Richard Malden Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

Richard Malden, the eldest son of Jonathan Rex Fast and Elizabeth Ann Moran, was born in Monongalia County, Virginia, 23 Mar 1835. He grew to manhood on his father's farm. In 1860 he was married to Sarah Ellen Doolittle, daughter of Thomas Doolittle and Sarah McCausland, of Forksburgh, Virginia, who died in 1906, aged 66 years.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Richard Malden Fast served the Union by procuring horses for the use of the army, his headquarters being at Grafton. Later when the 17th West Virginia Infantry was formed, he enlisted in Company F and served as a drummer until the close of the war. He then returned to Lick Run where he engaged in farming until 1885, when after selling his land, he moved to Colfax, Nebraska. Here he bought a farm mostly of unbroken prairie land, broke the sod, and erected buildings, and improved the soil. In 1895 a railroad having been built near his farm, he sold his land at a considerable profit and returned to the East where he took up his residence in Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a town situated within ten miles of the old Jacob's Lutheran Cemetery in which are the graves of his great-grandparents, Nicklaus and his wife, Cadarina. He served the borough of Fairchance as its burgess. He was a Republican in politics and was an active member of the Christian Church since early in life.

Richard Malden Fast survived his wife seventeen years, during which time he made his home with his son, Dr. Ephriam Burneldo Fast in Fairchance. On 28 Sep 1923, he died in his eighty-ninth year. He and his wife are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
-------------------------------------------------

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 1 August 1850, Marion, Virginia, United States. ⁴ 1850 US Census
Page 129B, Family 242, Roll 958
Eastern District
, Marion County, Virginia
Malden Fast..15..Virginia..Laborer

(Living with parents.)

2. 1860 US Census, 6 July 1860, Third District, Marion, Virginia, United States. ⁵ 1860 US Census
Page 99, Family 696
Third Magisterial District, Marion County, Virginia
Richard M. Fast..25..Virginia..Farmer

(Living with parents.)

3. 1870 US Census, 3 September 1870, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁶ 1870 US Census
Page 30, 31, Family 220
Winfield Township, Marion County, West Virginia
Richard M. Fast..35..Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

4. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 533A, District 93, Family 256, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Maloni Fast..Self..45..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

5. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 21, Family 9
Fairchance Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 40 years
Richard M. Fast..Head..Mar 1835..65..West Virginia

(Living with wife and married daughter.)

6. 1920 US Census, 24 January 1920, Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁷ 1920 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 31, Family 263, Roll 1568
Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
66 Church Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Malden R. Fast..Father..84..West Virginia..Widowed

(Widowed and living at the home of his married son, Ephraim, and his family.)

7. Cemetery: Fairchance Cemetery, After 28 September 1923, Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁸ Find A Grave Memorial 50167023

Richard married Sarah Ellen Doolittle, daughter of Thomas Doolittle and Sarah Ann McCausland, in 1860 in Marion, Virginia, United States.^{1 2 3} (Sarah Ellen Doolittle was born on 3 June 1840 in Virginia, United States,^{2 3 6 9} died on 20 January 1906 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States ⁹ and was buried after 20 January 1906 in Fairchance Cemetery, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 3 September 1870, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ⁶ 1870 US Census
Page 30, 31, Family 220
Winfield Township, Marion County, West Virginia
Richard M. Fast..35..Virginia..Farmer
Sarah E. Fast..30..Virginia..Keeping House
Ephraim B. Fast..8..Virginia
Rose R. Fast..3..West Virginia

2. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Winfield District, Marion, West Virginia, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 533A, District 93, Family 256, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Maloni Fast..Self..45..West Virginia..Farmer
Sarah Fast..Wife..40..West Virginia..Keeps House
Ephriam Fast..Son..18..West Virginia..At Home
Rosa A. Fast..Daughter..13..West Virginia..At Home

3. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Fairchance, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ³ 1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 21, Family 9
Fairchance Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 40 years
Richard M. Fast..Head..Mar 1835..65..West Virginia
Sarah E. Fast..Wife..Jun 1840..59..West Virginia..2/2
Rosa VanGilder..Daughter..Dec 1866..33..West Virginia..married..0 children

  Marriage Notes:

Event Type: Marriage
Name: Richard M Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1860
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Spouse's Name: Sarah E Doolittle
Source Reference: County Records
Record Number: 1535

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1MV-65N : 11 February 2018), Richard M Fast and Sarah E Doolittle, 1860; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,626.
-----------------------------------------------
¹