Person:Lawrence Wyckoff (2)

This was the first Verner among the Joseph Jones / Mary Covalt descendants; four more men would carry this uncommon name.

1850 Hamilton Co., OH, census, p.425A, Symmes Twp., August 1, 1850, N. Brownell: Lawrence V.C. WYKOFF, 9 M, OH; with 73/74 Wm. C. WYKOFF, 38 M, merchant, OH; Sidney, 36 F, OH; Therese A., 12 F, OH. Therese and Lawrence attend school. 73/75 Mary JONES, 78 F, $3500 real, NJ; Sarah, 40 F, OH; Reason, 38 M, farmer, OH; Elizabeth 34 F, OH; Marion, 3 M, OH.

1860 Hamilton Co., OH, census, p.265A, Symmes Twp., Montgomery P.O., July 9, 1860, H. McKown: L.V.E. WYCUFF, 19 [b. ca. 1841] M, farm hand, OH, attends school; with 896/894, W.C. WYCUFF, 48 [b. ca. 1812] M, farmer, [blank] real, $500 personal, OH; Elizabeth, 49 [b. ca. 1811] F, OH; THERESA WYCUFF, 21 [b. ca. 1839] F, OH; p.265B, Clara WHITTEN, 9 F, OH; Samuel ARBUCHEL, 71 M, retired farmer, $10,000 real, $1000 personal, PA; Mary, 66 F, PA.

1861 Sept. 9, VERNER WYCOFF, age 20, enlisted as a Private in Co. A, 4th OH Cavalry Regiment, died June 7, 1862. --Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio (OH Roster), published by ___, 1886.

VERNER WYCOFF, Private, Co. A, 4th OH Cavalry. --Civil War Service Records, Union, NARA Record Group 94, 552 / 121 / 1929

4th OH Cavalry Regiment organized at Cincinnati, Lima, St. Maryes and Camp Dennison, OH, Aug. to Nov., 1861. Moved to Camp Dennison, OH, Nov. 23, thence to Jeffersonville, IN, Dec. 5, and to Bacon Creek, KY, Dec. 27. Attached to 3rd Div., Army Ohio, to Oct. 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Div., Army Ohio, to Nov. 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Div., Army of the Cumberland, to Jan. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Div., Army of the Cumberland, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Div., Army of the Cumberland, to Oct. 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Div., Cavalry Corps, Military Div. Mississippi, to Aug. 1865. SERVICE.--Action at Roan's Tan Yard, Silver Creek, MO, Jan. 8, 1862. Advance on Bowling Green, KY, Feb. 10-15, 1862. Occupation of Bowling Green Feb. 15. Occupation of Nashville, TN, Feb. 23. Action near Nashville March 8-9. Camp Jackson March 24. Reconnaissance to Shelbyville, Tullahoma and McMinnville March 25-28. Capture of Huntsville, AL, April 11. Bridgeport, AL, April 23. West Bridge, near Bridgeport, April 29. Shelbyville Road April 24. Tuscumbia April 25. Bolivar April 28. Pulaski May 11. Watkins' Ferry May 2. Athens May 8. Fayetteville May 14. Elk River May 20. Fayetteville May 26. Whitesburg, AL, May 29. Huntsville June 4-5. [VERNER WYCKOFF died June 7, 1862.] Winchester, TN, June 10. Battle Creek June 21. Huntsville July 2. Stevenson, AL, July 28. Bridgeport Aug. 27 (detachment). Fort McCook, Battle Creek, Aug. 27 (detachment). March to Louisville in pursuit of Bragg Aug. 28-Sept. 26. Huntsville Sept. 1. Tyree Springs Sept. 13. Glasgow, KY, Sept. 18. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky Oct. 1-10. Bardstown Pike, near Mt. Washington, Oct. 1. Frankfort Oct. 9. Pursuit of Bragg from Perryville to Loudon Oct. 10-22. Lexington Oct. 17-18. Bardstown and Pittman's Cross Roads Oct. 19. Lawrenceburg Oct. 25. Sandersville, TN, Nov. 6. Reconnaissance from Rural Hill Dec. 20. Near Nashville, TN, Dec. 24. Advance on Murfreesboro Dec. 26-30. Franklin Dec. 26. Wilkinson's Cross Roads Dec. 29. Near Murfreesboro Dec. 29-30. Battle of Stone's River Dec. 30-31, 1862, and Jan. 1-3, 1863. [Extensive history continues to mid-July 1865.] Mustered out July 15, 1865. Regiment lost during service 5 officers and 50 enlisted killed or mortally wounded; 1 officer and 169 enlisted by disease; total 225. --Fredrick H. Dyer, Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1908; reprint Broadfoot Publishing, Morningside Press, 1994). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mruddy/dyer.htm

For more on the 4th OH Cavalry, see a compilation by Larry Stevens at http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cwc4.html and "Ohio in the Civil War" by Larry Stevens at http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/

1862 April 20. William C. Wyckoff wrote his brother-in-law Joel L. Jones: "Dear Brother / we would like to come out and see you but I cannot at this time as VERNER is in the army and there is no one to do anything for me but myself. I received a letter from VERNER last week. they were all well. he says he is well sati[s]fied. He is in the 4. O. V. Cavarly [sic], Col. Kennet, Lieutentant Col. Henry Birdsell. They are in Mitchells Division of the Army in Alabama. the last account they were at Huntsville. VERNER says there is quite a strong union Feeling in that section of the country. he think[s] they can whip them after a while but they are so treatrous [sic] you can tell but little by their talk. / no more at present, but remain your affectionate brother. / [signed] WM C WYCKOFF."

1862 June 7, VERNER died while serving with the 4th OH Cavalry.

1864 June 13, Sixteen Mile Stand, Hamilton Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff wrote her uncle Joel L. Jones: "Enclosed you will find a Photo of Verners / it is a very good one."

1864 July 12, Cedar Villa, Hamilton Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff wrote her cousin Tighlman Jones: "I wrote to your Pa almost two months ago and sent him Verners and Marions photographs but I have not received any answer. I dont know whether he received them or not. . . . poor dear brother, if he had lived his time would have been out the 9th of September."

1864 Sept. 19, Cedar Villa, Hamilton Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff wrote her cousin Tighlman Jones: "I have not heard from your father for a long time. I sent him a letter containing Verners and Marion's photos. I don't know whether he ever received them or not." Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1. ↑ LDS IGI (International Genealogical Index)
   Film 447839, ref. 87966; Film 455137.

   Lawrence Verner WYCKOFF b. March 31, 1842, Hamilton Co., OH, son of William Cox WYCKOFF and Sidney JONES