Celia Simmons

Female 1907 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Celia Simmons was born in 1907 (daughter of Alexander Simmons and Cecilia Harper); and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alexander Simmons was born on 9 Aug 1873 in Randolph Co., Wv (son of Chesley Simmons and Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast); died on 3 Feb 1957.

    Notes:

    From family records of Jean (Snyder) Loudin, copy in file. Married 4 times.

    Alexander married Cecilia Harper. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Cecilia Harper
    Children:
    1. 1. Celia Simmons was born in 1907; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Chesley Simmons was born on 18 Jul 1840 in Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died on 18 Feb 1925 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Simmons Cemetery, West Virginia.

    Notes:

    Source is Amanda Arbogast Forbes confirmed by Jean Snyder Loudin who also
    provided birth, death and cemetery information. Jean also notes there were
    seven children born to this marriage and provided data on them as shown.

    Chesley married Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast on 22 Feb 1865 in Pocahontas Co., Wv. Sarah (daughter of Moses Arbogast and Margaret Wamsley) was born on 16 Aug 1844 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 2 Jul 1906 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Simmons Cemetery, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast was born on 16 Aug 1844 in Randolph Co., Wv (daughter of Moses Arbogast and Margaret Wamsley); died on 2 Jul 1906 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Simmons Cemetery, West Virginia.

    Notes:

    Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN#792 copy in file.

    Jean Snyder Loudin family records indicate year of birth as 1841, place of
    death as Randolph Co. and cemetery.

    Pedigree chart of Frank Guy Lewis of Elkins, WV, by Vera Dawn (Day) Lewis
    indicates d.o.b. as 16 Aug 1844 and d.o.d. as 2 Jul 1906.

    Children:
    1. Valentine Simmons was born on 24 Nov 1865 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 31 Dec 1924 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Simmons Cemetery, West Virginia.
    2. Samuel G. Simmons was born in Jan 1868 in Randolph Co., Wv; and died.
    3. Lethia Belle Simmons was born on 18 Mar 1871 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 29 Apr 1948.
    4. 2. Alexander Simmons was born on 9 Aug 1873 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 3 Feb 1957.
    5. Jacob G. Simmons was born in May 1880 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 15 Feb 1934.
    6. Thomas J. Simmons was born in 1881 in Randolph Co., Wv; and died.
    7. Lilly M. Simmons was born in May 1882 in Randolph Co., Wv; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  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 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]


  2. 11.  Margaret Wamsley 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.

    Notes:

    Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 449 copy in file.

    D/o of Joseph Wamsley, source C.R.Leary.

    Children:
    1. Martha Arbogast was born about 1836 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; and died.
    2. Jefferson Arbogast was born about 1838 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died in 1864 in Civil War Battle, Bloody Angle, Wilderness, Va.
    3. Rachel E. Arbogast was born about 1839 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died in 1913.
    4. Daniel W. Arbogast was born in 1842 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died on 1 Sep 1861 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv.
    5. 5. Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast was born on 16 Aug 1844 in Randolph Co., Wv; died on 2 Jul 1906 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Simmons Cemetery, West Virginia.
    6. Moses Wamsley Arbogast was born in 1847 in Randolph Co., Va/Wv; died on 2 Feb 1904 in Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv.
    7. John B. (Jack) Arbogast was born in 1849 in Mingo Sect., Randolph Co., Va; died in 1933 in Randolph Co., Wv; was buried in Old Brick Church, Cemetery, Huttonsville, Wv.