Margaret Hidy Yeager
1826 - 1921 (95 years)
Generation: 1
1. Margaret Hidy Yeager was born on 27 Apr 1826 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 15 Nov 1921; was buried in Hidy Cem., Fayette Co., Oh. Notes:
Source is AAF record A-3 in file. Daughter of Jacob and Sarah Ann (Hidy)
Yeager. Married 2nd, William Karr or Kerr. Following the death of her
husband, John, with three sons, she moved to Washington Court House, Fayette
Co., OH, where some of the Hidy families had gone
Information from family records of Dolores J. Tacy Russell of Lebabon, PA, 3
Feb. 1993 in file.
Ref: Jim and Rita Wooddell records, January 1994, indicate that a deed in 1872
shows that Margaret, Joel, and Brazilla Adolphus were living in Kansas.
A reprint (Pocahontas Times in 1932) of a letter from Margaret was in the
scrapbook of WBH's Aunt Eliza. Dated 22 August 1864, it was written in
Jeffersonville, OH and was very concerned with war news from home. Margaret
described Ohio in glowing terms and said that the boys liked it there. She
said that they would probably stay there until the war was over and then go
further west.Margaret married John Arbogast on 18 Apr 1844 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv. John (son of Benjamin Arbogast and Frances Mullens) was born on 6 Dec 1818 in Dunmore, Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 6 Mar 1851 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Joel Asbury Arbogast was born on 7 Feb 1846 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 13 Jul 1933 in Los Angeles, Ca; was buried in Fontana, Miami Co., Ks.
- Brazilla Adolphus Arbogast was born on 25 Sep 1847 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 6 Jan 1929 in Denver, Co; was buried in Craig, Co.
- Eldridge Urbana Arbogast was born on 10 Oct 1849 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 30 Nov 1935 in Washington C.H., Oh.