Mary R. Fast ^{2 3 4}

  Birth Notes:

Birth date is calculated from the age at death of 57y, 4m, 28d.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1814 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 46 on the 1860 census.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1818 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 32 on the 1850 census.
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 October 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 502B, Roll 658, Dwelling 80, Family 80
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Mary Fast..32..PA
(Living with husband and children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 22 Mar 1808, then her age should have been 42 instead of 32.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 11, Family 11
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Mary R. Fast..46..PA
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Mar 1808, then her age should have been 52 instead of 46.
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• She was buried after 19 August 1865 in the Saint Luke's Cemetery in Ashland County, OH.

Mary's gravestone in Saint Luke's Cemetery is a badly weathered and discolored tablet of white sandstone. The inscription reads "Mary R., wife of John Fast, Died, Aug. 19, 1865, Aged 57y 4m 28d".
Find A Grave Memorial #22573281
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Mary married John Fast, son of Martin Fast and Catherine Blosser, on 20 June 1830 in , Greene County, PA.¹ (John Fast was born on 12 August 1807 in Pennsylvania ⁵ and died on 19 April 1865.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 October 1850. ²

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. ³

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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