William Edwin Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Birth Notes:

Name: William E. Fast
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 13 Sep 1867
Event Place: Doddridge Co., West Virginia, United States
Sex: Male
Father's Name: Hiram N. Fast
Mother's Name: Lydia
Reference ID: p 33 l 22

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMZ3-2SC : 10 March 2018), William E. Fast, 13 Sep 1867; citing Doddridge Co., West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 838,202.
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  Death Notes:

Name: William Edwin Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 May 1939
Event Place: Akron, Summit, Ohio
Sex: Male
Age: 71
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: white
Occupation: Retired
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1867
Birth Year (Estimated): 1868
Birthplace: W. Va.
Burial Date: 07 May 1939
Cemetery: Lakewood
Father's Name: Hiram Fast
Father's Birthplace: W. Va.
Spouse's Name: Emma Fast
Record Number: 186

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Q2-82J : 15 August 2019), William Edwin Fast, 05 May 1939; citing Akron, Summit, Ohio, reference fn 33986; FHL microfilm 2,023,715.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sardis Township, Harrison County, WV on September 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 25, Family 176
Sardis Township, Harrison, West Virginia, United States
William E. Fast..2..West Virginia..At Home

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Glade Magisterial District, Webster County, WV on 6 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 157, Family 368, Roll 1698
Glade Magisterial District, Webster, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 22 years
William E. Fast..Head..42..West Virginia..Farmer, Working Out

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• Death Image: 5 May 1939, in Akron, OH. ⁵

• He was buried on 7 May 1939 in the Lakewood Cemetery in Akron, OH.

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William married Emma J. Anderson, daughter of William R. Anderson and Unknown, on 25 November 1887 in , Wirt County, WV.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Emma J. Anderson was born in 1870 in Calhoun County, WV ² and died on an unknown date.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Glade Magisterial District, Webster County, WV on 6 May 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 20B, District 157, Family 368, Roll 1698
Glade Magisterial District, Webster, West Virginia, United States
Home rented
Married 22 years
William E. Fast..Head..42..West Virginia..Farmer, Working Out
Emma J. Fast..Wife..40..West Virginia..7/3
Claudie H. Fast..Son..9..West Virginia
Clyde C. Fast..Son..6..West Virginia
Glodis S. Fast..Daughter..2..West Virginia
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• William Edwin Fast and Emma J. Anderson were divorced before 1 January 1920. ⁶ The 1920 US Census for Emma showed that she was divorced.
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Wm E Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Nov 1887
Event Place: West Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): West Virginia, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 20
Birth Year (Estimated): 1867
Spouse's Name: Emma J Anderson
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1869

Citing this Record
West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-VRZT : 12 September 2020), Wm E Fast and Emma J Anderson, 25 Nov 1887; citing Marriage, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
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