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. 630. JOHN DYSART Among the men who have won the best of success from fertile Oregon's resources we are constrained to mention the gentleman whose name appears above, and who has labored here with display of great industry and wisdom for nearly twenty years. He is a native son of Scotia's rugged hills, and was well educated and trained in the art of farming. A skillful and wise father taught him the art of breeding stock, and thrift and sagacity in the management of affairs. He was favored with the training given in the public schools of his native land and above all he came from the stanch Scotch family, one point of whose history is, that they are never known to brook defeat. Filled with the native determination and hopefulness of his race, he was led by an adventurous spirit in the eighties to prepare for life in a more extended country favored with greater opportunities for the rising generation. Accordingly he searched the books and finally decided that the United States, rather than any of the colonies, was the place for him to operate, and the year 1888 saw him bidding his loving people good bye and embarking for the untried country. Having been born on May 11, 1866, he was but twenty-two when this important change in his life occurred. His parents, John and Grace (Carmichael) Dysart, were both natives of Scotland and there they remained. After due search in the west, our young immigrant finally determined to locate in the territory now embraced in Wheeler county. He went to work at once and for seven years wrought with industry and close attention to business. Then he had accumulated a band of sheep for himself and he sought another location. He finally came to the place where he now lives, about eight miles northwest from Condon, and there took a homestead, which was but a nucleus of his estate. He continued to purchase land as the time wore on until he has secured two thousand acres of the best soil near him. He is occupied in fanning this land and in handling his stock, of which he still has large bands. He has achieved a splendid success in his labors and is one of the leading men of this part of the state. His place is well improved and the whole premises proclaim a proprietor of wisdom and thrift. At the close of 1902, our subject's father was called to the world beyond. He was aged seventy-two, was still vigorous and hearty, and at the precise moment was engaged in cutting a tree down. While in this work he was suddenly taken. In 1898 Mr. Dysart made a visit to his native land and then deemed the time had come for him to take to himself the chosen companion of his life, and accordingly he married Miss Mary dark, a Scotch lassie, who was born and reared in the land of the Scotts. She has proved a true helpmeet to Mr. Dysart and together they share the home and competence he had so industriously acquired. Her parents were David and Ann (Adam) Clark, both natives of Scotland. To our subject and his wife, two children have been born, Charlie and Grace. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2011 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.