Notes:

Counselor with a social services agencies in WI, retired.

U.S. Army, WW II.

M.A. degree in Social Studies, Catholic Univ., Washington, D.C.

Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research supplemented by information
from John Arthur Arbogast and Patricia Peterson Arbogast in file.

Ralph married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Notes:

Timber business in Marlinton, Ronceverte and White Sulphur, WV.

Place of death, as well as death of son's John and Tom provided by Theresa Arbogast Estes.

Arthur married Teresa "Tessie" Dougher on 31 Dec 1912 in Alderson, Wv. Teresa was born on 2 Aug 1885 in Tuscarora, Pa; was christened in in Roman Cath. Ch., Williamsburg, Wv; died on 9 Jul 1972 in White Sulphur Sp, Greenbrier Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From research of Amanda Arbogast Forbes and John Arthur Arbogast.

Other Events:

• Military: 6 Apr 1862; Enlisted in Company C, Virginia 14th Cavalry Regiment on 06 Apr 1862.Promoted to Full Musician on 31 Dec 1863.

Notes:

The Crabbottom area was part of Pendleton Co., VA and became part of Highland
Co., VA when Highland was formed in 1847.

Date of birth is from a tombstone and obituary which correspond with census
records, but family bible indicates 1837. However, on all census records he is
listed as two years older than his wife. John W. was Sheriff of Highland Co.
from 1879 to 1890. He was a bugler in the Civil War, A Co., 14th VA Cav., CSA.

Tombstone record, obituary, marriage, family bible all in possession of Amanda
Crawford Arbogast Forbes who also provided this compiler with all of this
information.

For a complete history of this family see, At The Sign Of The Swan, Ancestry
and Descendants of Hans Wendel Swecker, by Amanda Arbogast Forbes, Gateway
Press, Baltimore, MD, 1987.

John married Amanda Melvina Hansel on 4 Aug 1858 in Cumberland, Allegheny Co., Md. Amanda was born on 1 May 1837 in Thorn, Pendleton Co., Va; died on 21 Jun 1908 in Buena Vista, Va; was buried on 25 Jun 1908 in Monterey Cemetery, Monterey, Highland, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amanda was born on "the Thorn" a section near Doe Hill and today in Pendleton
Co., WV. When she was about 16 or 17 her parents moved to Crabbottom, Highland
Co., VA where her father built a lovely colonial home that is still standing.
In 1857 her father sent her to school in Windsor, CT hoping to break off her
romance with John W. Arbogast but she returned and eloped with him, marrying on
4 Aug 1958 at Cumberland, MD. Source is Amanda (Arbogast) Forbes.

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.