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John William Arbogast

Male 1876 - 1920  (44 years)


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  1. 1.  John William Arbogast was born on 15 Apr 1876 in Randolph Co., Wv (son of Allen Arbogast and Fanny (Frances) Riffle); died on 20 Sep 1920.

    Notes:

    Source is Amanda Arbogast Forber family group record 304.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Allen Arbogast was born about 1824 in Prb Pendleton Co, Va/Wv (son of Moses Arbogast and Sara Elizabeth (Wimer) Zickafoose); died after 1880 in Prb Randolph Co., Wv.

    Notes:

    Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 785 copy in file.
    1870 census Randolph Co. age 45 with wife Fanny Riffle, age 35, and 5 children.
    1880 census Randolph Co. age 56 with wife Frances, age 40 and 5 children.
    Randolph Co. marriage record, book 3, p. 1, 1854, minister James C. Warner,
    Fanny is daughter of Elias and Hester Riffle. Allen is son of Moses and
    Elizabeth Arbogast, occupation farmer, born Pendleton Co.

    Allen married Fanny (Frances) Riffle on 6 Mar 1854 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv. Fanny was born in 1835/1838 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Fanny (Frances) Riffle was born in 1835/1838 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died after 1880.

    Notes:

    From 1860 and 1870 census of Randolph County. Also see Randolph Co.
    Marriages 1787-1923, by Wes Cochran, p. 72; Allen was a widower, age 29, born
    Pendleton Co., VA, Fanny, age 16, born Randolph Co., VA. 1880 Randolph Co.
    census name is Frances, age 40, with three additional children. Since this is
    the only marriage recorded for Allen during the above time frame, Fanny and
    Frances are probably the same person. This information is from Amanda Arbogast
    Forbes research in file.

    Children:
    1. Susan Arbogast was born in Jul 1854 in , , Randolph Co.*, Va/Wv; and died.
    2. Priscilla Arbogast was born about 1856 in Randolph Co., Va; and died.
    3. Charlotte Adinah Arbogast was born about 1859 in Randolph Co., Va; and died.
    4. David H. Arbogast was born about 1861; died after 1900 in Randolph Co., Wv.
    5. Tabitha Arbogast was born on 27 Nov 1866 in Randolph Co., Wv; died before 1901.
    6. Elias E. Arbogast was born about 1872 in Randolph Co., Wv; and died.
    7. Mary Arbogast was born about 1873 in Randolph Co., Wv; and died.
    8. 1. John William Arbogast was born on 15 Apr 1876 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 20 Sep 1920.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Moses Arbogast was born on 30 Nov 1799 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv (son of John C. Arbogast and Hannah Davis); died on 26 Mar 1869 in Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Marple Cem., Conley Run, Randolph Co., Wv.

    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 Sara Elizabeth (Wimer) Zickafoose on 21 Oct 1819 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Sara was born before 1800 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died after 1827 in Prb Randolph Co., Va/Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sara Elizabeth (Wimer) Zickafoose was born before 1800 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died after 1827 in Prb Randolph Co., Va/Wv.

    Notes:

    Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 448 copy in file.

    See Pendleton Co. deed book 9, p.375, Elizabeth and Moses gave deed for land
    in Pendleton Co. Aug., 1827 while they were living in Randolph Co.

    Maiden name is Wimer-Jean Loudin to C.R.Leary 19 Feb 1997, letter, etc.

    Children:
    1. Hannah V. Arbogast was born about 1823 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 18 Sep 1854 in , Barbour , Virginia, United States.
    2. 2. Allen Arbogast was born about 1824 in Prb Pendleton Co, Va/Wv; died after 1880 in Prb Randolph Co., Wv.
    3. Priscilla Arbogast was born about 1824 in Pendleton Co., Va; and died.
    4. Ailcey (Elsey) Arbogast was born about 1828 in Prb Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died in 1860/1870 in Randolph Co., Wv.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John C. Arbogast was born about 1762 in Frederick or, Augusta Co., Va (son of Michael Arbogast and Mary E Samuels); died on 3 Apr 1821 in Near Circleville, Pendleton Co., , Va/Wv,.

    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]


  2. 9.  Hannah Davis was born in 1770/1780 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States; died in 1830/1838 in Pendleton Co., , Va/Wv, ,.

    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.

    Children:
    1. Jonathan Arbogast was born about 1789 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 30 Jul 1861 in Strait Creek, Highland Co., Va.
    2. Michael Arbogast was born about 1790/1794 in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA; died about 1832 in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.
    3. Rachel Arbogast was born about 1790 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died in Feb 1879 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; was buried in Waybright Cem., Pendleton Co., Wv.
    4. Rebecca Arbogast was born in 1791 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 1 Jan 1878 in Pendleton Co., Wv; was buried on 3 Jul 1878 in Waybright Cem., Pendleton Co., Wv.
    5. Joseph Arbogast was born about 1 ??? 1795 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 8 Feb 1884 in Near Circleville, Pendleton Co., Wv.
    6. 4. Moses Arbogast was born on 30 Nov 1799 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 26 Mar 1869 in Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Marple Cem., Conley Run, Randolph Co., Wv.
    7. Mary Ann Arbogast was born about 1800 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died in 1870/1880 in Prb MacKsville, Union Dist., Pendleton Co., Wv.
    8. Adam Arbogast was born in 1801 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died after 1860.
    9. John Jr. Arbogast was born about 1804/5 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died after 1880 in Mingo Area, Randolph Co., Wv.
    10. Jesse Arbogast was born on 24 Sep 1810 in , Augusta, Virginia, United States ; died on 4 Mar 1887 in , Dade, Missouri, United States ; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Greenfield,Dade, Missouri, United States.


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