George Washington Arbogast
1840 - 1911 (71 years)-
Name George Washington Arbogast Born 15 Mar 1840 Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv 
Gender Male Died 24 Jun 1911 , , Webster Co., Wv Buried , Hacker's Valley, Webster Co., Wv Person ID P19169 Arbogast Last Modified 21 Feb 2016
Father Solomon Arbogast, b. 25 Jan 1808, Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv , d. 23 Apr 1857, Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv (Age 49 years) Mother Nancy Nottingham, b. 14 Feb 1808, Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv , d. 20 Dec 1877, Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv (Age 69 years) Married 16 Apr 1831 Pocahontas Co., Va Family ID F4059 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Elizabeth Arbogast, b. 8 Mar 1841, Pocahontas Co., Va/Wv , d. 11 Nov 1900, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States (Age 59 years) Married 10 Sep 1867 Anna Arbogast, Residence, Pocahontas Co., Wv Children 1. Henry Franklin Arbogast, b. 21 Jul 1868, Pocahontas Co., Wv , d. 1 Jul 1949, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States (Age 80 years) [Natural]2. William Averill Arbogast, b. 12 Nov 1869, Pocahontas Co., Wv , d. 17 Feb 1935, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States (Age 65 years) [Natural]3. Ida Law Bertie Arbogast, b. 23 Nov 1871, Pocahontas Co., Wv , d. 13 May 1892, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States (Age 20 years) [Natural]4. Fannie Floretta Arbogast, b. 15 May 1873, Pocahontas Co., Wv , d. 3 Feb 1889, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States (Age 15 years) [Natural]5. Vinnie Ann Arbogast, b. Mar 1877, Pocahontas Co., Wv , d. Yes, date unknown [Natural]6. Walter Aldine Arbogast, b. 14 Mar 1879, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States , d. 16 Jul 1976, , Pocahontas , West Virginia, United States (Age 97 years) [Natural]7. Ava Mintie Arbogast, b. 4 Apr 1881, Pocahontas Co., Wv , d. Yes, date unknown [Natural]Family ID F4592 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
Letter from George W Arbogast to Mary E Arbogast, 15 Sep 1863
Dear cousin
I take my pen in hand this
after noon to let you know that
I am well at present and hope
these few lines may find you
enjoying the same blessing of health.
I landed hear last night about dark every thing is quiet hear now.
there was some talk of the rebles coming in hear but I think they
have give out thenotion as it
would not bee healthy for
rebles hear.
I do not think that there will
be any scout going in to Poca for
some time as we are not prepared
for to go and I am glad of it for
I do not like these big scouts.
the rebles are so careless with
a gun that they might shoot
some body
[end of first page]
I heard from Charles he is getting
along fine he sent in word with
Captain Ewing to me that he was
as well as he ever was that he was
able to do any kind of work.
Captain Ewing, sargent Riply and Brown of our company landed hear
yesterday evening The captain is
mending fine and all the rest of
the boys except one are on the
mend I do not known when
Charles will get back but I
suppose that he will have to
go around by Richmond before
he can get exchanged.
well cousin Lisa the next time
I come over I want you to stay
at home one night any how
or if you don’t there will bee
a fus for I think a greatedeal
of my cousins and therefore when
I get to see them I would like if
[end of page two]
they could stay at home however
I don’t blame you
I will have to close as supper well
soon be ready so nothing more at
present but remain your affectionate
cousin untill death
G Arbogast
Lisa Arbogast
I want you to write to me as soon
as you get this and give me all
the news
Star of columbia fair as the morn
born
Unsullied by crime and in liberty
art
The giant of nations of freedom and
hart
The mirror of nature the bold honest
land
The arts fly for favor to our happy
tiring hand
From europes famed cities to thy fos
to grace
Hear find they a favor to and find
smiles on thy face
And are met like a parent with
free to roam
Hear genius has vent hear the mind
[end of page 3]
turnd to a home
And the soil to the stranger is
brain
No longer depressed by fashions dull
He lives and feels like a giant again
I will send
[end of letter]more pages of letter
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Notes - From Amanda Arbogast Forbes family group record 359. Battery D, 1st Rgt.,
WV Arty., Union Army during Civil War. - About letter:
[Notes:
George Washington Arbogast (b. 15 Mar 1840, d. 24 Jun 1911), son of Solomon Arbogast and Nancy Nottingham.
Mary Elizabeth Arbogast Sutton (b. 7 Mar 1843, d. 10 Jan 1914), daughter of Adam Arbogast and Margaret Clarissa Sutton.
Solomon Arbogast and Adam Arbogast were brothers.
Mentioned in the letter are:
Captain Ewing = Captain Chatham T. Ewing, Battery G, 1st Regiment West Virginia Light Artillery
Charles = I assume to G.W. Arbogast?s brother, Charles Wesley Arbogast (b. 17 Dec 1841, d. 11 Aug 1864 in Andersonville Prison)
Xerox copy of letter given to Jo Lori Drake by Ivan Sutton. Notes: George Washington Arbogast (b. 15 Mar 1840, d. 24 Jun 1911), son of Solomon Arbogast and Nancy Nottingham. Mary Elizabeth Arbogast Sutton (b. 7 Mar 1843, d. 10 Jan 1914), daughter of Adam Arbogast and Margaret Clarissa Sutton. Solomon Arbogast and Adam Arbogast were brothers. Mentioned in the letter are: Captain Ewing = Captain Chatham T. Ewing, Battery G, 1st Regiment West Virginia Light Artillery Charles = I assume to G.W. Arbogast?s brother, Charles Wesley Arbogast (b. 17 Dec 1841, d. 11 Aug 1864 in Andersonville Prison).
Poca refers to Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where both G.W. and Mary ?Lisa? lived.
The song at the end is ?Star of Columbia? by Harry Bluff, H. De Marsan, Publisher, ... No. 38 Chatham Street, N. Y.
STAR OF COLUMBIA.
Star of Columbia, fair as the morn,
Unsullied by crime, and in Liberty born,
The Giant of Nations, of Freedom and Art:
The Mirror of Nature, the Bold, Honest Heart!
The Arts fly for favor to this happy land,
From Europe?s famed cities to thy fostering hand:
Here find they a favor to aid and to grace,
And are met like a parent, with smiles on thy face.
Here Genius has vent, here the mind's free to roam,
And the soil to the stranger is turned a home;
No longer depressed by fashion?s dull brain,
He lives, and he feels like a Giant again! ]
- From Amanda Arbogast Forbes family group record 359. Battery D, 1st Rgt.,