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Martin Fast
(1816-1880)
Mary Ann Cain
(1819-1854)
William Rankin
(Abt 1826-)
Helen Mitchell
(Abt 1831-)
Merritt Quincy Fast
(1854-1929)
Hannah E. Rankin
(1856-1925)
Merritt Henry Fast
(1884-1943)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emily Sulton

Merritt Henry Fast 1 2 3

  • Born: October 1884, , Marion County, MO 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Emily Sulton on an unknown date 1
  • Died: 31 October 1943, Larned, KS at age 59 2
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Jackson Township, Macon County, MO on 8 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 74, Dwelling 77, Family 77
Jackson Township, Macon County, Missouri
Farm owned, with mortgage
Merrit Fast..Son..Oct 1884..15..MO..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Liberal, KS on 5 January 1920. 1

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 224, Family 50, Roll 550
Liberal, Seward County, Kansas
New York Avenue; Home rented
Merritt Fast..Son..36..MO..Liveryman, Auto
(Living with wife at the home of his parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Oct 1884, then his age should have been 35 instead of 36.
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Merritt married Emily Sulton on an unknown date.1 (Emily Sulton was born in 1900 in Kansas 1 and died after 1 January 1920.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Liberal, KS on 5 January 1920. 1

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 224, Family 50, Roll 550
Liberal, Seward County, Kansas
New York Avenue; Home rented
Merritt Fast..Son..36..MO..Liveryman, Auto
Emily Fast..Wife(?)..19..KS

(Living at the home of Merritt's parents.)
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Sources

1 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, enumeration district (ED) 224, sheet 2B, family 50, Merritt Henry Fast and Emily Sulton; index and images (accessed 8 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 550.

2 Glenn Fast, "History and Roll Call of the Descendants of Nicholas Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fastgk : accessed 12 Jan 2010).

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Jackson Township, Macon County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 5A, dwelling 77, family 77, Merritt Quincy Fast and Hannah E. Rankin; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 14 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

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