Orabelle Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Orabelle was Alma Fast.⁶

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 19 June 1880. ⁶

1880 US Census
Page 363A, District 181, Family 209, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Alma Fast..Daughter..1m..OH..Born in May
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - There are no other records for a daughter ever named Alma. I believe this one month old infant was actually "Ora Belle Fast". My belief is that the parents first named her Alma or when the census enumerator requested a given name for the infant, the parents responded with Alma. Later the parents changed their minds and renamed her "Ora Belle".
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Rockford, OH on 5 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 78, Family 103, Roll 1303
Rockford, Mercer County, Ohio
South Franklin Street, house owned, no mortgage
Belle Fast..Daughter..May 1880..20..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• She was buried after 2 August 1975 in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Lima, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial 10149863
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Orabelle married Thomas Garfield Spry, son of Thomas B. Spry and Ellen Ellison, on an unknown date. (Thomas Garfield Spry was born on 6 July 1880 in , Mercer County, OH,⁷ died on 19 June 1932 in Lima, OH ⁷ and was buried on 22 June 1932 in Lima, OH ⁷.)

Orabelle next married James Chesney Cole, son of James J. Cole and Addie B. Koogle, on 16 July 1942 in , Mercer County, OH. (James Chesney Cole was born on 9 October 1875 in Van Wert County, OH,⁸ died on 1 May 1943 in Mendon, OH ⁸ and was buried on 3 May 1943 in Mendon, OH ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 16 July 1942, in , Mercer County, OH.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: James C Cole
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 16 Jul 1942
Event Place: Mercer, Ohio, United States
Age: 66
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Father's Name: James J Cole
Mother's Name: Addy C Roogle
Spouse's Name: Ora B Spry
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Mrs
Spouse's Age: 62
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob G Fast
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Kiser

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQS-4YW : 10 December 2017), James C Cole and Ora B Spry, 16 Jul 1942; citing Marriage, Mercer, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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