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Christian Fast
(1762-1841)
Anna Barbara Mason
(1768-1855)
Jacob Martin Fast
(1788-1875)
Catharine Rex
(1794-1872)
Jacob Fast
(1818-1909)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret R. Baughman

Jacob Fast 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 23 February 1818, Orange Township, Ashland, OH 2 3 6 7 8
  • Marriage (1): Margaret R. Baughman on 22 May 1845 in Ashland County, OH 1 2 3
  • Died: 16 June 1909, Troy Township, Ashland County, OH at age 91 4 8 9
  • Buried: After 16 June 1909, Nova, OH 8
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1825 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 25 on the 1850 census.
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 7 November 1850. 5

1850 US Census
Page 388B, Roll 658, Dwelling 129, Family 129
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..25..OH
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 23 Feb 1818, then his age should have been 32 instead of 25.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 June 1860. 6

1860 US Census
Page 29, Roll 930, Dwelling 235, Family 226
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 22 June 1870. 7

1870 US Census
Page 3-4, Roll 1169, Dwelling 2, Family 21
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..52..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 10 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 233C-233D, Roll 0991, District 93, Family 75
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..Head..62..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 16, Dwelling 8, Family 8
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
married 55 years
farm owned, no mortgage
Jacob Fast..Head..Feb 1818..82..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and oldest son.)
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• He was buried after 16 June 1909 in the Nova Cemetery in Nova, OH.

Jacob's gravestone reads "Jacob Fast, 1818 - 1909".
Find A Grave Memorial #29259818
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• His obituary was published in the Ashland Times and Gazette on 30 June 1909 in Ashland, OH.

FAST, Jacob, of Troy Twp., died at home 2 miles N of Nova on Saturday, wife died about 1 year ago.

(Source: The Ashland Times and Gazette, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, 30 June 1909, page 33)
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• His obituary was published in the Ashland Times and Gazette on 7 July 1909 in Ashland, OH.

FAST, Jacob, died 16 June 1909, 91y 4m 2d, born Orange Township, 23 Feb 1818, grandson of Christian Fast, son of Jacob Sr. who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1815, mother was Catharine Rex, a native of West Moreland, Virginia, he was one of nine, 2 survive; Alzina and Ephraim, married 22 May 1845, Margaret R. Baughman who died 23 Aug 1908, in the fall of 1845 at Troy Township where all 10 children were born and raised, 9 survive; Ephraim, W. S., Jacob H., Jesse R., Almira J., Sopronia C., Martha M., and Sarah B., buried Nova Cemetery.

(Source: The Ashland Times and Gazette, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, 7 July 1909, page 34)
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Jacob married Margaret R. Baughman, daughter of Henry Baughman and Catherine Cline, on 22 May 1845 in Ashland County, OH.1 2 3 (Margaret R. Baughman was born on 6 March 1824 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH,3 4 6 10 died on 22 August 1908 in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH 4 10 and was buried after 22 August 1908 in Nova, OH 10 11.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 7 November 1850. 5

1850 US Census
Page 388B, Roll 658, Dwelling 129, Family 129
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..25..OH
Margaret Fast..25..OH
Ephraim W. Fast..4..OH
Almyra Fast..2..OH
Catherine Fast..8M..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 June 1860. 6

1860 US Census
Page 29, Roll 930, Dwelling 235, Family 226
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..42..OH..Farmer
Margaret R. Fast..36..OH
Ephraim Fast..13..OH
Almira Fast..12..OH
Soprona Fast..11..OH
Martha Fast..9..OH
Mary M. Fast..8..OH
Ruth A. Fast..6..OH
Jacob Fast..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 22 June 1870. 7

1870 US Census
Page 3-4, Roll 1169, Dwelling 2, Family 21
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..52..OH..Farmer
Margaret Fast..45..OH..Keeping House
Ephriam Fast..23..OH
Almira Fast..21..OH
Sophrona Fast..20..OH
Martha Fast..18..OH
Melissa Fast..16..OH
Ruth Fast..14..OH
Jacob Fast..12..OH
Jesse Fast..9..OH
Sarah Fast..6..OH
George Fast..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 233C-233D, Roll 0991, District 93, Family 75
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..Head..62..OH..Farmer
Margaret Fast..Wife..55..OH
Ephraim W. Fast..Son..38..OH..Works On Farm
Jacob H. Fast..Son..22..OH..Works On Farm
Jessee R. Fast..Son..19..OH..Works On Farm
Sarah B. Fast..Dau..16..OH
George W. Fast..Son..12..OH
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 16, Dwelling 8, Family 8
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
married 55 years
farm owned, no mortgage
Jacob Fast..Head..Feb 1818..82..OH..Farmer
Margaret R. Fast..Wife..Mar 1824..76..OH..10/10
Ephraim W. Fast..Son..Apr 1847..53..OH..Farm Laborer
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Sources


1 Glenn K. Fast, "History and Roll Call of the Descendants of Nicholas Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=fastgk; Updated: 2007-12-23 00:47:07 UTC (Sun)).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 93, p. 233C-233D, family 75, Jacob Fast and Margaret R. Baughman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 1 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0991.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 1A, dwelling 8, family 8, Jacob Fast and Margaret R. Baughman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 Ray W. Justus, Chandler, AZ [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail, 31 Oct 2009, "George Washington Curry"; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.

5 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 388B, dwelling 129, family 129; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

6 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 29, dwelling 235, family 226, Jacob Fast and Margaret R. Baughman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

7 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 3-4, dwelling 22, family 21; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1169.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 28 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29259818.

9 Bobby Brummett, "Brummett Family Tree."

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 28 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29259811.

11 Obituary Newspaper Publication, THE ASHLAND TIMES AND GAZETTE, Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, 2 SEPTEMBER 1908.


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