Notes:

Source is AAF record A-372 in file. Transcript of story of his death which
was published in a Washington C.H., OH, newspaper in January, 1929 in file.
Dates of birth and death may not be accurate. He was survived by an unnamed son
and a divorced wife who live in Denver. He was 84 and died of influenza. He
was a hermit doctor who relied on the free will offering of his patients. He
was graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, OH in 1883, and
practiced at Breckenridge, CO, before going to Craig, CO, where he had a ranch.

According to records of Wilma Beard Harper in Frances Arbogast files, his
wife, Lily, and a son, Clarence were living in Denver in 1930. He died in a
Denver Hospital, but buried at Craig, CO. Other spouse, children, and
descendants as recorded.

A newspaper article of 17 May 1962, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, 1, CO, by Ed
C. Johnson, 3 term Governor of CO, and U.S. Senator, from files of Frances
Arbogast, deceased, Indianapolis, tells of Johnson's long association with Dr.
B. A. Arbogast, a nearby homesteader, friend, rancher, and Medical Doctor to
all in the area around Juniper Canyon on the north bank of Bear River, near
Craig, Moffat County, CO, formerly Routt Co. He met Dr. Arbogast in June,
1910, when he staked out a homestead in the area, the first person he met. Dr.
Arbogast refused to talk of his past, lived as a hermit because he wanted only
"hills that cannot be plowed and the rip-snorting thunder of an angry river."
Mr. Johnson tells of their setting up schools, teaching until teachers could be
found, building roads, etc. He was with Dr. Arbogast at Hayden Hospital when
he died. "He clutched my sleeve and hung on. He spoke one word at a time amid
long pauses - "I am ripe!" 'I am falling off the tree!" "God's plan is
right." He smiled and that was it." Copy in file.

Ref: Trexler 257 (from WBH)

Brazilla married Losina S. Case on 20 Sep 1870 in Fayette Co., Oh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joel Arbogast
2. Minnie Leone Arbogast was born on 29 Dec 1884; died on 31 Dec 1890.
3. Cleo Lucille Arbogast was born on 15 Nov 1887 in Breckenridge, Co; died on 13 Jan 1928.

Family/Spouse: Lily. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clarence Arbogast was born on 25 Mar 1895; and died.

Notes:

Source is AAF record A-3 in file. Killed by a falling tree.

Information from family records of Dolores J. Tacy Russell of Lebabon, PA, 3
Feb. 1993 in file.

Ref: WBH; Evelyn Beard (mother of WBH) said that John was an exhorter and class
leader in the Methodist Church.

Ref: Trexler 234 (from WBH)

John married Margaret Hidy Yeager on 18 Apr 1844 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv. Margaret was born on 27 Apr 1826 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 15 Nov 1921; was buried in Hidy Cem., Fayette Co., Oh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes record A-3, copy in file. Death was sometime
during Mar-Jun 1830. Will recorded in Will Book 1, p. 217, Pocahontas Co.
All children except Frances named in will.

Ref: WBH; homeplace in the Glade Hill area owned successively by son Henry, then
Clark and Margaret (Arbogast) Dilley, then a Galford, then ? (FYD: perhaps a
Shinaberry), then (as of June 1953) Harry Moore.

Benjamin married Frances Mullens about 1804. Frances was born in 1790; died in 1857 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; was buried in Homeplace, Glade Hill, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes record A-3, copy in file. Frances was from
Westmoreland Co., VA. Year of death noted from Wilma Harper.

WBH: Tradition is that Frances came to Pocahontas to visit the John Sutton
family. (John Sutton was from Westmoreland Co.)

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution

Notes:

See Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, by McAllister, page 235. Adam
received pension for service as Virginia Militiaman, living 1835. Also page 19,
Indian Spy, 1776 or 1777; page 22, Pvt., Capt. Peter Hull's Co. during Yorktown
Campaign, 1781; and, page 148, Muster Roll of that Company in 1779.

See Pocahontas Co. History, by Price. Adam relocated to headwaters of the
Greenbrier River, now Pocahontas Co., WV, in 1796. Several pages devoted to
Adam and his family.

Birth 1759/60 from Rev. War Pension Applications. Marriage and death date
from A. Arbogast Forbes Papers in file. Will recorded in Pocahontas Co. Will
Book 3, page 4, copy in file. Jacob Hull Arbogast is named as son in all
histories but was not in will. Will probated in June 1852 term of Court,
actual date of death unknown. PHOTO OF TOMBSTONE IN FILE INDICATES 1760 BIRTH.

Amanda Arbogast Forbes (AAF) research includes papers of Wilma Harper, 1850 and
1880 Census of Pendleton County, Court Records and County histories. AAF
Record "A".

Ref: WBH; tombstone marked 1760-1861 by WBH in about 1940. She later said that
1861 was her error. Granddaughter Hulda (Arbogast) Yeager said that he
died before she was born (in 1858). Was married near Hevener's Store.
Received second eyesight before he died accoding to legend.

Drafted and marched under Captain John McCoy and Lt. Joesph Gwin to West's Fort on West Fork of Monogahela, then down the river to Lowther's Fort, then lower yet to Nutter's Fort where he remained much of the three months...... Then finally to Coontie's Fort where troops were called in consequence of the Indians killing a white woman while she was spreading hemp in a field...... Volunteered 1778 as Indian Spy under same Captain and marched on to Warm Springs, whence he, together with George Hull, John Gum and Conrad Fleisher were ordered to Crabbottom to guard that locality and remained there the rest of his time....... At another time he marched from his home (now Highland) across the Greenbrier River to head of Seneca in pursuit of Indians.

Adam married Margaret "Peggy" Hull about 1778 in Crabbottom Sect., Augusta Co., Va. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Peter Hull and Susannah Margaretha Dieffenbach) was born in 1757 in Shenandoah Valley, Augusta Co., Va; died on 15 Jan 1820 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; was buried in Yeager/Arbogast, Cem., Bartow, Pocahontas Co., wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research and papers in file includes
place of birth, date and place of death, where buried and parents.

Ref: Cleek 374

Differing birth/death info:

Margaret Hull was born 1757 in Augusta County, which is now Highland and died 1/15/1820 in Traveler's Repose, Bath Co. Her parents were Thomas Peter Hull (Hohl) born 1706 in Germany and died 1776 in Augusta Co and Susannah Margaretha Dieffenbach born Oct. 1725 in Lancaster, Pa and died abt 1776 in Augusta Co, Va , They were married 11/25/1750 in the Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. He was a widower who had married in Germany and was a miller on the Susquehanna River before marrying Susannah.