William Dilce Fast ^{2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: William D Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Jun 1918
Event Place: Ashland, Ashland Co., Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 80
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1837
Birthplace: Orange Township, Ashland Co., Ohio
Burial Date: 02 Jul 1918
Burial Place: Orange Twp., Ashland Co., Ohio
Cemetery: Maple Grove
Father's Name: George Fast
Father's Birthplace: Penn.
Mother's Name: Sarah Brinak
File Number: fn 35594
GS Film number: 1984378
Digital Folder Number: 004032191
Image Number: 00430

Citing this Record:
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8KP-1L6 : 8 December 2014), William D Fast, 30 Jun 1918; citing Ashland, Ashland Co., Ohio, reference fn 35594; FHL microfilm 1,984,378.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1834 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 36 on the 1870 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 19 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 490B, Dwelling 221, Family 224, Roll 658
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
William Fast..12..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 3 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 20, Dwelling 155, Family 142, Roll 1169
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
William D. Fast..36..OH..Manager of Farm
(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - The above census record would give his birth year as about 1834 but his gravestone indicates 1837. If his birth date was 26 Oct 1837, then his age should have been 32 instead of 36.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 194A, District 89, Dwelling 242, Roll 991
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
William Fast..Head..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He was buried after 30 June 1918 in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Orange Township, Ashland, OH.

William and his wife, Catharine, share one common gravestone in the Maple Grove Cemetery which is a vaulted top obelisk of white and gray streaked marble. The inscription on his side reads "William D. Fast, Died June 30, 1918 age 80y 8m 4d".

Find A Grave Memorial #35202999
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William married Catharine Myers, daughter of John B. Myer and Barbara Elizabeth Miller, on 27 March 1861 in Ashland County, OH.^{1 2} (Catharine Myers was born on 7 August 1842 in , Somerset County, PA,^{2 4 6 7} died on 23 April 1890 in Ashland County, OH and was buried after 23 April 1890 in Orange Township, Ashland, OH.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 3 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 20, Dwelling 155, Family 142, Roll 1169
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
William D. Fast..36..OH..Manager of Farm
Catharine Fast..27..OH..Keeping House
Malin O. Fast..8..OH
Clara E. Fast..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 194A, District 89, Dwelling 242, Roll 991
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
William Fast..Head..42..OH..Farmer
Catharine Fast..Wife..37..PA..Keeping House
Malhlon R. Fast..Son..18..OH..Farm Laborer
Ella Fast..Dau..12..OH..At Home
Lillia Fast..Dau..7..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: William D. Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Mar 1861
Event Place: Ashland, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Catharine Myers
Reference ID: v 3 p 48 rn 27
GS Film Number: 2079406
Digital Folder Number: 004031944
Image Number: 00301

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZH4-GM2 : 26 September 2017), William D. Fast and Catharine Myers, 27 Mar 1861; citing Ashland, Ohio, United States, reference v 3 p 48 rn 27; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,079,406.
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