William Adam Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Cause of his death was Chronic Intestinal Nephritis.⁷

  Birth Notes:

Name: Wm. Adam Fast
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 8 Feb 1877
Event Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): Marion, West Virginia, United States
Sex: Male
Father's Name: Joshua Fast
Mother's Name: Emma L.
Source Details: V2 BKA 1877P7

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5PN-4Q7 : 12 December 2019), Wm. Adam Fast, 1877.
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  Death Notes:

Name: William A. Fast
Event Date: 06 Oct 1932
Event Place: Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 55 years 8 months 28 days
Birth Date: 1877
Father's Name: Joshua M. Fast
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NML3-CYG : 10 March 2018), William A. Fast, 06 Oct 1932; citing Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, 255, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,817.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 8 February 1877, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁵ I suspect that this was his date of Christening and not to true date of birth which was 18 Jan 1877.

2. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁶ 1880 US Census
Page 518D, District 93, Family 29, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
William Fast..Son..3..WV

(Living with parents.)

3. 1900 US Census, 15 June 1900, Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ¹ 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 49, Family 203
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 5 years
William M. Fast..Head..Jan 1877..23..West Virginia..Day Larborer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

4. 1910 US Census, 3 May 1910, Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ² 1910 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 72, Family 362, Roll 1687
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
William Fast..Head..33..West Virginia..Lamp Man, Coal Co.

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

5. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 12B, 13A, District 39, Family 235, Roll 1962
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
William Fast..Head..43..West Virginia..Retail Merchant, Grocery

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 18 Jan 1877, then his age should have been 42 instead of 43.

6. 1930 US Census, 9 April 1930, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 6, Family 261, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $5000
William Fast..Head..54..West Virginia..married at age 18..Laborer, Coal Mines

(Living with wife, 3 sons, and 1 grandson.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 18 Jan 1877, then his age should have been 53 instead of 54.

7. Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery, 9 October 1932, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁷

William married Ora May Kirk, daughter of Lewis Franklin Kirk and Rebecca J. Summers, about 1895.^{1 2 3 4} (Ora May Kirk was born on 5 August 1878 in Marion, West Virginia, United States ^{1 3 8 9 10} and died on 21 November 1964 in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States ¹⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1900 US Census, 15 June 1900, Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ¹ 1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 49, Family 203
Fairmont Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 5 years
William M. Fast..Head..Jan 1877..23..West Virginia..Day Larborer
Ora Fast..Wife..Aug 1878..21..West Virginia..2/2
Lena Fast..Daughter..July 1896..3..West Virginia
Guy Fast..Son..Feb 1899..1..West Virginia

2. 1910 US Census, 3 May 1910, Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ² 1910 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 72, Family 362, Roll 1687
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
William Fast..Head..33..West Virginia..Lamp Man, Coal Co.
Ora Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia..5/5
Lena Fast..Daughter..13..West Virginia
Guy Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Clarence Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
Nellie Fast..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Oscar Fast..Son..2..West Virginia
George Waldo..Boarder..40..Russia
Rex Lysle..Boarder..16..Pennsylvania

3. 1920 US Census, 14 January 1920, Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ³ 1920 US Census
Sheet 12B, 13A, District 39, Family 235, Roll 1962
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned
William Fast..Head..43..West Virginia..Retail Merchant, Grocery
Asa Fast..Wife..41..West Virginia
Guy E. Fast..Son..20..West Virginia..Barber
Clarence L. Fast..Son..18..West Virginia..Laborer, Coad Miner
Nellie G. Fast..Daughter..16..West Virginia
Oscar W. Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Albert L. Fast..Son..9..West Virginia

4. 1930 US Census, 9 April 1930, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁴ 1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 6, Family 261, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Home owned, $5000
William Fast..Head..54..West Virginia..married at age 18..Laborer, Coal Mines
Ora Fast..Wife..52..West Virginia..married at age 17
Clarence L. Fast..Son..28..West Virginia..Divorced..Laborer, Coal Mines
Oscur W. Fast..Son..23..West Virginia..Laborer, Coal Mines
Albert Fast..Son..18..West Virginia
Howard Layman..Grandson..6..West Virginia

  Marriage Notes:

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1910 US Census
Sheet 14B, District , Family 362, Roll 1687
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States


William Fast..Head..23..West Virginia
Ora Fast..Wife..32..West Virginia
Lena Fast..Daughter..13..West Virginia
Guy Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Clarence Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
Nellie Fast..Daughter..6..West Virginia
Oscar Fast..Son..2..West Virginia
George Waldo..Boarder..40..Russia
Rex Lysle..Boarder..16..Pennsylvania



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1920 US Census
Sheet 12B, District , Family 235, Roll 1962
Paw Paw Magisterial District, Marion, West Virginia, United States


William Fast..Head..43..West Virginia
Asa Fast..Wife..41..West Virginia
Guy E. Fast..Son..20..West Virginia
Clarence L. Fast..Son..18..West Virginia
Nellie G. Fast..Daughter..16..West Virginia
Oscar W. Fast..Son..11..West Virginia
Albert L. Fast..Son..9..West Virginia




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1930 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 6, Family 261, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States


William Fast..Head..54..West Virginia
Ora Fast..Wife..52..West Virginia
Clarence L. Fast..Son..28..West Virginia
Oscur W Fast..Son..23..West Virginia
Albert Fast..Son..18..West Virginia
Howard Layman..Grandson..6..West Virginia



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