Rev. Cornelius William Sycoff, pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church, post office Upper St. Clair, was born Oct. 14, 1837 in Carroll County, Ohio, a son of Isaac and Katherine (Frye) Sycoff, born respectively Dec. 7, 1814, in West Virginia, and March 3, 1818, in Maryland. His paternal grandmother, Leah (Critser) Wycoff, was born March 1, 1789; his maternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth Frye, were Germans.