James Everet Dancy (Biography)

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From Illustriana Kansas, page 291

James Everet Dancy, editor and publisher, has been in the newspaper business practically all his life.  He was born at Joplin, Missouri, March 4, 1875, son of William Henderson and Frances Sybil (Servis) Dancy.  The father was born at Reddes River, North Carolina, July 20, 1834, and died at Republic, Kansas, November 17, 1913.

He served with Company H, 17th Illinois Infantry in the Civil War, and re-enlisted as a spy and scout until 1862.  He was captured, imprisoned, exchanged and re-enlisted  in Company B, 132nd  Illinois Infantry and re-enlisted in 1864 in the 23rd Illinois Infantry.  He was a farmer until his death.  His father's grandfather, John Dancy, came from Ireland in 1760.  His wife was Ann Morgan.

Frances Sybil Service was born at Bournville, Ohio, May 13, 1834, and died at Republic, Kansas, March 8, 1897.  She was the daughter of Charles Service and Abigail Bassett.  Charles was the son of Jacob and Nancy White Service, who was born in New Jersey in 1808.

Mr. Dancy attended country school at Pleasant Grove, and has since that time owned newspapers at Cawker City, Minneola, Ford and Grenola, Kansas.  At the present time he is the editor and publisher of the Grenola Gazette.  He is a Republican.

On May 10, 1907, he was married to Marye Abbie Lacey at Oklahoma City.  She was born at Villisca, Iowa, September 8, 1878, and is the daughter of James Lacey of Republic, kansas.  To them the following children were born;  Reece, March 1, 1911, who died March 13, 1921;  M. Irene, on April 3, 1909, who married Herschel Whitehill of Farragut, Iowa; William, born May 30, 1913, and Frances Elvira, born March 1, 1916, died March 5, 1916.  William is a student in civil engineering at Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg.

From June 27, 1904, until November 13, 1905, Mr. Dancy served with the 17th Battery Field Artillery in the Philippine Islands and was promoted to the rank of corporal and that of first class gunner.  He is a member of Grenola First Methodist Church, the Kansas State Press Association, the city council of Grenola and the Masons.  He devotes much of his leisure time to reading.  (Photograph in Album).

Residence:  Grenola.