History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont; 
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich; Syracuse, N.Y.; 
D.Mason & Co Publishers; 1891.

County:  Franklin
Township:  Richford

MARCY, DAVID,  known as a thrifty and enterprising farmer, came to 
reside in Richford in 1880.  He was a native of Montgomery, a son of 
Russell S. and Nancy (Fairbanks) Marcy, and the youngest but one of their 
seven children.  His father, Russell S. Marcy, was born in Stockbridge, 
Mass., in 1800, and his mother, Nancy Marcy, was born in Keene, N.H., in 
1804.  The father died in 1884, at the age of eighty-four years, and the 
mother in 1884, at the age of eighty years.  David Marcy when about 
nineteen years old went to Massachusetts and worked there until July, 1862, 
when he enlisted as a private in Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts 
Volunteer Infantry, with which he served throughout the war, and was 
present at the surrender at Appomattox.  He has in his possession a piece of 
the famous apple tree, which is a cherished souvenir.  Comrade Marcy was 
mustered out of service July 5, 1865, and returned to Richford, January 1, 
1867.  He married Zippi, daughter of Bethuel Stone, of Eden, Lamoille 
county, by whom he had one child, Russie Marcy.  She died in October, 
1872, and March 6, 1875, Mr. Marcy married Lorri I., adopted daughter of 
Morris Hendricks.  Mr. Marcy is an extensive farmer, his lands in Richford 
comprising 180 acres.  He has a sugar orchard of some 1,600 trees, from 
which he makes annually over 6.500 pounds of maple sugar.

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