Mary J. Dixon ^{1 2}

   Another name for Mary was Mary Jane Dickson.³

  General Notes:

Some researchers give her name as Mary Dixon Rast which may indicate that she was married previously and her maiden name is Dixon. Other researchers give her surname as Dickson instead of Dixon.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 11 February 1864. ³ This birth date appears on her Find-A-Grave memorial page.

2. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Lamar Township, Barton, Missouri, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 428B, Roll 0673
Lamar Township, Barton County, Missouri
Mary Fast..Wife..17..IL..Keeping House
(Living with husband.)

3. 1900 US Census, 13 July 1900, Otoe Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 20A, District 126, Family 365
Otoe Township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma Territory, United States
farm rented
Married 20 years
Mary Fast..Wife..Feb 1863..37..IL..12/8
(Living with husband and 8 children.)

4. Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery, After 14 December 1914, Perkins, Payne, Oklahoma, United States. ³ Find A Grave Memorial #29684760

Mary married Myron Fast, son of John Jay Fast and Hannah Robbins Day, on 8 May 1880 in Lamar Township, Barton, Missouri, United States.^{1 2} (Myron Fast was born on 8 June 1852 in Fulton, Illinois, United States,^{1 4 5 6} died on 14 December 1928 in Glencoe, Payne, Oklahoma, United States ⁶ and was buried after 14 December 1928 in Glencoe, Payne, Oklahoma, United States ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Lamar Township, Barton, Missouri, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 428B, Roll 0673
Lamar Township, Barton County, Missouri
Myron Fast..Head..28..IL..Farmer
Mary Fast..Wife..17..IL..Keeping House

NOTE - Both of Myron's wives were named Mary. He married his first wife probably in 1876 because their first child was born in 1877. He married his second wife on May 8, 1880 in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri. The Mary listed on the 1880 census record indicates that she was born in Illinois so it seems most likely that this was his first wife. Otherwise, if it were his second wife, then she would have been single when she traveled to Missouri to marry Myron, something unlikely for a 17 year old. Yet, if this is his first wife, why was their child living with Myron's parents?

2. 1900 US Census, 13 July 1900, Otoe Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 20A, District 126, Family 365
Otoe Township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma Territory, United States
farm rented
Married 20 years
Myron Fast..Head..Jun 1853..46..IL..Farmer
Mary Fast..Wife..Feb 1863..37..IL..12/8
Albert Fast..Son..Nov 1881..18..MO..Farm Laborer
Julius Fast..Son..Nov 1883..16..MO..Farm Laborer
Edith Fast..Daughter..Mar 1885..15..MO
George Fast..Son..Sep 1886..13..MO..Farm Laborer
Day Fast..Son..Feb 1888..12..MO..Farm Laborer
Marilla Fast..Daughter..Oct 1889..10..MO
Leo Fast..Son..Sep 1892..7..OK
Luke Fast..Son..May 1895..5..OK