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Born 1859, Richland township
From History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens (1901)
C. WYCOFF, a prominent and influential farmer of Center township, Wapello county, Iowa, is located in section I, township 72, range 14, where he has a tract of 131 acres. He was born January 11, 1859, in Richland township, within a mile of his present residence, and is a son of AA B. Wycoff.
A\' B. W'yciff, a record of whose life appears elsewhere in this work, purchased the land on which his son, J. C., is located, in 1862, of r. Frazier, William Martin having first entered it. Wv. Wycoft made great improvements upon it, built the fine large house, together with outbuildings and barns necessary to house the stock and grain raised on the place. After
6S4 placingit under a high state of cultivation, he disposed Oif it to his son,, J. C. WycOiff.
J. C. W)-coff's education was limited to the public schools, but he received sufficient learning to become an efficient clerk, which occupation he followed in Ottumwa for three years. He then went to farming and met with much success during the fifteen years he pursued that work. He next engaged in the real-estate business in Ottumwa, at which he continued until the purchase of his father's farm, and since that time has industriously followed agricultural pursuits with good results. He has nearly all of the land under cultivation, and has made his main success in this business. He is possessed of many high traits of character, for which he has the admiration and esteem of all with whom he is acquainted.
Mr. Wycoff was united in marriage, in 1884, with Laura S. Spry, an estimable lady, by whom he had one son, born in July, 1885. He was joined in marriage with his present wife, Mrs. Maggie (Logan) Harris, in April, 1899. They have one son, Howard L., who was born April 19, 1900. Mr. Wycoff is a Republican. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.
As printed in History of Wapello County, Iowa, and representative citizens (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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