Merle married Madeline May Hollen in A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Patrick Beard
2. Neil Beard

Irby married Cordelia May Wooddell on 18 Apr 1900 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States. Cordelia was born on 15 Jun 1877; died on 31 May 1942 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

D/o James Pierce and Nancy Jane (Siple) Wooddell

Notes:

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

Additional information from Pocahontas Co., WV, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma
Beard Harper.

D Co., 14th VA. Cav., CSA.

S/o Samuel and Margaret Ann (Knapp) Beard

Josiah married Eveline Medora Yeager on 6 Oct 1869 in Pocahontas Co., Wv. Eveline (daughter of John Yeager and Margaret (Peggy) Arbogast) was born on 18 Jun 1852 in Top of Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Va; died on 4 Mar 1934 in Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast. Additional information from Pocahontas
Co., WV, History, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma Beard Harper.

Ref: WBH; Evelyn was her mother and the source of a lot of the early outline
of the Arbogasts that Wilma collected.

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast. Settled on the homestead which became
known as Camp Allegheny.

Additional information from Pocahontas Co., WV, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma
Beard Harper.

Ref: WBH, granddaughter. When John died, soldiers were camped at the Methodist
Church at Bartow. The family meant to remove him after the war to the church
cemetery, but this had not been done when Margaret died in 1865, and she was
laid to rest beside him.
One of the Civil War battles was fought on their homeplace; Will and Henry
carried their mother to 52nd VA Regiment camp, which was principally from
Augusta, as she was ill. She remained there during the night.
John was an extensive landowner, owning thousands of acres of land on both
sides of the road for a distance of 10 miles. He was also a surveyor and
helped survey the Staunton-Petersburg Turnpike on the Allegheny Mountain and
Traveler's Repose section, under Claude Crozet, an engineer of Napoleon's. He
was deputy surveyor for the county under Sampson Mathews, first surveyor of
Pocahontas Co. Roscoe W. Brown, surveyor in 1938, told WBH that he had always
found the work of John Yeager to be very accurate.

John married Margaret (Peggy) Arbogast on 1 Nov 1837 in Pocahontas Co., Va. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin Arbogast and Frances Mullens) was born on 29 Feb 1820 in Pocahontas Co., Va; died on 11 May 1865 in Top of Allegheny, Pendleton Co., Wv; was buried in Homeplace, Top Allegheny, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Additional information from Pocahontas Co., WV, 1981, pp. 504-506, by Wilma
Beard Harper. Married by Rev. Benjamin Tallman. Buried at the home place on
Top of Allegheny with her husband.