Jonathan Wesley Faust ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  General Notes:

The following information comes from the manuscript "By Way of Rotterdam" authored by Wirt Gerry Faust, a copy of which is in the possession of Robert G. Fast, 2309 Jonathon's Landing, Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46804. Published 1952, reprinted 1983; pages 47, 50, 51, 53, 85:

Jonathan Wesley Faust was the 2nd son of Jonathan Rex Fast and Elizabeth Ann Moran. He was born on the Big Lick Run farm on 9 Aug 1841, now in Marion County, West Virginia. The farm contained 300 acres, and there he and his brothers and sisters grew up. At the age of sixteen years he united with the Mt. Nebo Christian Church whose minister was the Rev. Mr. Finley Oaks. Later, he was appointed to the office of Elder of the church.

In 1861, answering the first call of President Lincoln for volunteers in the in the Union Army for the Civil War, he enlisted at Palatine, Virginia, now a part of the city of Fairmont, West Virginia, in Company C, 6th Virginia Infantry, which organization became Captain Thomas Maulsby's Independent Battery, Virginia Light Artillery. He was mustered in at Fairmont on 31 Dec 1861 as a private and was honorably discharged from the service on 27 Sept 1864 at Wheeling as a private in Battery F, First West Virginia Light Artillery. On 24 July 1864, in the battle at Carter's Farm, Winchester, Virginia, he was wounded by a shot in the shoulder; the effects remained with him. On this occasion, having been thrown from his horse and left behind by the disorganized retreating army, he was found and ministered to by a comrade, Sergeant Thomas Nelson Swisher, who, placing him upon a horse, rode with him to a nearby farmhouse where rest and food and comfortable lodging were secured for the night.

Soon after his army discharge he entered the McNeely Normal School, Hopedale, Ohio, remaining a student there for two years. In 1868, after a few terms of teaching, he enrolled in the West Virginia Agricultural College at Morgantown which later became a part of the State University. On Christmas Day 1870, he was married to Helen Matilda CARTER, who was born 28 Nov 1844, and died 2 Dec 1905. They went to housekeeping on a farm purchased near Boothsville, Marion County, West Virginia.
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Source: Robert G. Fast
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fastgk&id=I4293
"While a student at college, he adopted the spelling of the family name [Faust] which he always insisted was the original form."
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  Death Notes:

Name: Jonathan Wesley Faust
Event Date: 04 Mar 1940
Event Place: Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Age (Expanded): 98 years
Birth Date: 09 Aug 1841
Birthplace: Marion Co., W. Va.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Helen Matilda Carter
Father's Name: Jonathan Rex Faust
Father's Birthplace: W. Va.
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Ann Moran
Mother's Birthplace: W. Va.
Occupation: Farmer
Cemetery: Woodlawn Cem.
Burial Date: 06 Mar 1940
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 7 p 68

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMLX-ZXX : 10 March 2018), Jonathan Wesley Faust, 04 Mar 1940; citing Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, County Records, v 7 p 68, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 834,818.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Marion County, VA on 1 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 129B, Family 242, Roll 958
Eastern District, Marion County, Virginia
Wesley Fast..9..Virginia

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Aug 1841, then his age should have been 8 instead of 9.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Third District, Marion County, VA on 6 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 99, Family 696
Third Magisterial District, Marion County, Virginia
Jonathan W. Fast..18..Virginia..Laborer

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 6 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 53, Family 146
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
707 Locust Avenue; home owned no mortgage
Married 30 years
J. Wesley Faust..Head..Aug 1841..58..West Virginia..Farmer

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 19 April 1910. ⁵

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 62, Family 147, Roll 1687
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
707 Locust Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Jo(na)than Faust..Head..68..West Virginia..Widowed..Farm Operation
Carter Faust..Son..35..West Virginia..Superintendent Schools
Monta Faust..Daughter..30..West Virginia

(Jonathan was widowed and living with 2 children.)

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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 10 January 1920. ⁶

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 27, Family 159, Roll 1961
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
707 Locust Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Jonathan W. Faust..Head..78..West Virginia..Widowed..Farmer
Monta Faust..Daughter..40..West Virginia

(Jonathan was widowed and living with 1 daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 5 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 25-13, Family 148, Roll 2542
Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
707 Locust Avenue; Home owned, $15000
Jonathan Faust..Head..88..West Virginia..Widowed
Monta Faust..Daughter..51..West Virginia

(Jonathan was widowed and living with 1 daughter.)
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• He resided in Boothsville, WV in 1940.
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• He was buried on 6 March 1940 in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Fairmont, WV.

Find a Grave Memorial 229350688
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Jonathan married Helen Matilda Carter, daughter of Joshua Carter and Matilda Merrifield, on 25 December 1870 in , Marion County, WV.^{1 2} (Helen Matilda Carter was born on 28 November 1844 in Virginia,^{2 10} died on 2 December 1905 in Fairmont, WV ¹¹ and was buried after 2 December 1905 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Fairmont, WV on 6 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 53, Family 146
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
707 Locust Avenue; home owned no mortgage
Married 30 years
J. Wesley Faust..Head..Aug 1841..58..West Virginia..Farmer
Hellen M. Faust..Wife..Nov 1844..55..West Virginia..4/4
Carter L. Faust..Son..Dec 1873..26..West Virginia..Teacher
Monta Faust..Daughter..Aug 1878..21..West Virginia
Wirt G. Faust..Son..May 1886..14..West Virginia..At School
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Jonathan W. Fast
Sex: Male
Father's Name: Jonathan Fast
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Fast
Mother's Sex: Female
Spouse's Name: Hellen M. Carter
Spouse's Sex: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: Joshua Carter
Spouse's Father's Sex: Male
Spouse's Mother's Name: Matilda Carter
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1870
Marriage Place: Marion, West Virginia, United States
Source Details: 7-1870

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4B-Q2Q : 30 January 2020), Jonathan W. Fast, 1870.
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