Tecumptas P. "Cump" Arbogast

Male 1881 - 1899  (18 years)


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  1. 1.  Tecumptas P. "Cump" Arbogast was born on 7 Apr 1881 in Clay County, West Virginia, USA; died on 18 Aug 1899 in Clay County, West Virginia.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: 1880 census, Wm. J. Arbogast & Amanda Arbogast Forbes records.

    DEATH: Coroner's jury verdict that death was by a gunshot wound at the hands
    of a guard summoned to arrest him on a warrant. He had been previously indicted
    for a felony. A posse had been formed to arrest him and several other men who
    had also been indicted. The posse surrounded the gang on the Waugh place at
    Waugh mountain. The gang, of which Cump was a member, refused to surrender and
    started shooting. In the exchange of gunfire Cump was killed and the others
    arrested. The Waugh place is on Big Sycamore Creek in Clay Co., WV.