Rebecca Fast 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Born: 7 May 1825, Orange Township, Ashland, OH 1 2 3 4 5 6
- Marriage (1): David Girton on 21 May 1844 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH 1 2
- Died: 13 January 1907, , Wood County, OH at age 81 6
- Buried: After 13 January 1907, , Wood County, OH 6
 Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Perry Township, Wood County, OH on 5 July 1870. 3
1870 US Census
Page 10, Dwelling 74, Family 76
Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
Rebecca Girton..45..OH..Keeping House
Perry Girton..25..OH..Farmer
Malinda Girton..19..OH..Without occupation
Kinney Girton..17..OH..Farm Laborer
Hudson Girton..17..OH..Farm Laborer
Wilson Girton..12..OH..Attending School
Martin Girton..10..OH..Attending School
Ella Girton..4..OH
(Widowed and living with 7 children.)
NOTE - Rebecca was living with 7 children but had 9 living children at the time of the 1870 US Census. Her oldest daughter, Sarah, was married about one year earlier. The other living child not living with her at the time of the 1870 US Census was John Gaylord Girton who, at the age of 20, was working as a Farm Laborer for George and Emma Cooper in Wood County, Ohio. He appears with their family on the 1870 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Perry Township, Wood County, OH on June 1880. 4
1880 US Census
Page 2D, Roll 1078
Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
Rebeca Girton..Head.55..OH..Keeping House
Wilson Girton..Son..22..OH..Day Laborer
Martin Girton..Son..20..OH..Day Laborer
Ella Girton..Daughter..14..OH..At Home
(Rebecca was widowed and living with her 3 youngest children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Perry Township, Wood County, OH on 1 June 1900. 5
1900 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 154, Dwelling 238, Family 247
Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio
farm owned with mortgage
Rebecca Girton..Mother..May 1825..75..OH..Wd
(Widowed and living with son, David, and his family.)
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• She was buried after 13 January 1907 in the Perry Center Cemetery in , Wood County, OH.
Find A Grave Memorial #94643770
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Rebecca married David Girton on 21 May 1844 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH.1 2 (David Girton was born on 19 July 1813 in Columbia County, PA,1 7 8 died on 3 April 1869 in , Wood County, OH 1 7 8 and was buried after 3 April 1869 in , Wood County, OH 8.)
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Sources
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Rebecca Pachasa, "Auxter, Baker, Bordner, Bowe, Buchtel, Daub, Garn, Ickes, Klotz, Mowery, Overmyer, Pachasa, Waggoner, and Wegstein" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=oh-interweavings; Updated: 2009-08-16 00:08:18 UTC (Sun)).
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Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio (J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1897).
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1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio, p. 10, dwelling 74, family 76, Rebecca Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.
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1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio, p. 2D, Rebecca Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1078.
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1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Perry Township, Wood County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 11B, dwelling 238, family 247, David Kinney Girton and Mary Rebecca Cochard; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 May 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94643770.
7
Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio (J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1897), page 631.
8
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 25 May 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116949139.
