Nancy Jane Wells ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: Nancy Jane Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Oct 1919
Event Place: Barberton, Summit, Ohio
Address: 115 Fredrick Ct.
Sex: Female
Age: 58
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: w
Occupation: housewife
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1861
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Birthplace: Schultz, W. Va
Burial Date: 08 Oct 1919
Cemetery: Lakewook Cem.
Father's Name: Samual Wells
Father's Birthplace: W. Va.
Spouse's Name: Hiram Fast
Record Number: 117

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8LW-J8X : 15 August 2019), Nancy Jane Fast, 06 Oct 1919; citing Barberton, Summit, Ohio, reference fn 60420; FHL microfilm 1,984,937.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Reedy Magisterial District, Wirt County, WV on 29 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 126, Family 322
Reedy Magisterial District, Wirt, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 18 years
Nancy J. Fast..Wife..Jul 1861..38..West Virginia..5/5

(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Barberton, OH on 25 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 192, Family 192, Roll 1234
Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States
1309 Wooster Avenue; Home rented
Nancy J. Fast..Head..48..West Virginia..Widowed..Keeper, Boading House
N. Victoria Murray..Daughter..23..West Virginia..Married 5 years..3/1..Rubber Works, Rubber Factory
Emma B. Boorin..Daughter..19..West Virginia..Married 3 years..1/1
Joseph R. Fast..Son..17..West Virginia..Rubber Works, Rubber Factory
Mamie E. Murray..Granddaughter..6..West Virginia
Arretta L. Boorin..Granddaughter..2..West Virginia
Laura L. Ball..Granddaughter..8..West Virginia
John H. Boorin..Son-in-law..23..West Virginia..Married 3 years
Elizabeth Burns..Niece..23..West Virginia..Married 3 years..0/0
Warren W. Burns..Boarder..37..Ohio

(Nancy was widowed and living with 3 children, 3 granddaughters, and 1 son-in-law.)
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• Death Image: 6 October 1919, in Barberton, OH. ⁴

• She was buried on 8 October 1919 in the Lakewood Cemetery in Akron, OH.

Find a Grave Memorial 98322909
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Nancy married Hiram Nelson Fast, son of John Jacob Fast and Maria W. Knight, on 22 July 1882 in , Wirt County, WV.^{1 2} (Hiram Nelson Fast was born in March 1827 in , Monongalia County, VA ^{2 6 7 8} and died between 1900 and 1910.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Reedy Magisterial District, Wirt County, WV on 29 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 16B, District 126, Family 322
Reedy Magisterial District, Wirt, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 18 years
Hiram M. Fast..Head..Mar 1827..73..West Virginia..Farmer
Nancy J. Fast..Wife..Jul 1861..38..West Virginia..5/5
James N. Fast..Son..Mar 1880..20..West Virginia..At School
Alfa M. Fast..Daughter..Mar 1883..17..West Virginia..At School
Norma V. Fast..Daughter..Aug 1885..14..West Virginia..At School
Emma B. Fast..Daughter..Oct 1887..12..West Virginia..At School
Joseph A. R. Fast..Son..Feb 1889..11..West Virginia..At School
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: H N Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Jul 1882
Event Place: West Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): West Virginia, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 56
Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
Spouse's Name: Nancy J Wells
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Age: 26
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1856

Citing this Record
West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-VGJM : 12 September 2020), H N Fast and Nancy J Wells, 22 Jul 1882; citing Marriage, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
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When Hiram and Nancy were married in 1882, he was 55 years old and she was 21 which was just 1 year older than his oldest son, James.
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