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George R. Fast
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George R. Fast 3 4 5
- Born: 20 October 1793, , Washington County, PA 5 6
- Marriage (1): Susannah Shough on 14 January 1816 in , Fayette County, PA 1
- Marriage (2): Henrietta Elizabeth Heiffner after 1838 2
- Died: 31 October 1852, Ashland County, OH at age 59 5
- Buried: After 31 October 1852, Ashland County, OH 5
 Burial Notes:
George's gravestone in Saint Luke's Cemetery is a vaulted top obelisk of gray marble. The inscription reads "George Fast, Died Oct 31, 1852, Aged 59y & 11d".
Plot: age 59y 11d
Find A Grave Memorial# 22573271
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George married Susannah Shough, daughter of Joseph Shough and Catherine Schissler, on 14 January 1816 in , Fayette County, PA.1 (Susannah Shough was born calculated 2 September 1796 in Berkeley County, VA,7 died on 5 October 1838 6 7 8 and was buried after 5 October 1838 in Ohio 3 7 8.)
Marriage Notes:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #1334]
"This account is in the family record. George Fast and Susannah Shough were born in Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio when my Mother, Catherine Fast Fluke, was a babe. Grandmother Fast rode horseback part of the trip, carrying Mother in her arms. Indians were plentiful and the land covered with timber."
Their sons, Phillip and Jesse, and their daughters, Mary Ann and Catherine, all moved to Iowa.
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George next married Henrietta Elizabeth Heiffner after 1838.2 (Henrietta Elizabeth Heiffner was born calculated 15 August 1811 in Pennsylvania,9 died on 26 April 1853 9 and was buried after 26 April 1853 in Ashland County, OH 9.)
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Sources
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Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 184, 223; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].
2
Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).
3
Becky Teubner (Becky Teubner has posted many messages relating to her visits to various cemeteries around Ohio and the Fast family gravestones that are located there. Most of these messages are archived at Genealogy.com's message database at http://genforum.genealogy.com/fast/messages/.), http://genforum.genealogy.com/fast/messages/311.html.
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Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 180, 182, 184, 223; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22573271.
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Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 184; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22573283.
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Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire : accessed 13 May 2012).
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23671529.
