H. MANLEY, M.D.
	Shere H. Manley, M.D., came to Republic in 1898, and he is, beyond
doubt, the most prominent physician in Ferry county.  He was born on a farm
near Norwalk, Ohio, on March 10, 1847, and is the son of John A. and Eliza
(La Barre) Manley, natives of Vermont and New York, respectively.  The
parents lived twenty-five years in Ohio and fifteen in Kent county, 
Michigan.  In the latter place the father died in 1869.  The mother is 
still living with her sons in Grand Forks, British Columbia.  She has
reached the advanced age of eighty-seven, but enjoys good health.  Dr. 
Manley is the oldest of seven children, the others being, John, deceased;
John A., formerly the promoter of the Kettle Falls railroad in Ferry county,
but now residing in Chicago; J.L.; W.K.C.; Eliza A., deceased; and Lloyd A.,
who is a banker in Grand Forks.
	Dr. Manley received a liberal English education and then in 1870
matriculated at the Keokuk Medical College in Iowa, from which he received 
his diploma in 1873.  Since that time he has continously practiced medicine
and has taken several post-graduate courses, one being in the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, from which institution he holds
excellent diplomas dated 1893.  The doctor has devoted the undivided and
assidious efforts of many years to the study and practice of his profession
with the natural result that he has aquired a thorough and extensive
knowledge of the science.  He has not, however, allowed his devotion to his
profession to cause him to negelct his duties as a citizen but has always
taken an enthusiastic interests in the questions of the day.  His ability
as a practitioner has always been rewarded with a lucrative practice and he
has left indelible proofs of his labors for good in every community where
he has been.  In 1875, he was chosen mayor of Fremont, Michigan, and served
with acceptablity to the people in that and other offices.  After coming 
west, the doctor was chosen as representative from Whatcom to the 
legislature, the year being 1884.  The next year he came east of the Cascades
and located at Colville.  He was received as becomes a man of ability and
soon was chosen coroner of the county of Stevens.  His practice grew to 
large proportions, and he was prominent in politics and mining circles as
well.  His greatest service to the state was doubtless when he labored in
the state constitutional convention as a representative from Stevens and a
part of Spokane counties.  This convention framed the constitution for the
state to come.
	Since coming to Republic, he has been a leading spirit in the 
development and upbuilding of this section.  He is county physician, 
coroner, and president of the board of health of Republic.  He has been
appointed the local surgeon for the Great Northern, and is United States
pension examiner.  He has equipped the Manley hospital and has always been
a firm believer in Republic and her mining industries and resources.  He 
has a large mining and other property interests and is handling the largest
medical practice in the county.
	In 1887, Dr. Manley married Miss Florence Gotel, daughter of James
Gotel, one of the founders of Saginaw, Michigan, and a prominent business
man and social leader there.  He died many years since.  Mrs. Manley's
mother was, before her marriage, Miss Marie Tibbitts.  She is now dwelling
in Colorado Springs, aged eighty-six.  Mrs. Manley had two sisters, Mrs. 
Ida Cooper, of Colorado Springs, and Allie, deceased.  To Dr. Manley and his
wife eight children have been born, four of whom died in infancy.  The 
others, three charming daughters and a bright son, are named as follows,
Florence Alene, Ida Cooper, Bessie Beryl, and John Everett.
	Dr. Manley is a stanch Democrat, and fraternally is affiliated with
the Masons, in the Royal Arch degree, and the K. of P.  He also belongs to
the State Medical Society.  The family attend the Episcopal Church.
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