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    One of the busiest physicians in the city is Dr. C. J. Wyncoop, whose office on Main street is daily crowded with suffering humanity from all parts of the city and country. Dr. Wyncoop is an Ohio man and this probably cuts some figure in his being so wonderously successful in his practice. He was born November 23, 1840, at Springfield, Clarke county, Ohio. In just ten years after he went to Iowa and located in Jefferson, Green county. He attended college in Ann Harbor, [sic] Michigan, and Keokuck, Iowa, graduating in 1865. He began the practice of his profession at home (Jefferson) where he remained until his removal to Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, in 1868. In the latter place he formed a co-partnership with Dr. Montgomery and the firm of Wyncoop & Montgomery established one of the largest drug stores in the state. In 1872 Dr. Wyncoop moved to Beloit, Mitchell county, Kansas, where he acquired a lucrative practice. He became very soon the leading citizen of the place. He was proprietor of three grocery and dry goods stores and founded the First National Bank of Kirwin, Kansas, of which he was president for a long time. On June 1st '89, he came to Oklahoma City, and there, like in the other places he had lived, Dr. Wyncoop rose to prominence and popularity. He established the St. Joe Grocery, of which his children, M. O. and S. F. Wyncoop are the managers. The stock of this grocery is complete and one of the largest in the city. Dr. Wyncoop's practice is not confined to the city alone, but extends all over the country. His success is the result of hard study, strict attention to business and the faithful performance of every duty.

Source:

Bunky, [Irving Geffs], "Dr. C. J. Wyncoop," The First Eight Months of Oklahoma City, Quantum Forms Corporation, 1988, [Facsimile reprint of the edition pub. by McMaster Printing Co., 1890.], p. 74.

    Dr. Charles Jefferson Wynkoop was the fifth child of William W. Wynkoop and Mary Boak of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. After a stint in Ohio they moved to Jefferson Township, Greene County, Iowa where they died.

    I will post a more complete genealogy for William and Mary's family at a later date, once I have resolved some persistant hardware problems that have been plaguing me since May of this year.

    All my best,

    Chris