William married Ida Mae Arbogast on 6 Feb 1896 in , , Randolph Co., Wv. Ida (daughter of Moses Wamsley Arbogast and Margaret Eva Channell) was born on 8 Sep 1873 in , , Monongalia Co., Wv; died in in Washington State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From family group record by Arlene (Channell) Swecker in file. Also letter
from Ida Mae's daughter, Mary J. Brackett, Portland,2, OR, in 1962, to
Marjorie Shrack. Mary has one daughter, Beverly, and 2 grandsons, Grant and
Gary, 16 and 14 years old.

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 792 copy in file.
Confirmation from Arlene (Channell) Swecker family group record on Moses and
Margaret. Arlene notes that Moses died of cancer at the home of his daughter,
Eva Jane Channell, near Valley Head, WV. He became ill while in jail for
shooting Jefferson Simmons. Moses and Margaret had four children before they
married. Margaret died when her daughter Margaret Alice was born. The
children were raised by friends and relatives and were never close. Moses, Sr.
was married to Margaret's mother so they were living in same household for
some time. This area was in the mountains near Valley Head, not too far from
Swecker Ridge. Jefferson Simmons is a brother of Chesley Simmons who married
Moses' sister, Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast.

According to Jean (Snyder) Loudin, the family blamed Jefferson Simmons saying
he caused the shooting by Moses. If Moses had only shot him once he would have
been acquitted, but the fatal second shot was the reason for his conviction.

Moses married Margaret Eva Channell on 27 Apr 1874 in Beverly, Randolph Co., Wv. Margaret was born in 1857 in Randolph Co., Va; died on 23 Apr 1882 in Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information From family group records of Arlene (Channell) Swecker,
Flemington, WV, in file. Margaret died in childbirth. Marriage performed by
C. W. Upton. Margaret's brother, Jacob Conrad Channell is #4059.

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.