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By 1983, the house had left the possession of the Stoll/Bounds families. After
realizing a number of occupants over subsequent years, it came into the possession of
current owner Tonya Combs in 2004. The house was in need of a lot of work, but Tonya
saw beyond the problems (this despite, upon her first visit, initially thinking a purchase of
the then vacant house “out-of-the question.”) After all, the house had advantages...most
notably its location (nestled in the vicinity of “the Avenues,” as well as Beechwood Golf
Hoover’s Brickyard, Center Township (Source: 1874 La Porte County Plat Book).
a brick house in the county, and many of those now standing are made of brick of their
manufacture.” It would seem logical that the Wynkoop house is constructed from brick
manufactured at the Hoover Brickyard.
Family tragedy struck again when two-year-old Sarah Elizabeth died in 1858,
and 10-month-old William Lincoln died in 1863. On 28 December 1864, David and Sarah
Wynkoop sold the property to William C. Taylor for the sum of $8,000.
The family remained in La Porte County until the early 1870s, but there is no
record of their having purchased any real estate following the sale of our subject property.
The 1870 census indicated that they resided in the same “neighborhood,” but only owned
personal property. David and Sarah Wynkoop with their remaining children left La
Porte County and moved to Brenner, Doniphan County, Kansas where he continued as a
“planter.”
In Kansas, David had a farm of
160 acres in Wayne Township, mostly
rolling prairie and very fertile. He also
had eighty acres near his homestead
and eighty acres about a mile-anda-half
from his home. In Wolf River
Township he had another farm of 220
acres. It was a fine level tract of land,
and was considered among the best of
the farms in that township. It would
appear that when he retired, he and
Sarah moved to Atchison, Kansas.
David died in Atchison,
Wednesday, 01 February 1905. His
obituary, which appeared in the Kansas
Chief, 09 February, reported that
“nothing gave him more pleasure than Wynkoop Family Monument, Pine Lake Cemetery.
to be surrounded by his entire family
“The Sheridan,” as offered for sale in the 1925 Sears “Modern Homes” catalog. Asking price: $2,095. which numbers 41. It has been his custom to invite his children and their families home for
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