Moses Wamsley Arbogast

1847 - 1904  (57 years)

• Name	Moses Wamsley Arbogast
  Born	1847	Randolph Co., Va/Wv
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Feb 1904	Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv
  Person ID	P16508	Arbogast
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Moses Arbogast,   b. 30 Nov 1799, Pendleton Co., Va/Wv ,   d. 26 Mar 1869, Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Margaret Wamsley,   b. Abt 1809, Va ,   d. 11 Dec 1853, Randolph Co., Va/Wv  (Age 44 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1834	Randolph Co., Va/Wv
  Family ID	F3172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Eva Channell,   b. 1857, Randolph Co., Va ,   d. 23 Apr 1882, Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv  (Age 25 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1874	Beverly, Randolph Co., Wv
  Children	1. Ida Mae Arbogast,   b. 8 Sep 1873, , , Monongalia Co., Wv ,   d. Washington State  [Natural]   2. Eva Jane Arbogast,   b. 3 Apr 1875, Valley Head, Randolph Co., Wv ,   d. 23 Feb 1964, Valley Bend, Randolph Co., Wv  (Age 88 years)  [Natural]   3. Arvis N. Arbogast,   b. Mar 1877, Randolph Co., Wv ,   d. Yes, date unknown  [Natural]   4. Rachel Ann Arbogast,   b. 1879, Randolph Co., Wv ,   d. Yes, date unknown  [Natural]   5. Margaret Alice Arbogast,   b. 23 Apr 1882, Randolph Co., Wv ,   d. Yes, date unknown  [Natural]
  Family ID	F3538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes research RIN# 792 copy in file. Confirmation from Arlene (Channell) Swecker family group record on Moses and Margaret. Arlene notes that Moses died of cancer at the home of his daughter, Eva Jane Channell, near Valley Head, WV. He became ill while in jail for shooting Jefferson Simmons. Moses and Margaret had four children before they married. Margaret died when her daughter Margaret Alice was born. The children were raised by friends and relatives and were never close. Moses, Sr. was married to Margaret's mother so they were living in same household for some time. This area was in the mountains near Valley Head, not too far from Swecker Ridge. Jefferson Simmons is a brother of Chesley Simmons who married Moses' sister, Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast. According to Jean (Snyder) Loudin, the family blamed Jefferson Simmons saying he caused the shooting by Moses. If Moses had only shot him once he would have been acquitted, but the fatal second shot was the reason for his conviction.