Notes:

Contractor.

Family/Spouse: Annie Thomas Noakes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See page 134 of, At The Sign Of The Swan, by Amanda Arbogast Forbes for a
brief history of this family.

William married Lelia Ada Marshall on 8 Jun 1882. Lelia (daughter of John Anthony Marshall and Mary Arbogast) was born on 22 Oct 1860 in Buckhannon, Va/Wv; died on 24 Apr 1914 in Charlottsville, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information on this family from, At The Sign Of The Swan, Ancestry and
Descendants of Hans Wendel Swecker, by Amanda Arbogast Forbes, Gateway Press,
Baltimore, MD, 1987.

John married Mary Jane Hille. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Blacksmith in Franklin, VA/WV. Served with Stonewall Jackson in his famous
Valley of Virginia Campaign. In 1895 wrote a condensed record of this family's
history that is still preserved to this day. Family listed on 1880 Census.

John married Mary Arbogast on 16 Oct 1849 in Highland Co., Va. Mary (daughter of Daniel Arbogast and Sarah Swecker) was born on 10 Jan 1826 in Crabbottom, Pendleton Co., Va; died on 5 Apr 1905 in Franklin, Pendleton Co., Wv; was buried in Franklin, Pendleton Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All information on this family from Amanda Arbogast Forbes and her 1987 book,
At The Sign Of The Swan, Ancestry and Descendants of Hans Wendel Swecker,
Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD; all in file.

Henry married Margaret Johnson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Crabbottom area of Pendleton Co., VA became part of Highland Co., VA when
it was created in 1847. Daniel's exact birth date is unknown, estimated from
census records. He served in war of 1812 as a private in Capt. Jesse Hinkle's
Company of VA Militia, enlisting August, 1814 for six months at Norfolk, VA and
discharged there on 6 Nov., 1914. Widow's application (Sarah Arbogast) for
bounty land, Dec., 1850. Bounty Land File 51371 and file 189510. Date of
Daniel's death is from this application.

Pendleton Co. marriage records.

Highland Co., VA Circuit Court Case, drawer 21, packet 71, chancery suit, E.D.
Clark, his wife and others v Daniel Arbogast heirs establishes children.

Marriages of children found in both Pendleton Co., WV and Highland Co., VA.

This family is well documented in "At the Sign of the Swan, Ancestry and
Descendants of Hans Wendel Zwecker", by Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes.

All information herein from Amanda Arbogast Forbes, in file.

Daniel married Sarah Swecker on 2 Dec 1817 in Pendleton Co., Va. Sarah was born on 16 Sep 1793 in Rockingham Co., Va; was christened on 7 Oct 1795 in Rader Church, Timberville, Rockingham Co., Va; died on 8 Jun 1858 in Crabbottom, Highland Co., Va; was buried in Prb Fam. Cem, Crabbottom, Highland Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From records of Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes.
Family record sheet in possession of the late Edith Swecker, Crabbottom, and
indicates Sept. 16th as birth date while Rader Church baptismal record
indicates Sept. 15th. Sarah's death is recorded in Highland Co., VA. She died
from cholera. Sarah and Daniel lived on a farm purchased by her parents in
1815 which is adjacent to property of her brother Benjamin Swecker. In 1990,
the farm was owned by Carl Arbogast's widow. Sarah was not in 1850 census.