Lear Melissa Fast

Christian Fast
(1795-1840)

Elizabeth Blosser
(1794-1834)

Robert Richardson
(Abt 1800-After 1829)

Catherine Bullen
(Abt 1800-After 1829)

Isaac Fast
(1820-1895)

Narcissa Richardson
(1829-After 1880)

Lear Melissa Fast
(1859-1934)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Nelson Clark

Lear Melissa Fast ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: September 1859, , Pike County, IL ¹ ² ⁴
Marriage (1): Nelson Clark in 1880 ¹ ²
Died: 1934 at age 75

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL on 12 August 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 29, Dwelling 214, Family 214
Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, Illinois
Lear Faust..11..IL
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Sep 1859, then her age should have been 10 instead of 11.
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Bartlett Township, Ohio, KY on 15 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 681B, District 196, Dwelling 264, Family 277, Roll 243
Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois
Leer M. Clark..Wife..20..IL..Keeping House
(Living with husband and his younger sister.)
.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Martinsburg Township, Pike County, IL on 21 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 119, Dwelling 208, Family 208
Martinsburg Township, Pike County, Illinois
House rented
Lear M. Clark..Head..Sep 1859..40..IL..Wd..11/5
Charley E. Clark..Son..Apr 1883..17..IL..Farm Laborer
Clarence A. Clark..Son..Mar 1887..13..MO
Isaac C. Clark..Son..May 1889..11..MO
John W. Clark..Son..May 1891..9..IL
(Widowed and living with 4 sons.)

NOTE - Can it be accurate that she already had 11 children?
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL on 16 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 171, Family 184, Roll 401
Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, Illinois
Six Mile Creek Road; Farm rented
Lear Clark..Head..59..IL..Wd
John Clark..Son..29..IL..Farmer, Farm
Isaac Clark..Son..30..IL..Laborer, Farm
Leartha Clark..Granddaughter..8..IL

(Lear was widowed and living with 2 sons.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Sep 1859, then his age should have been 60 instead of 59.
.

Lear married Nelson Clark, son of George Clark and Matilda, in 1880.¹ ² (Nelson Clark was born in 1856 in Illinois ¹ ² and died between 1891 and 1900.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Bartlett Township, Ohio, KY on 15 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 681B, District 196, Dwelling 264, Family 277, Roll 243
Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois
Nelson Clark..Self..21..IL..Farmer
Leer M. Clark..Wife..20..IL..Keeping House
Rebecca Clark..Sister..15..IL..At Home
.

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, Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 196, p. 681B, dwelling 264, family 277, Nelson Clark and Lear M. Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Aug 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 243.

3 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, Illinois, p. 29, dwelling 214, family 214, Isaac Fast and Narcissa Richardson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

4 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Martinsburg Township, Pike County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 10A, dwelling 208, family 208, Lear Melissa Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Feb 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

5 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 171, sheet 8A, family 184, Lear M. Fast; index and images (accessed 23 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 401.

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Lear Melissa Fast ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵