Gideon Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Birth Notes:

Birth date is calculated from the age at death of 53y, 20d as given on his gravestone.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 15 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 22, Dwelling 154, Family 155
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Gideon Fast..18..OH..Works on Farm
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Apr 1853, then his age should have been 17 instead of 18.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 18 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 362D, District 181, Dwelling 194, Family 198, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Gideon Fast..Head..26..OH..Laborer
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Apr 1853, then his age should have been 27 instead of 26.
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• He was buried after 15 February 1940 in the Fairview Cemetery in , Mercer County, OH.

Plot: Row 6: Marker 14
Find A Grave Memorial #31509341
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Gideon married Marietta Nolan, daughter of Samuel Nolan and Louisa Biglow, on 3 September 1876 in , Mercer County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Marietta Nolan was born in 1860 in Ohio ³ and died after 1885.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 18 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 362D, District 181, Dwelling 194, Family 198, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Gideon Fast..Head..26..OH..Laborer
Marietta Fast..Wife..20..OH..Keeping House
Clarance Fast..Son..1..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Gideon Fost Or Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 03 Sep 1876
Event Place: Mercer, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Henrietta Nolan
Reference ID: p 53
GS Film Number: 914956
Digital Folder Number: 004017320
Image Number: 00274

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGJ-VXJ : 27 September 2017), Gideon Fost Or Fast and Henrietta Nolan, 03 Sep 1876; citing Mercer, Ohio, United States, reference p 53; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 914,956.
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