Some Descendants of Elizabeth Slocum (Jeremy, Apelles, Simon, Simon) and Archimedes Burr Wynkoop of Lake county, Illinois

1. 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]
   1. 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]
   2. 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]
      
2. Adelaide Wynkoop was born about 1844 in Illinois. [Ref]