Roy married Effie E. Edmiston on 23 Mar 1910 in Wv, Pocahontas Co., B. Effie was born on 13 Jul 1885 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 19 Dec 1982 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Arbovale Cemetery, Arbovale, Pocahontas, WV, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Notes:

Ref: Pocahontas 1981: 456

David married Dorinda Catherine Arbogast on 20 Apr 1865 in A. Dorinda (daughter of Adam Arbogast and Margaret Clarissa Sutton) was born on 22 May 1841 in Pocahontas Co., Va; died on 13 Jun 1910 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Arbovale Cemetery, Arbovale, Pocahontas, WV, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source is Amanda (Arbogast) Forbes record A-35. Name may be Dorlinda.
Married David Shears abt 1868. On 1870 census with child, 1 yr. old. Also on
1880 census.

Ref: WBH; children and grandchildren from Prouty records, collected about 1912.

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast.

Adam married Margaret Clarissa Sutton on 16 Apr 1840 in Pocahontas Co., Va. Margaret (daughter of Mary M. Sutton) was born on 21 May 1820; died on 21 Feb 1896 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Arbovale Cemetery, Arbovale, Pocahontas, WV, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast.

From Doris (Snyder) Beverage, Clarissa had her right arm crushed in a cider
mill when young. She was given up for dead by a physician from an adjoining
county. Capt. John McElwee amputated the arm with a razor and and joint saw.
She recovered fully and raised her children. Their old log house was located
on the same foundation as the present Arbogast house, which was purchased by
the National Radio Observatory in 1957. They are buried near the spot where
the Old Log Chucrch used to be, known as the Deer Creek Union Meeting House.
Adam owned many acres of land which was divided among his children. The home
place was handed down to Christopher, then to O. Glenn. The last tract of
land, 6A, along Hospital Run, was sold to descendants, Nola and Adolphus Shears
in January 1962. Doris also sent copy of letter from their daughter, Dorynda
C. Arbogast from Webster, addressed to Mrs. Margaret C. Arbogast, Buckhannon,
Upshur Co., WV, in 1864, where they located during the war. The letter is in
the possession of O. G. Arbogast, Arbovale, WV. Doris also sent a copy of a
letter from Dorynda C. Shears from Buckhannon 19 Sep 1865 to Mrs. Margaret C.
Arbogast, Green Bank, Pocahontas Co., WV.

D/o Mary M. Sutton and granddaughter of John and Rachel (Gillespie) Sutton.

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes record A-3, copy in file. Death was sometime
during Mar-Jun 1830. Will recorded in Will Book 1, p. 217, Pocahontas Co.
All children except Frances named in will.

Ref: WBH; homeplace in the Glade Hill area owned successively by son Henry, then
Clark and Margaret (Arbogast) Dilley, then a Galford, then ? (FYD: perhaps a
Shinaberry), then (as of June 1953) Harry Moore.

Benjamin married Frances Mullens about 1804. Frances was born in 1790; died in 1857 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Homeplace, Glade Hill, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes record A-3, copy in file. Frances was from
Westmoreland Co., VA. Year of death noted from Wilma Harper.

WBH: Tradition is that Frances came to Pocahontas to visit the John Sutton
family. (John Sutton was from Westmoreland Co.)