The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ment reached thefront Mr. Wyckoff, who had enlisted as a private,was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant;immediately after the battle of Bull Run he wasadvanced to the rank o
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ment reached thefront Mr. Wyckoff, who had enlisted as a private,was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant;immediately after the battle of Bull Run he wasadvanced to the rank of first lieutenant, and be-fore the full term of two years for which he had en-listed had expired, he was made captain of the com-pany, his commission arriving soon after the battleof West Point. Returning to Ithaca at the expira-tion of his term of service, Capt. Wyckoff resumedhis law studies, and on Nov. 16, 1863, at Bingham-ton, N. Y., passed a successful examination at thegeneral term of the supreme court, and was admit-ted to practice as an attorney and counselor. Aboutthat time he pursued a course of study, and wasgraduated from Amess business college at Syracuse,N. Y. Mr. Wyckoff early became interested in thephonographic art, pursuing this study while attend-ing school, reading law and during his leisure hoursin the service. He was married Oct. 20, 1863, toFrances V. Ives, of South Lansing, N. Y. In. 320 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPyEDIA January, 1866, he was appointed official steuographer of the supreme court for the sixth judicialdistrict of New York, which position he held forsixteen consecutive years. He was also one ofthe founders of the New York state stenogra-phers association, holding for one term the office ofpresident of that association, and still retaining hismembership. It was about the year 1875 that decided that a typewriter would help himin his stenographic work. He purchased a Rem-ington typewriter, and was so well pleased with itthat he applied fo
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