Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot Melissa Fast

Melissa Fast
(1844-1907)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Strickland

Melissa Fast ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 8 March 1844, Ashland, Ohio, United States ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Strickland before 1900
Died: 5 December 1907, Ashland, Ohio, United States at age 63 ⁵
Buried: After 5 December 1907, Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States ⁵

bullet Noted events in her life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 24 October 1850, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 497B, Dwelling 4, Family 4, Roll 658
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Melissa Fast..7..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Mar 1844, then her age should have been 6 instead of 7.

2. 1860 US Census, 5 June 1860, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 16, Roll 930, Dwelling 124, Family 121
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Malissa Fast..16..OH
(Living with father and step-mother.)

3. 1870 US Census, 28 June 1870, Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 14, Roll 1169, Dwelling 107, Family 106
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Melissa Fast..26..OH..Teaching
(Living with father and step-mother.)

4. 1900 US Census, 7 June 1900, Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁴ 1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 16, Dwelling 72, Family 72
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
House owned, no mortgage
Melissa Strickland..Head..Mar 1844..56..OH..Divorced..Nurse..1/0

(Melissa was divorced and living alone.)

5. Cemetery: Nova Cemetery, After 5 December 1907, Nova, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁵ The gravestone reads "Melissa Fast Strickland, Mar. 8, 1844 - Dec. 5, 1907 ".
Find A Grave Memorial 29259923

6. Obituary: Ashland Times and Gazette, 11 December 1907, Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, United States. STRICKLAND, Maliscia, nee FAST, born Troy Twp. Mar 1844, died Bank Saint home 5 Dec, buried Nova Cemetery, 63y 9m.

(Source: Ashland Times and Gazette, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, 11 Dec 1907)
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Melissa married Strickland before 1900. (Strickland was born about 1839 and died on an unknown date.)

1 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 497B, dwelling 4, family 4, Martin M. Fast and Harriet Hartman; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1401638 : accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

2 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 16, dwelling 124, family 121, Martin M. Fast and Nancy Jane Bumpus; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1473181 : accessed 28 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

3 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 14, dwelling 107, family 106, Martin M. Fast and Nancy Jane Bumpus; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 28 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1169.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 3B, dwelling 72, family 72, Melissa Fast; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 10 April 2019), memorial page for Melissa Fast Strickland (8 Mar 1844'9612 Dec 1907), Find A Grave Memorial no. 29259923, citing Nova Cemetery, Nova, Ashland County, Ohio, USA

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