"A Pioneer History of Becker County Minnesota" written in 1907 by Alvin H. Wilcox. Tyree Doran "Tyree Doran was a Virginian, born among the Blue Ridge Mountains on the 23d day of December, 1815, and was married to Miss Sarah E. Sims on the 23d of February, 1850. They lived for several years in Iowa and came to Becker County in May, 1881. Mr. Doran was a typical Virginian, about six feet four in height, of gigantic frame and symmetrical proportions. He died at Grand Forks, N. D., in the year 1895. Mrs. Doran is still living. Their children were: John, Joseph, Charles Frank, Cruessa, Henrietta, Mattie, Leonard and Judson. Submitted by Dick Campbell