Some Descendants of Elizabeth
Slocum (Jeremy, Apelles,
Simon, Simon)
and Archimedes Burr Wynkoop of Lake county, Illinois
- Niles Wynkoop was
born about 1842 in Illinois. [Ref] He died between
1910 and 1920. He married Tamar Ellen Unknown [Ref]
about 1867. [Ref] She was born in Nov 1845 in
Illinois. [Ref]
Niles was a private in Company B of the 96 Illinois Infantry in the Civil
War. [Ref] "Cousin Niles
Wynkoop ... was in Sherman's army that marched through Georgia." [Ref]
In 1850 Niles was living in Wauconda, Lake, Illinois with his uncle Thomas
F. Slocum. [Ref] In 1870 Niles and his
family were living in Wauconda and Niles had real estate worth $800 and a
personal estate of $400. [Ref] In 1880 Niles
was living with his wife, two sons and widowed mother in Wauconda, where he
was a day laboror. [Ref] In 1900 Niles was living
in McHenry county, Illinois with his wife and younger son. He was a carpenter
and had been unemployed for three months. [Ref]
In 1910 Niles and Ellen were living in Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois. Ellen
had had two children and one was living. [Ref]
In 1920 Ellen was widowed and living with her son Fred. [Ref]
- Frank Wynkoop
was born in 1868 in Illinois. [Ref] He died
before 1910.
He may be the Frank Wynkoop, born in Nov 1867 in Illinois, whose parents
were born in Illinois who was a clerk in Chicago, Cook, Illinois in 1900.
[Ref]
- Frederick Wynkoop
was born in Nov 1875 in Illinois. [Ref] He
married Lenora Unknown. [Ref] She was born
about 1878 in Illinois. [Ref] The census
suggests that Fred and Lenora had no children.
In 1910 Fred and Leonora were living in Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois in
1910. [Ref] In 1920 Fred and Leonora were
living in Woodstock. [Ref]
Frederick was a toolmaker. [Ref]
- Adelaide Wynkoop
was born about 1844 in Illinois. [Ref]