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Francis Fast
(1800-1876)
Anna Mary Durr
(1798-1868)
Samuel Cover
(Abt 1803-)
Mary Newcomer
(Abt 1802-1890)
Jacob Fast
(1824-1903)
Nancy Cover
(1828-1898)
William M. Fast
(1854-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Longanecker

William M. Fast 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 3 April 1854, Pennsylvania, United States 1 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Longanecker about 1876 1 2 3
  • Died: 30 June 1925 at age 71 1 6
  • Buried: After 30 June 1925, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States 6
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1860 US Census, 10 July 1860, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 1860 US Census
Page 192, Dwelling 50, Family 50, Roll 1109
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Wm Fast..7..PA
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Apr 1854, then his age should have been 6 instead of 7.

2. 1870 US Census, 1 July 1870, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 5 1870 US Census
Page 31, Family 217, Roll 1343
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
William Fast..16..PA..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)

3. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 1880 US Census
Page 329D, District 47, Dwelling 112, Family 113, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
William Fast..Head..25..PA..Farm Laborer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 3 Apr 1854, then his age should have been 26 instead of 25.

4. 1900 US Census, 7 June 1900, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 43, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm rented
Married 24 years
William Fast..Head..Apr 1854..46..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)



5. Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery, After 30 June 1925, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. Find A Grave Memorial #123090348


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William married Elizabeth Longanecker, daughter of Joseph Longanecker and Mary Annetta Barber, about 1876.1 2 3 (Elizabeth Longanecker was born on 31 July 1856 in Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States,1 2 3 7 died on 25 April 1933 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States 7 and was buried after 25 April 1933 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 1880 US Census
Page 329D, District 47, Dwelling 112, Family 113, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
William Fast..Head..25..PA..Farm Laborer
Elizabeth Fast..Wife..23..PA
John Fast..Son..3..PA
Effie Fast..Dau..2..PA
Stella Fast..Dau..11m..PA..Born in Aug

2. 1900 US Census, 7 June 1900, Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 43, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm rented
Married 24 years
William Fast..Head..Apr 1854..46..PA..Farmer
Elizabeth Fast..Wife..Jul 1856..43..PA..5/5
John L. Fast..Son..Jul 1876..23..PA..Farm Laborer
Effie P. Fast..Dau..Oct 1887..22..PA
Stella A. Fast..Dau..Aug 1879..20..PA
Elizabeth I. Fast..Dau..Dec 1897..2..PA
Willice C. Fast..Dau..Dec 1897..2..PA


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Sources


1 Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 188, 189, 228; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 47, p. 329D, dwelling 112, family 113, William Fast and Elizabeth Longanecker; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 8 Jun 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1130.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 3B, dwelling 73, family 73, William Fast and Elizabeth Longanecker; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 19 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1411.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 192, dwelling 50, family 50, Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1473181 : accessed 8 Nov 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1109.

5 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 31, dwelling 209, family 217, Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 18 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1343.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 Jun 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123090348.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 10 Jun 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123090213.


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