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Christian Fast
(1795-1840)
Elizabeth Blosser
(1794-1834)
David Caine
(Abt 1789-)
Deborah Kester
(Abt 1794-)
Martin Fast
(1816-1880)
Mary Ann Cain
(1819-1854)
Butler Banks Fast
(1850-1933)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth Prichard

Butler Banks Fast 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

  • Born: 22 March 1850, , Fulton County, IL 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  • Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth Prichard on 23 August 1873 in , Fulton County, IL 1 2 3
  • Died: 13 April 1933, Kingston, ID at age 83 4 5 12
  • Buried: After 13 April 1933, Kingston, ID 5 12
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bullet  Death Notes:

Name: Butler Banks Fast
Event Date: 13 Apr 1933
Event Place: Kingston, Shoshone, Idaho
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1850
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: Martin Fast
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Miss Woods
Mother's Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Occupation: Farmer
Burial Place: Kingston
Burial Date: 15 Apr 1933
GS Film number: 1530915
Reference ID: cn 84338

Citing this Record:
"Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLR1-95D : accessed 12 March 2015), Butler Banks Fast, 13 Apr 1933; citing Kingston, Shoshone, Idaho, reference cn 84338, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise; FHL microfilm 1,530,915.
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bullet  Burial Notes:

Plot: New section row 7
Find A Grave Memorial# 52908998

Butler's name is apparently misspelled on the gravestone as Butlar. He shares a common gravestone with his son Robert B. Fast.
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Utica, IL on 21 November 1850. 6

1850 US Census
Page 329A, Family 8, Roll 107
Utica, Fulton County, Illinois
Butler Fast..3m..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Banner Township, Fulton, IL on 6 July 1860. 7

1860 US Census
Page 137-138, Roll 179, Dwelling 986, Family 964
Banner Township, Fulton County, Illinois
Butler Fast..10..IL
(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Banner Township, Fulton, IL on 18 July 1870. 8

1870 US Census
Page 5, Family 41, Roll 244
Banner Township, Fulton County, Illinois
Butler Fast..20..IL..Farm Laborer
(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Liverpool, IL on 18 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 318B, District 51, Dwelling 5, Family 198, Roll 208
Liverpool, Fulton County, Illinois
Bulter Fast..Head..30..IL..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Galena Township, Jasper, MO on 28 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 34B, District 31, Dwelling 731, Family 734, Roll 865
Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri
home owned, no mortgage
married 26 years
Butler Fast..Head..Mar 1850..50..IL..Teamster
(Living with wife, 7 children, and brother-in-law.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Kingston, ID on 2 May 1910. 9

1910 US Census
Sheet 9B, District 250, Family 167, Roll 227
Kingston, Shoshone County, Idaho
Farm owned, no mortgage
Butler B. Fast..Head..60..IL..Divorced..Farmer
Robert B. Fast..Son..32..IL..married 2 years..Quartz Miner
Margaret Fast..Daughter-in-Law..18..KS..married 2 years..0/0
Christopher Fast..Son..24..KS..Lead Miner

(Butler was divorced and had his married son, Robert, and other son, Christopher living with him.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, ID on 14 January 1920. 10

1920 US Census
Sheet 6A, District 167, Family 25, Roll 294
Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, Idaho
Farm owned, with mortgage
Butler B. Fast..Father..69..IL..Widowed..Farmer, General Farm
(Living at the home of his married son, Robert, and his family.)
.

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Addy, WA on 11 April 1930. 11

1930 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 1, Dwelling 118, Family 118, Roll 2520
Addy, Stevens County, Washington
Butler Banks Fast..Father..80..IL
(Living at the home of his married son, Fred, and his family.)
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Butler married Mary Elizabeth Prichard, daughter of John E. Prichard and Laura, on 23 August 1873 in , Fulton County, IL.1 2 3 The marriage ended in divorce. (Mary Elizabeth Prichard was born in July 1855 in Illinois 2 3 and died in 1931.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Liverpool, IL on 18 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 318B, District 51, Dwelling 5, Family 198, Roll 208
Liverpool, Fulton County, Illinois
Bulter Fast..Head..30..IL..Farmer
Mary E. Fast..Wife..24..IL..Keeping House
Anna E. Fast..Dau..4..IL
Robert B. Fast..Son..2..IL
Mary A. Fast..Dau..3m..IL
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Galena Township, Jasper, MO on 28 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 34B, District 31, Dwelling 731, Family 734, Roll 865
Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri
home owned, no mortgage
married 26 years
Butler Fast..Head..Mar 1850..50..IL..Teamster
Mary Fast..Wife..Jul 1855..44..IL
Robert Fast..Son..Jan 1878..22..IL..Day Laborer
Allie Fast..Dau..Mar 1880..20..IL
Christie Fast..Son..Nov 1884..15..KS
Ethel Fast..Dau..Dec 1886..13..KS
Fred Fast..Son..Apr 1889..11..KS
Bertha May Fast..Dau..Mar 1892..8..KS
Beeman Fast..Son..Sep 1895..4..KS
Guy Prichard..BroL..Jun 1867..32..IL..Laborer in Lead & Zinc Mines
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• Butler Banks Fast and Mary Elizabeth Prichard were divorced after 1900. The 1910 Census record for Butler showed that he was divorced.
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Sources


1 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 14 Jan 2010).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Liverpool, Fulton County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 51, p. 318B, dwelling 5, family 198, Butler Banks Fast and Mary E. Prichard; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 May 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 208.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 34A, dwelling 731, family 731, Butler Banks Fast and Mary E. Prichard; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 865.

4 Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 289, 341; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].

5 State of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911 - 1937," index and images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1546448 : accessed 13 Jan 2010), Butler Banks Fast.

6 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Utica, Fulton County, Illinois, p. 329A, dwelling 7, family 8, Martin Fast and Mary Ann Cain; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Jan 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 107.

7 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Banner Township, Fulton County, Illinois, p. 137-138, dwelling 986, family 964, Martin Fast and Laura Houston; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 179.

8 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Banner Township, Fulton County, Illinois, p. 5, dwelling 40, family 41, Martin Fast and Laura Houston; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 15 May 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 244.

9 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Kingston, Shoshone County, Idaho, enumeration district (ED) 250, sheet 9B, family 167, Ribert Benjamin Fast and Margaret J. Derfeld; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 12 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 227.

10 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Kingston Precinct, Shoshone County, Idaho, enumeration district (ED) 167, sheet 6A, family 25, Robert Benjamin Fast and Margaret J. Derfeld; index and images (accessed 25 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 294.

11 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Addy, Stevens County, Washington, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 5B, dwelling 118, family 118, Charles Frederick Fast and Alice Ida Semro; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 1 Jun 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2520.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 28 Jul 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52908998.


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