Abraham Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #1334; Sandra S. Shuster]
Moved to Mercer County, Ohio in 1854.
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  Death Notes:

The county death register shows Abraham Fast died while a resident of the "Infirmary" in Mercer County, Ohio. This was the county's version of the poor-house. Thus his burial location was probably one of the pauper burial sites at various cemeteries in the area and was most likely not marked.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, OH on 5 September 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 416A, Dwelling 104, Family 106
Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Abram Fast..23..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and son.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 12 July 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 342A, Roll 1009, Dwelling 747, Family 752
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Ab'm Fast..34..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 5 Nov 1826, then his age should have been 33 instead of 34.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 17 June 1880. ¹³

1880 US Census
Page 361B, Roll 1048, District 181, Dwelling 166, Family 170
Center Township. Mercer County, Ohio
Abraham Fast..Head..53..OH..Farmer..Widowed
Benjamin M. Fast..Son..13..OH..Works on Farm
Erene R. Fast..Daughter..10..OH..At Home

(Abraham was widowed and living with 2 children.)

NOTE - At the time of this census, the name of Rebecca, his 2nd wife that he married in 1866, was not listed so I assume that they either separated or she died prior to 1880. Five days after this census was taken, Abraham married his 3rd wife on 22 Jun 1880, Alvernon Lovett. His married son, Anderson, was living next door to him.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Greenville, OH on 1 June 1900. ⁷

1900 U.S. Census
Sheet 1A, District 57, Dwelling 6, Family 7, Roll 1262
Greenville, Darke County, Ohio
811 Jackson Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Abraham Fast..Head..Nov 1826..73..OH..Widowed..Carpenter
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper in April 1902.

Abraham Fast was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, November 5, 1826 and died in Mercer County, Ohio, April 19, 1902, age 75 years; 5 months, and 14 days. He was united in marriage to Rachael Sheets in 1848. To them were born 6 children, four boys and two girls. This union was broken by death in 1865. Later he was married to Rebecca Conkle. To them were born two children, one boy and one girl. This union was also severed by the hand of death. Again he was married to Alice Reynolds. To them was born one child.

He leaves one brother, one sister, eight children and twenty-two grandchildren to mourn. He was converted to the Lord at an early day, and continued until his death. He was not afraid of death but his chief concern was to be ready when his Master called.
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Abraham married Rachel Sheets, daughter of John Sheets and Unknown, on 4 July 1849 in , Fairfield County, OH.¹ (Rachel Sheets was born in 1833 in Ohio ^{4 5} and died on 10 April 1865 ^{11 12}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, OH on 5 September 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 416A, Dwelling 104, Family 106
Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Abram Fast..23..OH..Farmer
Rachel Fast..17..OH
Andrew Fast..11M..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 12 July 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 342A, Roll 1009, Dwelling 747, Family 752
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Ab'm Fast..34..OH..Farmer
Rachel Fast..27..OH
Anderson Fast..11..OH
Barbary Fast..4..OH
Louisa..3..OH
Jesse Fast..3m..OH
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Abraham next married Rebecca Manley Conkle on 18 February 1866 in , Mercer County, OH.² (Rebecca Manley Conkle was born in 1833 ^{11 12} and died after 26 March 1870.)

Abraham next married Alvernon Lovett, daughter of Joseph Nathaniel Lovett and Phebe Fishbaugh, on 22 June 1880 in , Mercer County, OH.³ (Alvernon Lovett was born on 3 December 1849,^{11 12} died on 3 September 1930 in Staten Island, NY ^{11 12} and was buried in September 1930 in Saint Marys, OH ^{9 12}.)

  Marriage Notes:

Abraham Fast married Alvernon (Lovett) Reynolds in 1880 after her first husband, J. W. Reynolds, traveled west and hadn't come home or been heard from. When her daughter, Phoebe Anna Fast, was young, Abraham set Alvernon up in a house in Saint Mary's, Ohio. The reason for this is supposedly that Abraham's older children didn't like or approve of the marriage. Alvernon's first husband did show up or wrote to her after she had remarried. (This was information that was told to me by Elizabeth Hossler who received the information from Ruth (Hossler) Wood.)
(Source: Web Site: The Philip Bailey Family Page, see List of Sources)
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