Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, Pleasant, Clay, West Virginia; Age in 1910: 21Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

Information from Ora Burton Arobogast Papers; confirms existing data and adds
substantially more; name and data of spouse and children. Papers in file.

Nichodemus married Sallie Frances Clark about 1917 in Clay Co., Wv. Sallie was born on 25 Oct 1901; died on 26 Nov 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Ora Burton Arbogast Papers, in file.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, Pleasant, Clay, West Virginia; Age: 45Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

Birth Date from Marriage Record and 1870 & 80 census. 1900 census gives birth
as Aug 1865.

Additional information on this family and descendants from Ora Burton
Arbogast, wife of Jackson Stonewall Arbogast, seventh child born to this
marriage, copy in file from R. W. Arbogast, Sr., June, 1992. Indicates year of
birth as 1867 for Frank, 1873 for Sarah Ann and marriage in 1888. Also death
of Sarah Ann as Dec., 1931; and 13 children born to this marriage. Hereafter
referred to as Ora Burton Arbogast Papers.

Francis married Sarah "Sadie" Ann Markle on 26 Jan 1888 in Clay Co., Wv. Sarah was born in Sep 1873 in Jefferson Co., Wv; died in Dec 1931 in Fayette Co., Wv; was buried in Bibb Cem., Gatewood, Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1910, Pleasant, Clay, West Virginia; Age: 37Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Birth date & location from marriage record of Clay Co., WV.

List of Children from Wm. Jennings Arbogast and other Clay Co. Birth Records.
in Amanda Arbogast Forbes files.

Additional information from JoAnn Arbogast Tilley of Princeton, WV, in file.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1880, Pleasant, Clay, West Virginia, United States; Age: 55Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

Notes:

Photos of cemetery and gravesite on file. Arbogast reunion held at this site
annually on the Sunday before Labor Day. The 19th reunion was held
on Sept. 1, 1991. Property is now held by grandson, Roscoe Arbogast, Sr.
Descendants of Nichodemus and his brother, George Washington, including related
lines in attendance.

This site is on a ridge between Big and Little Beechy Creeks in Pleasant Twp.,
Clay Co., WV, formerly Nicholas Co. The George Washington Arbogast homestead is
on the next ridge down the Elk River (same side), between Little and Big
Sycamore Creeks.

Following the death of their father, Michael, these two brothers apparently
followed the nearby headwaters of the Elk River, down to this location, then
Nicholas Co., or Braxton Co.,VA, sometime during the period 1842-1847.

SOURCES: Entire Nichodemus line through grandchildren,1860, 70 & 80 Clay Co.
census and Clay Co. Birth, Marriage and Death Records by Amanda Arbogast Forbes
Genealogist and Author, assisted by William Jennings Arbogast personal
recollections, records and letters, including gravestone information.
Compilers personal visit to homestead in 1991.

Some family records sent by R. W. Arbogast, Sr. June 11, 1992 indicate
Nichodemus' second wife was Margaret Ward and mother of Dock and Tecumptas, copy
in file, no documentation.

Nichodemus on 1850 Braxton Co., VA/WV census, age 25, with wife Margaret, age
22 and daugher Edith, age 1.

Nichodemus married Mary Simmons about 1848 in Braxton Heights, Salem (city), Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Michael Lum SIMMONS and Mary Ann Obrion) was born in 1828 in Nicholas Co., Va/Wv; died on 31 Aug 1870 in Union City, Clay, West Virginia, United States; was buried in Arbogast Family Cemetary, Elkhurst, Clay County, WV, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Year of birth and date of death from death certificate, Clay Co., WV.

Other Sources- 1860 & 70 census, Clay Co., WV; Wm. J. Arbogast, grandson, and
Amanda Arbogast Forbes records.

Infant Lemuel, born 1 May, 1859, not on 1860 census with this family; listed
with the Geo. Wash. Arbogast, Sr. family. Believe this is a census error or the
Geo. Wash. Arbogast family may have been caring for the infant.

1850 Census of Braxton Co., VA/WV indicates age as 22, name Margaret, with
husband Nichodemus, age 25 and daughter, Edith age 1, all born in VA. Correct
name may have been Mary Margaret Simmons or Nichodemus could have been married
earlier to a Margaret. Olive Reedy Wriston's records indicate a Mary Hanshaw
was Nichodemus' wife at the time Sarah D. Arbogast was born.