Notes:

From Amanda Arbogast Forbes family group record 359. E Co., WV Cavalry
during Civil War. Received an invalids pension in 1889 and a widows pension was
granted to his wife in Feb. 1910. Same person as #18476 in Adam Arbogast-McElwee line.

Benjamin married Sarah E. Gillispie on 2 Nov 1871 in Pocahontas Co., Wv. Sarah was born on 7 May 1848 in Prb Pocahontas, County, Va/Wv; died on 23 Dec 1935 in Hacker's Valley, Webster Co., Wv; was buried in Hacker's Valley, Webster Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Howard E. Arbogast was born in Sep 1872 in Webster Co., Wv; died after 1920.
2. Laura Belle Arbogast was born on 15 Nov 1874 in Pocahontas Co.*, Wv; died on 21 Dec 1876 in Pocahontas Co.*, Wv.
3. Owen Harper Arbogast was born about 1877 in Prb Webster Co., Wv; and died.
4. Bernard Benson Arbogast was born on 25 Oct 1879 in Webster Co., Wv; died on 15 Dec 1921; was buried in Hacker Valley, Cemetery, Hacker Valley, Wv.
5. Vinnie Ann Arbogast
6. Annie Gertrude Arbogast was born in 1884 in West Virginia; died in 1968.

Benjamin married Margaret Curry on 9 Jun 1868 in , , Upshur Co., Wv. Margaret was born on 26 Jul 1842 in , , Upshur Co., Va/Wv; died on 20 Oct 1870 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Idella Arbogast was born in 1869 in Prb Webster Co., Wv; and died.
2. Jessie C. Arbogast was born on 13 Sep 1870 in Pocahontas Co.*, Wv; and died.

Benjamin married Margaret Jane Mc Elwee on 21 Aug 1860 in , , Bath Co., Va. Margaret was born in 1836 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 20 Sep 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Algenora Arbogast was born on 30 May 1862 in , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States; died on 3 Mar 1914.

Notes:

From family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey.

Ref: WBH; grandson Walter Arbogast (son of George) says that he died 13 Mar
1857. Grandson George Mervin Sharp gave names, spouses, birthdates, and some
death dates of children in August 1938; his information was from his mother
Nancy Elizabeth's handwritten notes.

Ref: Jim and Rita Wooddell records, January 1994, gave details about places of
birth, death, and burial for this family. Neither Solomon's nor Nancy's grave
is marked.

Solomon married Nancy Nottingham on 16 Apr 1831 in Pocahontas Co., Va. Nancy was born on 14 Feb 1808 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; died on 20 Dec 1877 in Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv; was buried in Homeplace, Glade Hill, Pocahontas Co., Wv. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

rom family records of Merle Arbogast Chorba of New Vernon, New Jersey,
daughter of Dr. Hoyt Bailey Arbogast. Nancy is the daughter of William and
Mary (Arbogast) Nottingham and first cousin of her husband.

Additional information from Mary E. Skelton, a descendant, of Jamestown, PA,
provides day and month of birth, and date of death. Married by Benjamin
Tallman in Pocahontas County.

Same person as #9003.

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.