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Christian Fast
(1762-1841)
Anna Barbara Mason
(1768-1855)
John Blosser
(1767-1829)
Mary Catherine Clemmer
(1767-)
Nicholas Jacob Fast
(1786-1868)
Barbara Blosser
(1788-1870)
Jemima Fast
(1829-1862)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jesse Simmons

Jemima Fast 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 16 August 1829, Ohio 1 2 5
  • Marriage (1): Jesse Simmons on 21 November 1845 in , Lorain County, OH 1 2
  • Died: 1862 at age 33 5
  • Buried: 1862, Nova, OH 5
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1828 and a birth location of Ohio.

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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 6 November 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 384A, Roll 658, Dwelling 51, Family 51
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jemima Symons..22..OH
(Living with husband, 3 children, and 2 step-children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Aug 1829, then her age should have been 20 instead of 22.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1860. 4

1860 US Census
Page 40, Roll 930, Dwelling 320, Family 307
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jemina Simmons..31..OH
(Living with husband and 8 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Aug 1829, then her age should have been 30 instead of 31.
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• She has alternate death information of 3 March 1861. Several researchers provide this date of death coming from various previously published manuscripts and books. However, her gravestone clearly indicates 1862 and not 1861.
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• She was buried in 1862 in the Nova Cemetery in Nova, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #95009252
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Jemima married Jesse Simmons on 21 November 1845 in , Lorain County, OH.1 2 (Jesse Simmons was born in October 1815 in Ohio,6 7 8 died after 1 June 1900 9 and was buried after 1 June 1900 in Nova, OH.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 6 November 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 384A, Roll 658, Dwelling 51, Family 51
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jesse Symons..25..OH..Farmer
Jemima Symons..22..OH
Harvey Symons..11..OH
Sarah A. Symons..8..OH
Francis Symons..5..OH
Louisa J. Symons..3..OH
James W. Symons..1..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1860. 4

1860 US Census
Page 40, Roll 930, Dwelling 320, Family 307
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jesse Simmons..43..OH..Farmer
Jemina Simmons..31..OH
Francis J. Simmons..13..OH
Louisa Simmons..12..OH
James W. Simmons..11..OH
Wm. J. Simmons..9..OH
Geo. Simmons..8..OH
Daniel J. Simmons..6..OH
Catharine Simmons..4..OH
J. P. Simmons..3..OH
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Sources


1 Bill Loucks, "Bill Loucks Family History" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bloucks89; Updated: 2008-12-19 16:23:28 UTC (Fri)).

2 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 21 Mar 2010).

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 384A, dwelling 51, family 51; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 40, dwelling 320, family 307, Jesse Simmons and Jemima Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 22 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95009252.

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 10, dwelling 80, family 79, Jessie Simmons and Effie J. Andrews; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1169.

7 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 93, p. 235C, family 116, Jessie Simmons; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 991.

8 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 2B, dwelling 43, family 43, Jessie Simmons and Effie J. Andrews; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1237.

9 USGenWeb Archives database, Nova Cemetery (http://files.usgwarchives.org/oh/ashland/cemeteries/nova.txt : accessed 21 Mar 2010), SIMMONS - Jessie 1815 - 1900.


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