John Dorey Biography
As published in
"The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County Wisconsin: A Record of Settlement,
Organization, Progress and Achievement"
by Frank H. Lyman Vol. 2, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1916.
John Dorey, a lifelong resident of Somers township, now makes his home on
section 24, where he owns and cultivates forty acres of valuable and productive
land. It was in that township that he was born on the 12th of June, 1872, his
parents being Herzel and Margaret (Burton) Dorey. Spending his youthful days in
their home, he was sent at the usual age to the public schools, which he
attended until he reached the age of sixteen. He then started to earn his own
living, which he did by working with his father upon the home farm and also
worked at the carpenter's trade for eighteen years. He has led a life of
diligence and industry and upon those qualities he has based his success. What
he has accomplished has been the legitimate reward of this carefully directed
labor. In 1914 he purchased forty acres of land on section 24, Somers township,
and is now concentrating his time and attention on the further development and
improvement of that tract, which he has already brought under a high state of
cultivation. It is divided into fields of convenient size which are well kept,
and he raises the crops best adapted to soil and climatic conditions here. There
are few idle moments in his life, and his earnest work is bringing him well
merited prosperity.
In his political views Mr. Dorey is a republican, having supported the party
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has never sought nor
desired office, feeling that his time has been fully occupied in other
directions. In religious faith he is a Methodist and the guiding principles of
his life are found in the teachings of that church.
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