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 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.