The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1089 

CHARLES EDWIN WYCKOFF.

Charles Edwin Wyckoff, an orchardist who since 1904 has been the owner of
valuable fruit lands a mile and a half northwest of Buena, was born in Nemaha
county, Kansas, August 5, 1864, a son of Jacob and Alvira (Manlove) Wyckoff, who
were natives of Schuyler county, Illinois. The father was a sSon of Garrett
Wyckoff, who was born in Virginia and at the age of twenty years became one of
the pioneer settlers of Illinois. His father was a native of Holland and
established his home in Virginia in colonial days. Jacob Wyckoff owned and
operated a sawmill in Illinois and in 1863 removed to Kansas. In 1865 he removed
from the Sunflower state to Missouri and while living in that state his wife
passed away in 1871. He then returned to Kansas in 1872 and took up government
land in Sumner county, six miles south of Wellington, where he resided until his
death.

Charles E. Wyckoff of this review obtained a public school education in Kansas,
pursuing his studies to the age of sixteen years, when he started out in the
business world independently. He worked for wages for ten years and then took up
a homestead in Noble county, Oklahoma, upon which he resided until October,
1903. In that year he sold out and came to the Yakima valley. In 1904 he
purchased thirty acres a mile and a half northwest of Buena, which had been
cleared and a part of it planted to hay, while seventy fruit trees had also been
set out. Mr. Wyckoff has since sold ten acres of this property but retains
possession of twenty acres and now has one-half of it planted to apples and
peaches, while the remainder is devoted to the raising of diversified crops. His
ranch is improved with a good dwelling and substantial barns and everything
about the place indicates his practical methods and progressive spirit.

On the 22d of February, 1898, Mr. Wyckoff was married to Miss Amy Lucy Cooper,
who was born in Kansas, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cooper, the former now
deceased, while the latter is a resident of Oklahoma. The children of this
marriage are nine in number, namely: Elmer, Alvira, Alvin, Paul, Carl, Lucy,
Lillian, Clara and Fern.

Mr. Wyckoff votes with the democratic party and keeps well informed on the
questions and issues of the day but has never been an office seeker, preferring
to concentrate his thought and labor upon the management of his business
affairs. He has used his time and talents wisely and well and by reason of his
persistent effort, intelligently directed, he has gained a place among the
prosperous orchardists of his region.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.