Catharine Rex

Catharine Rex
(1794-1872)

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Catharine Rex ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 16 March 1794, Pennsylvania ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Jacob Martin Fast in 1812 ¹
Died: 11 August 1872, Ashland County, OH at age 78 ³ ⁵
Buried: After 11 August 1872, Orange Township, Ashland, OH ³ ⁵

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 2 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 18, Dwelling 136, Family 126, Roll 1169
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Catharine Fast..76..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried after 11 August 1872 in the Saint Luke's Cemetery in Orange Township, Ashland, OH.

Catherine's gravestone in Saint Luke's Cemetery is a vaulted top obelisk of white and black streaked marble that is showing only minimal effects of weathering. The inscription on one side reads "Catharine Rex, Wife of Jacob Fast, Died Aug. 11, 1872, Aged 78y 4m 26d". On the other side, it reads "Father & Mother, (?? unreadable), Apr. 17, 1817".

Find A Grave Memorial #22573269
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Catharine married Jacob Martin Fast, son of Christian Fast and Anna Barbara Mason, in 1812.¹ (Jacob Martin Fast was born on 13 March 1788 in , Greene County, PA,³ ⁴ ⁶ ⁷ died on 11 April 1875 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH ³ ⁷ and was buried after 11 April 1875 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH ³ ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 2 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 18, Dwelling 136, Family 126, Roll 1169
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..82..PA..Retired Farmer
Catharine Fast..76..PA..Keeping House
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1 Robert E. Wallace, World Family Tree Vol. 012, Ed. 1, Tree #1194 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: July 28, 1997).

2 Ann E. Robbins, World Family Tree Vol. 062, Ed. 1, Tree #2330 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: August 2000).

3 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)).

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 18, dwelling 136, family 126, Jacob Martin Fast and Catharine Rex; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1169.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 17 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22573269.

6 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)).

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 17 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22573276.

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