C. J. WYNCOOP, merchant, was born November 23, 1843, in Putnam County, Ohio and moved to Greene County, Iowa, in 1854; studied medicine from 1860 to 1864, and graduated at the Iowa State Medical College in 1865; practiced medicine in Sac County, Iowa, for two years, then located in Atlantic, Iowa, and engaged in drug business until 1872, then located in Mitchell County, Kan., doing a business of from $40,000 to $50,000 a year. He is also engaged in sheep-raising, having 1,500 sheep at this time. He was married November 2, 1866, to Miss Nancy C. Stanford. They have four children - Foy, Opal, Harry and Ethel.

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Cutler, William G., History of the State of Kansas, Chicago, IL., A. T. Andreas, 1883: p. 1026