BIOGRAPHIES: Thomas DORCY, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI

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Thomas Dorcy, an early settler, was born in Canada, and there married Anna
White, also a native of that country. They came to the United States in
1877 and located in East Saginaw, Mich., where he was employed for several
years. In 1883 they came to Barron County and bought 40 acres in Section
27, Oak Grove Township. Conditions were still wild and times were hard. He
cleared a small tract, erected a log house and crude sheds, planted small
crops, kept a few cows and chickens and managed to get along as best he
could by earning a little money now and then working at lumbering winter
times. He and his family endured many hardships; there were almost no
comforts and the bare necessities were sometimes scarce. But they labored
together and in time acquired prosperity. Nearly all the land was cleared,
better buildings were erected, and a good farm was developed. He died May
9, 1909. The wife now lives with her son, John J., aged 86 years. There was
one other son in the family, Thomas P.

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