Wilson A. Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Name: Wilson A. Fast
Death Date: 24 Jun 1910
Death Place: Mansfield, Richland, Ohio
Birth Date: 05 Jan 1843
Birthplace: Ashland Co.
Death Age: 67 years 5 months 19 days
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Race or Color: Caucasian
Occupation: Lawyer
Burial Date: 26 Jun 1910
Burial Place: Sedelia, Mo.
Father's Name: A. C. Fast
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Catherine Fluke
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Film Number: 1952395
Digital Folder Number: 4021019
Image Number: 1975
Certificate Number: fn 34296
Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 5 January 1843 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth date was provided on his death certificate.
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• He has alternate birth date of 1844 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 66 on the 1910 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 13 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 92, Roll 930, Dwelling 736, Family 711
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wilson Fast..17..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1845, then his age should have been 14 or 15 instead of 17.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sedalia, MO on 3 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 216D, District 126, Dwelling 145, Roll 708
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
Eleventh Street
W. A. Fast..Head..35..OH..Lawyer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sedalia, MO on 2 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 112, Dwelling 55, Family 64
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
Home owned, no mortgage
W. A. Fast..Head..Apr 1865..35..Widowed..OH..Attorney
Catharine Fast..Daughter..Jun 1878..21..IA

(Wilson was widowed and living with daughter.)

NOTE - Obviously the birth date and age are erroneous on this census. How could he be only 35 with a 21 year old daughter? His birth date should have been in 1845 instead of Apr 1865.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sedalia, MO on 18 April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 131, Family 66, Roll 801, Ward 3
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
421 South Hancock Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Wilson Fast..Self..66..OH..Widowed..Lawyer

(Wilson was widowed and living alone.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1845, then his age should have been 64 instead of 66.
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• His obituary was published in the Ashland Times and Gazette on 29 June 1910 in Ashland, OH.

FAST, Att. Wilson A., of Sedalia, Missouri, born and raised in Ashland, died Friday at Mansfield Hospital, here to attend Fast Reunion, cousin of G. J. Fluke of Center St., Ashland; aunt Mrs. S. J. Snurr of Mansfield, 67y, CW, children: Mrs. J. A. Turner of Sedalia, Missouri, Judson C. Fast of Muskogee Oklahoma, Carl F. Fast of Bellingham Washington, brother Byron F., Villisca, Iowa, sisters Mrs. Jane E. Jacoby of Denver and Mrs. Mary B. Alger of Billisca, buried Sedalia.

(Source: Ashland Times and Gazette, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, 29 June 1910)
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Wilson married Margaret R. Cooper on 16 July 1874 in Eddyville, IA.¹ (Margaret R. Cooper was born in 1854 in Ohio ¹ and died between 1880 and 1900.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sedalia, MO on 3 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 216D, District 126, Dwelling 145, Roll 708
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
Eleventh Street
W. A. Fast..Head..35..OH..Lawyer
Maggie Fast..Wife..26..OH..Keeping House
Judson Fast..Son..5..IA
Katherine Fast..Dau..3..IA
Carl Fast..Son..1..IA
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  Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Wilson A. Fast
Bride's Name: Margaret R. Cooper
Marriage Date: 16 Jul 1874
Marriage Place: Eddyville, Wapello, Iowa
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M58973-4
System Origin: Iowa-VR
Source Film Number: 0979589
Reference Number: 2:3PT02GC

Collection: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
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