George Washington Fast

Martin Fast
(Cal 1784-1838)

Catherine Blosser
(1790-1859)

Jacob Martin Fast
(1788-1875)

Catharine Rex
(1794-1872)

John Fast
(1807-1865)

Mary R. Fast
(Cal 1808-1865)

George Washington Fast
(1849-After 1900)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Gongwer

George Washington Fast ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 19 July 1849, Ashland County, OH ² ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Mary Gongwer on 29 June 1876 ¹ ² ³
Died: After 1 June 1900

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of July 1851 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 11, Family 11
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
G. W. Fast..10..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 6 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 185D, District 89, Dwelling 69, Roll 991
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
George W. Fast..Head..30..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Springfield Township, Richland County, OH on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 138, Dwelling 230, Family 237
Springfield Township, Richland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Married 23 years
George W. Fast..Head..Jul 1851..48..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 19 Jul 1849 instead of in Jul 1851, then his age should have been 50 instead of 48.
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George married Mary Gongwer, daughter of Philip Gongwer and Saloma Long, on 29 June 1876.¹ ² ³ (Mary Gongwer was born in January 1854 in Ohio ³ ⁶ and died after 1 June 1900.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 6 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 185D, District 89, Dwelling 69, Roll 991
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
George W. Fast..Head..30..OH..Farmer
Mary Fast..Wife..24..OH..Keeping House
Almina Fast..Dau..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Springfield Township, Richland County, OH on 21 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 10B, District 138, Dwelling 230, Family 237
Springfield Township, Richland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Married 23 years
George W. Fast..Head..Jul 1851..48..OH..Farmer
Mary Fast..Wife..Jan 1854..46..OH..2/2
Emery V. Fast..Son..Jun 1880..19..OH
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1 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire : accessed 6 Feb 2010).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 89, p. 185D, dwelling 69, George Washington Fast and Mary Gongwer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Nov 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 991.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Springfield Township, Richland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 138, sheet 10B, dwelling 230, family 237, George Washington Fast and Mary Gongwer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Feb 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

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

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 2, dwelling 11, family 11, John Fast and Mary R. Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

6 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 185D, George W. Fast and Mary Gongwer; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0991.

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