Maria D. Thomas ^{1 2 3 5 6 7}

   Another name for Maria was Mariah D. Thomas.^{4 8}

  General Notes:

Following the death of Andrew Jackson Fast in 1882, Maria was remarried to Smith Townsend in 1885.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Maria D Townsend
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 02 Oct 1914
Event Place: , Mercer, Ohio, United States
Residence Place: Ohio
Page: 8642
Source Reference: Ohio Department of Health

Citing this Record
"Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKPZ-PPM : accessed 06 Jun 2013), Maria D Townsend, 1914.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 26 January 1826 and a birth location of , Washington County, MD.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1830 and a birth location of Maryland.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 40 on the 1870 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 7 July 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 10, Dwelling 70, Family 71, Roll 1243
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Mariah D. Fast..40..MD..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 1 son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Nov 1826, then her age should have been 43 instead of 40.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 8 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 355B, District 181, Dwelling 59, Family 59, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Mariah Fast..Wife..53..MD..Keeping House
(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 15 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 76, Dwelling 161, Family 163
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 8 years
Smith Townsend..Head..Sep 1824..76..PA..Farmer
Marih Townsend..Wife..Nov 1826..73..MD
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 16 April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 109, Family 21, Roll 1214
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Home rented
Maria D. Townsend..Head..84..MD..Widowed..1/0
Mary Moore..Servant..67..KY..Widowed..2/2

(Maria had been remarried to her 2nd husband and was widowed again.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Nov 1826, then her age should have been 83 instead of 84.
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• She was buried after 2 October 1914 in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Saint Marys, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #17013945. ⁷

Maria married Andrew Jackson Fast, son of Abraham Levi Fast and Mary Jane Ginter, on 6 February 1851 in , Fairfield County, OH.^{1 2 3 4} (Andrew Jackson Fast was born calculated 23 December 1828 in Redstone, PA,^{2 3 8 9 10} died on 28 December 1882 in Celina, OH ^{1 2 3 10} and was buried after 28 December 1882 in Saint Marys, OH ^{1 2 10}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 7 July 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 10, Dwelling 70, Family 71, Roll 1243
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Andrew J. Fast..41..OH..Farmer
Mariah D. Fast..40..MD..Keeping House
Riley Joseph H. Fast..3..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 8 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 355B, District 181, Dwelling 59, Family 59, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
A. J. Fast..Head..52..OH..Farmer
Mariah Fast..Wife..53..MD..Keeping House
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Andrew J. Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 06 Feb 1851
Event Place: Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Maria D. Thomas
GS Film number: 295269
Digital Folder Number: 004016267
Image Number: 00244

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZBT-F4B : accessed 06 Jun 2013), Andrew J. Fast and Maria D. Thomas, 1851.
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