From: History of Outagamie County by Thomas Henry Ryan (Chicago)

MICHAEL JOHN McCARTHY, the owner of a fine farm of 170 acres, located in Grand Chute township, which he devotes to the breeding of fine live stock, was born in Center township, Outagamie county, Wisconsin, October 3, 1865, and is a son of Stephen and Margaret (Stoffel) McCarthy, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Bavaria, Germany.

Michael J. McCarthy received a limited education in the public schools of Grand Chute township, his help being needed on the home farm when he was a boy. He remained with his parents until he was thirty-two years old, and was then married and moved to the farm which he now operates, which he had purchased some time before.

He now has 170 acres of land, 155 acres being under cultivation and the rest in timber, and he operates this as a stock farm, making a specialty of Holstein cattle, registered stock, bred for dairy purposes, of which he keeps a large number on hand continually. He devotes his entire time to his stock raising, and has a farm equipment that is thoroughly up-to-date in every respect. Mr. McCarthy is an independent democrat in politics, and is a member of the Roman Catholic church at Mackville.

He was married July 18, 1898, to Miss Theresa Stoffel, who was born in Grand Chute township, June 21, 1878, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Pfeifer) Stoffel, natives of Bavaria, the former being born in 1832 and the latter in 1855.

(Obituary provided by Find A Grave contributor Mary Knothe Cooney, 2018)

APPLETON POST CRESCENT, Wisconsin, October 9, 1942
Michael McCarthy, 77, route 3, died at his home at 9 o'clock Thursday night after a brief illness.
Born in the town of Center Oct. 3, 1865, he lived on a farm in the town of Center all his life. He was a member of St. Edward church, Mackville, the Knights of Columbus and Holy Name society.

Survivors are the widow; five daughters, Mrs. Sylvester Smits, Seymour; Mrs. Edwin Cooney, Mrs. Leonard Jachman, Mrs. Vincent Eichstadt, Appleton; Mrs. John Moore, Milwaukee; four sons, Michael, Jr., John and George, Appleton; Robert, with the army in Iceland; three brothers, Timothy, Grand Chute; John, Appleton; William, town of Center; 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 Monday morning at St. Edward church, Mackville, with the Rev. N. L. Gross in charge. The cortege will form at 9 o'clock at Wichmann Funeral home where the body may be viewed after 7 o'clock Saturday evening and the rosary will be recited at 7:30 Saturday and Sunday evening.