Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and others previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm 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.