Notes:

From family records of Jean (Snyder) Loudin, copy in file. Married 4 times.

Alexander married Dona Arbogast on 13 May 1907 in A. Dona (daughter of Randolph Cleterson Arbogast and Nancy Jane Snyder) was born in 1890; died in 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Zura B. Simmons was born in 1911; died in 1977.
2. Living

Family/Spouse: Cecilia Harper. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Celia Simmons was born in 1907; and died.

Family/Spouse: Maude Triplet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Hannah Evaline White on 29 Aug 1927 in A. Hannah was born in Mar 1868; died in 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source is Amanda Arbogast Forbes confirmed by Jean Snyder Loudin who also
provided birth, death and cemetery information. Jean also notes there were
seven children born to this marriage and provided data on them as shown.

Chesley married Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast on 22 Feb 1865 in Pocahontas Co., Wv. Sarah (daughter of Moses Arbogast and Margaret Wamsley) was born on 16 Aug 1844 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 2 Jul 1906 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Simmons Cemetery, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN#792 copy in file.

Jean Snyder Loudin family records indicate year of birth as 1841, place of
death as Randolph Co. and cemetery.

Pedigree chart of Frank Guy Lewis of Elkins, WV, by Vera Dawn (Day) Lewis
indicates d.o.b. as 16 Aug 1844 and d.o.d. as 2 Jul 1906.

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 442, copy in file.

Pendleton Co. census 1820, Randolph Co. census 1830 & 1860, Randolph Co. death record & Pendleton Co. marriage record 21 Oct. 1819 to Elizabeth Zickafoose who had been previously married to Elias Zickafoose. Married (2) to Margaret Wamsley 25 Oct. 1834, Randolph Co. marriage record, who died 11 Dec 1853, Randolph Co. death record. Married (3) Matilda Ware in 1854 (1860 Randolph Co. census) and listed as wife on her tombstone. Married (4) Eleanor Ellen (Ware) Channel, widow of Jesse Channel, 11 Sep 1865 in Randolph Co. marriage records. Eleanor died 19 Apr 1886 per Randolph Co. death records. It is thought that Moses had a fifth wife according to family tradition, however we have not been able to find verifiable proof to include the fifth wife.

Moses moved from Pendleton to Randolph County before 1830 according to census
reports and was living there in 1860. Died 26 Mar. 1869, Randolph Co. death
record. No grave marker.

Moses as son and heir to father John Arbogast, Pendleton Co. deed book 14, p.
173.

Birth records seem to indicate several children were born to the union of Moses
and Matilda Ware.

Moses married Margaret Wamsley on 25 Oct 1834 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv. Margaret was born about 1809 in Va; died on 11 Dec 1853 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; was buried in Marple Cem., Conley Run, Randolph Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 449 copy in file.

D/o of Joseph Wamsley, source C.R.Leary.

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution
• Residence: 1810, Pendleton, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1820, Pendleton, Virginia, United States

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from census cited and 1787 Personal Property Tax List for
Augusta Co., VA. John listed as over 21 years of age. Born in Frederick or
Augusta Co., VA.

MARRIAGE: Date estimated but must have been before 1790.

DEATH: Will dated 20 Dec., 1820, proven on 3 Apr., 1821. Will Book 4, Page
49, Pendleton Co., VA/WV; lists children.

CENSUS: 1810 and 1820, Pendleton Co., VA/WV.

DEEDS: See deed from John Arbogast heirs and George Arbogast and his wife,
Katherine, to Henry Arbogast. Deed Book 14, pages 173 & 174, Pendleton Co.
Court Records, 1838. John in will of his father, Michael, in Pendleton Co.

HOMESTEAD: Near Circleville, across the mountain from his parents. His
children married into families from the Circleville area.

MILITARY: Private, Capt. Peter Hull's Company, 2nd Bn, Augusta Militia, 1779,
page 148, "Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War", by McAllister. Pages 22
and 93, Company in battles during the Yorktown Campaign, 1781. On D.A.R. List
of Patriots from Augusta Co., VA, DAR Index, Volume II, 1979, p. 6., in file.

John married Hannah Davis in Apr 1788 in Pendelton, Virginia, West Virginia, United States. Hannah was born in 1770/1780 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died in 1830/1838 in Pendleton Co., , Va/Wv, ,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Estimated from 1810, 20 and 30 census, Augusta Co., VA, later Pendleton
Co., VA/WV.

DEATH: Living on 1830 census, not on 1840 census or deed from heirs, 1838.
Deed Book 14, Pages 171-174, Pendleton Co.

PARENTS: Unknown, maiden name from Morton's histories of Pendleton and Highland
Counties.

See notes of Spouse, John Arbogast. All information on this family from
research by Amanda Arbogast Forbes.

Regarding possible parents of Hannah; from Marian Ramona (Tracy) Bittle letter
in file, lists Davis heads of household from 1810 census and tax lists of the
period as follows: DAVIS, William, John, James, John, John, Joseph, Robert and
William.