John Fast ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #1334]
The 1840 census shows 4 boys and 4 girls, with Jonas being the only one to "fit" in the age bracket.
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John's burial location is probably in Saint Luke's Cemetery in Ashland County, Ohio alongside of his wife who died 6 months later. There is no visible gravestone for John Fast.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 502B, Roll 658, Dwelling 80, Family 80
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Fast..43..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Aug 1807, then his age should have been 42 instead of 43.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 11, Family 11
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Fast..53..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 12 Aug 1807, then his age should have been 52 instead of 53.
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John married Mary R. Fast, daughter of Jacob Martin Fast and Catharine Rex, on 20 June 1830 in , Greene County, PA.¹ (Mary R. Fast was born calculated 22 March 1808 in , Greene County, PA, died on 19 August 1865 in Ashland County, OH ⁵ and was buried after 19 August 1865 in Ashland County, OH ⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 502B, Roll 658, Dwelling 80, Family 80
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Fast..43..PA..Farmer
Mary Fast..32..PA
Jonas Fast..16..OH
Catherine Fast..12..OH

NOTE - This census does not mention the young sons, George Washington Fast, and Wilson Shaw Fast, who were supposedly born in 1849.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 11, Family 11
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Fast..53..PA..Farmer
Mary R. Fast..46..PA
Willson L. Fast..10..OH
G. W. Fast..10..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Mary Fast and John Fast were 1st cousins.
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