David H. Fast

Christian Fast
(1762-1841)

Anna Barbara Mason
(1768-1855)

John Blosser
(1767-1829)

Mary Catherine Clemmer
(1767-)

Christian Fast
(1795-1840)

Elizabeth Blosser
(1794-1834)

David H. Fast
(1818-1888)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harriet Jane Seward

David H. Fast ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 22 September 1818, , Richland County, OH ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁶ ⁷
Marriage (1): Harriet Jane Seward on 15 January 1836 in , Fulton County, IL ¹ ²
Died: 22 May 1888, Adams County, IA at age 69 ¹ ⁶
Buried: After 22 May 1888, Mount Etna, IA ⁶

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Freedom Township, Carroll, IL on 13 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 861, Roll 159, Dwelling 261, Family 251
Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois
David Fast..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Sep 1818, then his age should have been 41 instead of 42.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Washington Township, Adair County, IA on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 38B, District 3, Dwelling 198, Family 199, Roll 325
Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa
David Fast..Head..61..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and son, Anson.)
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• He was buried after 22 May 1888 in the Mount Etna Cemetery in Mount Etna, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial #139335714
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David married Harriet Jane Seward on 15 January 1836 in , Fulton County, IL.¹ ² (Harriet Jane Seward was born on 17 June 1820 in New York,¹ ⁵ ⁸ died on 28 December 1904 in Adams County, IA ¹ ⁸ and was buried after 28 December 1904 in Mount Etna, IA ⁸.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Freedom Township, Carroll, IL on 13 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 861, Roll 159, Dwelling 261, Family 251
Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois
David Fast..42..OH..Farmer
Harriet J. Fast..40..NY
William Fast..21..IL..Farm Laborer
Louisa J. Fast..16..IL
Anson J. Fast..12..IL
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Washington Township, Adair County, IA on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 38B, District 3, Dwelling 198, Family 199, Roll 325
Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa
David Fast..Head..61..OH..Farmer
Hariet J. Fast..Wife..58..NY..Keeping House
Ansen J. Fast..Son..31..IL..Farm Laborer
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1 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire; Updated: 2008-08-07 23:55:09 UTC (Thu)).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 38B, dwelling 198, family 199, David H. Fast and Harriet Jane Seward; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Sep 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 325.

3 Gordon C. Baker, The Descendants of Daniel and Rebecca Stewart of Stewartstown, West Virginia (1977).

4 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois, p. 861, dwelling 261, family 251, David H. Fast and Harriet Jane Seward; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 159.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139335714.

7 Elizabeth Blosser, "Abraham Blosser Family: Following the Westward Migration" (August 1997).

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139335959.

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