David Fast ^{2 3 4 5}

  General Notes:

ANNA BARBARA MASON FAST SUES SON OVER WILL:
"Anna Barbara Mason Fast, widow of Christian Fast, had to sue her son, David Fast, for her fair support from Christian's estate. David, immediately after the death of his father, took possession of all goods, chattels and personal property of his parents. He refused to give his mother the support to which she was entitled. David sold all the earthly possessions of the family and refused his mother any of the proceeds. By the will of Christian Fast, David could not dispose of the estate until the death of Anna Barbara Fast. But contrary to this, David sold the property and appropriated all the proceeds for his own use. He even tried to lay claim to $100 that belonged to his mother free and clear." -- By Jenny Branscom - Jan 18, 1999.
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  Burial Notes:

Inscription: "Our Father; David Fast; Born Aug. 1. 1797; Died Jan. 25. 1882; We'll meet again"
Find A Grave Memorial #33036327

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1860 US Census, 15 June 1860, Essex Township, Stark, Illinois, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 61, Roll 229, Dwelling 401, Family 395
Essex Township, Stark, Illinois
David Fast..65..PA

(Living with wife, married son, David, and his family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Aug 1797, then his age should have been 62 instead of 65.

2. 1870 US Census, 11 July 1870, Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 16, Dwelling 138, Family 138
Toulon, Stark, Illinois
David Fast..79..PA..Retired Farmer

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Aug 1797, then his age should have been 72 instead of 79.

3. 1880 US Census, 17 June 1880, Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 426B, District 280, Dwelling 131, Family 133, Roll 0252
Toulon, Stark, Illinois
David Fast..Head..86..PA..Retired Farmer

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Aug 1797, then his age should have been 82 instead of 86.

4. Obituary: Unknown newspaper, January 1882. ⁵ Mr. David Fast died at the residence of his son, David Fast, Jr., in Iantha, MO., on Wednesday, Jan 25th, 1882, at the age of eighty-five years.

Mr. Fast was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1797 and was brought by his father to Orange Township, Ohio in the spring of 1815, when a portion of that county was occupied by the Delaware Indians. He was one of the hardy men who grew up in that country and who were ever ready to cope with the difficulties and privations incident to pioneer life.

Mr. Christian Fast, father of the deceased, was an eminent pioneer, who at one time was captured by the Indians on the Ohio river, and an account of whose capture and escape appeared in the history of Ashland county, by Dr. G. H. Hill, published in the Press of Nov 26, 1874.

Mr. Fast moved to Stark Co., Illinois in 1850 and later lived in Canton several years. Since the death of his wife in July last, he removed with his son to Missouri, where his remains were interred with the honors of the Masonic Fraternity.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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David married Elizabeth Biddinger, daughter of Peter Biddinger and Nancy Anna Ledman, on 17 March 1818 in Ashland, Ohio, United States.¹ (Elizabeth Biddinger was born on 13 December 1790 in Virginia, United States,^{1 6 7 8} died on 28 July 1881 in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States ⁸ and was buried in July 1881 in Princeville Township Cemetery, Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1860 US Census, 15 June 1860, Essex Township, Stark, Illinois, United States. ⁶ 1860 US Census
Page 61, Roll 229, Dwelling 401, Family 395
Essex Township, Stark County, Illinois
David Fast..65..PA
Elizabeth Fast..69..VA
David Fast..30..OH
Lydia Fast..29..OH
Florence Fast..3..IL
Miles Fast..1..IL

2. 1870 US Census, 11 July 1870, Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. ⁷ 1870 US Census
Page 16, Dwelling 138, Family 138
Toulon, Stark County, Illinois
David Fast..79..PA..Retired Farmer
Elizabeth Fast...79..VA..Keeping House
Susan Moffert..43..OH
Hiram Weller..23..IL

3. 1880 US Census, 17 June 1880, Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 426B, District 280, Dwelling 131, Family 133, Roll 0252
Toulon, Stark County, Illinois
David Fast..Head..86..PA..Retired Farmer
Elizabeth Fast..Wife..89..VA..Keeping House