Notes:

Lewis Co., WV Birth Record 7 Jul 1872 per Amanda Arbogast Forbes Record 284, in
file but used 1900 Lewis Co. census for age.

Lewis Co., WV Census of 1880, age 8 with parents in file.

Lewis Co., WV Census of 1900 with wife Margaret Wooden (born Jan 1877.

Obit of brother Harrison, Romine's Mill, Harrison Co., WV, 1937. Obit of son,
Bryson, Rock Run near Copley, 1922. 5 brothers and a sister survived Bryson.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Wooden. Margaret was born in Jan 1877; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bryson Arbogast was born about 1919; died on 27 Jul 1922 in Rock Run, Near Copley, Wv; was buried in Montgomery Cem..

Notes:

Amanda Arbogast Forbes PAF Family Group Record 144, RIN 702, MRIN 244, copy in
file on parents.

Amanda Arbogast Forbes Record 284 in file on this family.

Family moved to Lewis Co., VA (now WV) from Highland Co., VA about 1860.
His brother, Adam, Jr. relocated to Lewis Co. about the same time, as did many
other families about this same time - to Upshur Co. as well. Brother, James
moved to Upshur Co.

Birth estimated from Census Records. Highland Co., VA 1850, age 16; 1880 Lewis
Co., WV, age 48, wife 46.

Marriage record, Highland Co., VA age 21, wife 19; names all parents.

1900 Lewis Co. Census with wife, son James (widower) and 3 of James children;
Albert (born Jun 1895), William (born 1898), and Peter (born 1894). Also in
household is another grandson of Daniel, Delbert Arbogast born 1886. By
process of elimination Delbert must be child of one of the four oldest children
of Daniel, most likely the son of James from a marriage or union prior to his
marrying Olive.

Daniel married Mahala Helmick on 20 Feb 1855 in Highland Co., Va. Mahala was born about 1834 in Pendleton Co., Va; died about 1902 in Prb Lewis Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lewis Co., WV 1880 census in file from Amanda Arbogast Forbes. Also Amanda
Arbogast Forbes Record 284, copy in file. Pendleton Co. Birth Record by AAF.

Notes:

This family from Amanda Arbogast Forbes PAF, Family Group Record 144, on file.

BIRTH: From 1850 Census Highland Co., VA age 50; 1860 Census Highland Co., Va
age 57.

MARRIAGES: 1st, Mary Davis, Marriages of Pendleton Co., VA, compiled by Mary
Harter, FASG; 2nd, Delila Davis Rymer, recorded in Highland Co., VA Marriage
Records.

DEATH: No record of death. Last found on 1860 Census of Highland Co., VA
living on Strait Creek, most likely lower Strait Creek near Forks of Waters.

CHILDREN: Derived from 1850 and 1860 Census of Highland Co., VA. Son Jesse
stayed in Highland Co., VA., son Peter in Pendleton Co., VA/WV. Other sons,
Adam, Jr., Daniel and James to Lewis and Upshur Counties, WV and appear in
records of these counties.

Amanda Arbogast Forbes PAF RIN # 444 in file, from which this is copied with
insignificant change. Also, AAF Reference No. 28.

Adam married Mary Davis on 30 May 1823 in Pendleton Co., Va. Mary was born about 1804 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died about 1851 in Highland Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: 1850 Census Highland Co., VA age 46.

MARRIAGE: From Marriages of Pendleton Co., VA, compiled by Mary Harter, FASG.

DEATH: Listed 1850 Census Highland Co., VA on 21 Aug., so her death took place
between then and 26 June 1852 when her husband remarried as a widower.

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.