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Francis Fast
(Cal 1760-1831)
Elizabeth Yeager
(1768-1826)
Joseph John Fast
(1787-1835)
Sophia Guzeman
(1793-1842)
Abraham C. Fast
(1816-1862)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catharine Fluke

Abraham C. Fast 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 28 August 1816, Pennsylvania 4 6 7 8
  • Marriage (1): Catharine Fluke on 23 January 1840 in , Richland County, OH 1 2
  • Died: 28 November 1862 at age 46 4 7
  • Buried: After 28 November 1862, Nankin, OH 4 7
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bullet  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial# 22345689

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 October 1850. 5

1850 US Census
Page 493B, Roll 658, Dwelling 265, Family 267
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Abraham Fast..34..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 28 Aug 1816, then his age should have been 33 instead of 34. The enumeration was done in October after his birthday in August but was suppose to represent the status as of 1 June 1850.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 13 July 1860. 6

1860 US Census
Page 92, Roll 930, Dwelling 736, Family 711
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Abraham C. Fast..43..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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Abraham married Catharine Fluke on 23 January 1840 in , Richland County, OH.1 2 (Catharine Fluke was born on 1 April 1819 in Ohio,4 9 10 died on 17 January 1902 4 10 and was buried after 17 January 1902 in Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH 4 10.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 October 1850. 5

1850 US Census
Page 493B, Roll 658, Dwelling 265, Fam 267
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Abraham Fast..34..PA..Farmer
Catherin Fast..30..OH
William Fast..7..OH
Jane Fast..5..OH
Judson Fast..3..OH

NOTE - Where was Wilson A. Fast at this time? He would have been about 5 years old. Was he the same person as William?
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 13 July 1860. 6

1860 US Census
Page 92, Roll 930, Dwelling 736, Family 711
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Abraham C. Fast..43..PA..Farmer
Catharine Fast..40..OH
Wilson Fast..17..OH..Farm Laborer
Jane Fast..13..OH
Judson Fast..11..OH
Byron Fast..8..OH
Mary Fast..3..OH
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Sources


1 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)).

2 "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681001 : accessed 16 Jan 2015), Name: Abraham Fast; Spouse's Name: Katharine Fluke; Event Date: 23 Jan 1840; Event Place: Richland,Ohio.

3 Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).

4 Becky Teubner (Becky Teubner has posted many messages relating to her visits to various cemeteries around Ohio and the Fast family gravestones that are located there. Most of these messages are archived at Genealogy.com's message database at http://genforum.genealogy.com/fast/messages/.), http://genforum.genealogy.com/fast/messages/313.html.

5 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 493B, dwelling 265, family 267, Abraham C. Fast and Catharine Fluke; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

6 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 92, dwelling 736, family 711, Abraham C. Fast and Catharine Fluke; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22345689.

8 George F. Sowers, World Family Tree Vol. 003, Ed. 1, Tree #5643 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: February 9, 1996).

9 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 22A, dwelling 477, family 499, Byron Fluke Fast and Nellie E. Thomlinson; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 450.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22345690.


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