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.

Notes:

Listed on census as living in Timber Ridge Section of Pendleton Co.

1820, 30, 40, 50 and 60 census, Pendleton Co.

No will found in Pendleton Co.

See will of his father, John, Pendleton Co., VA, Will Book 4, page 49.

Pendleton Co. birth, death and marriage records.

Clay Co. birth, death and marriage records on children and their families.

Clay Co. census, 1860, 70 and 80.

All of the above research on this family and descendants by Amanda Crawford
Arbogast Forbes with contributions from Joseph Monroe Arbogast, Joanna
Shreves, Daisy Hartmann, Wm. Jennings Arbogast and others.

Michael married Edith Ketterman on 26 Jan 1819 in Riverton, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. Edith (daughter of George F Ketterman and Mary Magdalena Henkle) was born in 1799 in Riverton, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA; died on 28 Oct 1879 in Numa, Ia; was buried in Old Livingood Cm, Numa, Ia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edith went to Iowa with her son, Michael, Jr., right after the 1860 Pendleton
Co. Census and the death of her husband. See Daisy Hartmann Papers, in file.

Edith's brother and sister married a brother and sister of her spouse.
Edith is #5-11-1-4, The Henckel Genealogy.

Edith's tombstone photo in file from Gwendolyn Arbogast Walton,"Edith Arbogast
Died 28 Oct 1879, Aged 78 years" No room on tombstone for mos. & days, so
probably born in 1801.

Michael married Mary Ann Obrion in 1827. Mary was born on 6 Sep 1802 in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States; died in 1891 in Clay Co., West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

George married Mary Magdalena Henkle in Mar 1793 in Riverton, Pendleton, WV. Mary (daughter of John Justus Jr Henkle and Christina Negeley) was born on 31 Aug 1775 in Germany Valley, Pendleton, VA; died after 1856 in Farmers City, Dewitt, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]