Nancy R. Rider
(1850-1941)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Samuel Cover Fast

Nancy R. Rider 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 12 August 1850, Pennsylvania 1 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Samuel Cover Fast in 1875 1 2 3 4
  • Died: 1941 at age 91 5
  • Buried: 1941, McClellandtown, PA 5
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 4 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 327D, District 47, Dwelling 74, Family 75, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Nancy Fast..Wife..30..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 2 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 12 Aug 1850, then her age should have been 29 instead of 30.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B-4A, District 43, Dwelling 75, Family 75
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 25 years
Nancy R. Fast..Wife..Aug 1850..49..PA..7/7
(Living with husband and 7 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 3 January 1920. 4

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 60, Family 10, Roll 1569
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Masontown Road; Farm owned, no mortgage
Nancy R. Fast..Wife..69..PA
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She was buried in 1941 in the Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in McClellandtown, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #166134546
. 5


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Nancy married Samuel Cover Fast, son of Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover, in 1875.1 2 3 4 (Samuel Cover Fast was born on 23 January 1852 in Pennsylvania,1 2 3 4 6 7 died on 6 August 1925 1 7 and was buried after 6 August 1925 in McClellandtown, PA 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 4 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 327D, District 47, Dwelling 74, Family 75, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Samuel Fast..Self..28..PA..Labors On Farm
Nancy Fast..Wife..30..PA..Keeping House
Mat May Fast..Dau..4..PA
Silas M. Fast..Son..1..PA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B-4A, District 43, Dwelling 75, Family 75
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, with mortgage
Maried 25 years
Samuel C. Fast..Head..Jan 1852..48..PA..Farmer
Nancy R. Fast..Wife..Aug 1850..49..PA..7/7
Etta M. Fast..Dau..Apr 1876..24..PA..Music Teacher
Silas M. Fast..Son..Nov 1878..21..PA..Farm Laborer
Francis W. Fast..Son..Mar 1881..19..PA..Farm Laborer
Frank G. Fast..Son..Mar 1883..17..PA..Farm Laborer
Mary V. Fast..Dau..Mar 1885..15..PA
Ira E. Fast..Son..Jan 1887..13..PA..Farm Laborer
Nany B. Fast..Dau..Jun 1893..6..PA
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 3 January 1920. 4

1920 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 60, Family 10, Roll 1569
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Masontown Road; Farm owned, no mortgage
Samuel C. Fast..Head..67..PA..Farmer, General Farm
Nancy R. Fast..Wife..69..PA
Etta M. Fast..Dau..43..PA..Music Teacher, Traveling
Silas M. Fast..Son..41..PA..Farm Laborer, Company Farm
Wyles F. Fast..Son..38..PA..Farm Laborer, Home Farm
Nannie B. Fast..Dau..26..PA
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Sources


1 Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 188; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 47, p. 327D, dwelling 74, family 75, Samuel Cover Fast and Nancy R. Rider; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Nov 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1130.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 3B-4A, dwelling 75, family 75, Samuel Cover Fast and Nancy R. Rider; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 1A, family 10, Samuel Cover Fast and Nancy R. Rider; index and images (accessed 5 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1569.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 6 Nov 2017), https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fast&GSiman=1&GScid=343510&GRid=166134546&.

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 31, dwelling 209, family 217, Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1343.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 5 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102352719.


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