Hannah Robbins Day ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial# 50602756

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1820 and a birth location of New York.

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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Lee Township, Fulton County, IL on 12 October 1850. ⁵

1850 US Census
Page 258, Dwelling 38, Family 39
Lee, Fulton County, Illinois
Hannah Fast..31..NY
(Living with husband and 6 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Lee Township, Fulton County, IL on 12 September 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 837, Roll 179, Dwelling 3386, Family 3348
Lee Township, Fulton County, Illinois
Hannah Fast..41..NY
(Living with husband and 11 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Lamar Township, Barton County, MO on 3 September 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 29, Dwelling 219, Family 219
Lamar Township, Barton County, Missouri
Hannah Fast..50..NY..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 6 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 12 Oct 1818, then her age should have been 51 instead of 50.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lamar Township, Barton County, MO on 16 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 427D, Roll 0673, District 261, Dwelling 330, Family 367
Lamar Township, Barton County, Missouri
Hannah Fast..Wife..62..NY..Keeping House
(Living with husband, son, and grand-daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 12 Oct 1818, then her age should have been 61 instead of 62.
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Hannah married John Jay Fast, son of Christian Fast and Elizabeth Blosser, on 13 September 1835 in , Richland County, OH.^{1 2 3 4} (John Jay Fast was born on 16 October 1814 in , Greene County, PA,^{1 2 3 5 6 7 9 11 12} died on 27 November 1891 in Barton County, MO ^{1 2 3 12} and was buried after 27 November 1891 in Liberal, MO ^{3 11 12 13}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Lee Township, Fulton County, IL on 12 October 1850. ⁵

1850 US Census
Page 258, Dwelling 38, Family 39
Lee, Fulton County, Illinois
John J. Fast..35..PA..Farmer
Hannah Fast..31..NY
William Fast..12..IL
Martin Fast..10..IL
John J. Fast..8..IL
Charles Fast..6..IL
Sarah M. Fast..4..IL
Orin Fast..1..IL
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Lee Township, Fulton County, IL on 12 September 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 837, Roll 179, Dwelling 3386, Family 3348
Lee Township, Fulton County, Illinois
John J. Fast..45..PA..Farmer
Hannah Fast..41..NY
William Fast..22..IL..Farmer
Martin Fast..20..IL..Farmer
John Fast..18..IL..Farmer
Charles Fast..15..IL
Sarah Fast..13..IL
Oren Fast..11..IL
Byron Fast..9..IL
Myron Fast..8..IL
Allice Fast..6..IL
Annice Fast..3..IL
Infant Fast..1..IL
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Lamar Township, Barton County, MO on 3 September 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 29, Dwelling 219, Family 219
Lamar Township, Barton County, Missouri
John J. Fast..55..PA..Farmer
Hannah Fast..50..NY..Keeping House
Martin Fast..30..IL..Farmer
Byron Fast..19..IL..At Home
Myron Fast..17..IL..At Home
Alice Fast..15..IL..At Home
Annis Fast..14..IL..At Home
Marrella Fast..13..IL..At Home
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lamar Township, Barton County, MO on 16 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 427D, Roll 0673, District 261, Dwelling 330, Family 367
Lamar Township, Barton County, Missouri
John J. Fast..Head..66..PA..Farmer
Hannah Fast..Wife...62..NY..Keeping House
Martin Fast..Son...40..IL..Farmer
Ida May Fast..GDau..4..MO

NOTE - Ida May Fast's father was Myron Fast who just recently married his second wife.
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  Marriage Notes:

John Jay Fast was born 16 Oct 1814 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was reared on a farm and had very meager educational advantages, not attending school more than a year altogether. By private study, however, he qualified himself for teaching and followed this profession for some time.

On 13 Sep 1835, he was married to Hannah Day, a native of New York State. Born 12 Oct 1818, the daughter of Samuel and Hannah Robbins Day, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts, respectively. In 1836, they moved to Fulton County, Illinois, where his family lived for thirty years. In 1866, they moved to Barton County, Missouri. John Jay was the first treasurer of the Lamar School Board. He was a prosperous farmer and a much respected citizen. He and his wife were members of the Free Will Baptist Church.

Hannah (Day) Fast died 5 Jul 1899. John Jay Fast died 27 Nov 1891. They are buried at Barton City Cemetery.

Information originally taken from "By Way of Rotterdam" and posted in "Descendants of Nicklaus Fast", reprinted 1999.
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