Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 604.
 
MANLY F. KEIZUR

     is a native son of Oregon and has made this state his dwelling place all
his life. He is now residing about six miles north from Condon, where he owns a
choice farm of two hundred and forty acres, which is devoted to general crops.
He also gives attention to raising stock, and is a prosperous and well-to-do
farmer. He is a man of industry and enterprise and in addition to handling the
industries mentioned has also bought and sold land and is one of the substantial
men of Gilliam county.
     Manly F. Keizur was born in Lane county on November 30, 1857, the son of
Thomas C. and Sarah I. (Ramsey) Keizur, natives of Missouri. The son crossed the
plains with his father when ten years of age. The family settled on a donation
claim near Salem, the postoffice being now known as Keizur, in honor of the
father. Later they came to Gilliam county, it being 1878, and made settlement on
Rock Creek. In 1893 the father of our subject removed to Bohemian Mines in Lane
county, Oregon, and there is operating a boarding house. The mother of our
subject crossed the plains with her parents when small and was reared in Salem,
where her father did blacksmithing. He was one of the first settlers in Oregon.
Manly F. was educated in his native place and in 1878 came east of the mountains
having some ox teams and some horses. He engaged in the sheep industry and in
due time became a well-to-do man. His path was not without hardships and
adversity, for in the heavy winters he lost heavily and had to undergo much
arduous toil in gaining his way in those early days. He made the start with
practically no capital and all his holdings now represent his labor and skill.
In 1891 Mr. Keizur took a homestead where he is now located and since that time
has continued steadily here. He has his place well improved and he is a
progressive and thrifty man.
     In 1886 Mr. Keizur married Miss Ida Chance, a native of Iowa, Monroe county
being her birth-place, and April 16, 1868 the date. She received her education
in Iowa and in her fifteenth year came to Oregon. Her father, John Chance, was
born in Illinois and removed to Iowa when a child. He became a wealthy and
substantial farmer there. He married Miss Lettie Finley, a native of Tennessee.
When she was six weeks old her parents started by wagon to Iowa and while on the
journey her mother died.  The father completed the journey and became one of the
pioneers of the Hawkeye State.  Mr. and Mrs. Keizur have a very interesting
family of children who have displayed a precocity that is gratifying. Lottie L.,
the eldest, is a graduate of the grades and is a young lady of ability. The
others are Clarence O., Birdie D., Roy E. and
Lola M.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2010 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.