BIOGRAPHIES: John J DORCY, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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John J. Dorcy, one of the enterprising and popular farmers of Oak Grove
Township, was born in Canada April 9, 1872, the son of Thomas and Anna
(White) Dorcy, who brought him to East Saginaw, Mich., in 1877 and to Oak
Grove Township, this county, in 1883. He was even at that time able to be
of assistance to his parents in clearing up and developing the farm. He
completed his schooling in the schoolhouse of District 4. In 1896 he and
his brother, Thomas P., purchased 140 acres in the home section, and this
they operated jointly together with the 40 acres of the home farm. After
successfully working together for several years they divided the land in
1904. John J. now has 100 acres, well improved, on which he has erected a
sightly and adequate set of buildings. The house is modern, the barn has
the Star barn fixtures, and the other structures are well in keeping. Mr.
Dorcy carries on general farming and dairying and has a fine herd of
Holsteins, headed by full blooded sires. He has borne an excellent
reputation from boyhood up and stands well as a citizen and as a farmer.
Mr. Dorcy was married July 1, 1902, to Fidelia Deruso, born Sept. 6, 1882,
in Canada, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philman Deruso, natives of Canada, of
French descent, who came to the United States in 1886 and purchased 120
acres in Rice Lake Township, this county, where they farmed the remainder
of their lives, the father dying in October, 1896, and the mother, Sept. 3,
1902. In the family were eight children: Rose, Exzilla, Edward, Napoleon,
Fidelia, Millie (deceased), Edmond (deceased), and John (deceased). Mr. and
Mrs. Dorcey have four interesting children: Raymond, born May 22, 1904;
Harvey, Sept. 28, 1905; Isabella, Dec. 15, 1906; and Edgar, Sept. 25, 1914.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pp. 353-354.