Mary Belle Robe ^{1 2 3 4}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Mary B. Robe
Sex: Female
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1856
Birthplace: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Birthplace (Original): Monongalia Co., West Virginia, United States
Race: w
Ethnicity: American
Father's Name: James Robe
Mother's Name: Clerisa Robe

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X55W-YZN : 12 December 2019), Mary B. Robe, 1856.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Mary B. Fast
Event Date: 21 Nov 1899
Event Place: Raymond Settlement, West Virginia
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 44 years
Birth Date: 1855
Marital Status: Married
Cemetery: Mt. Nebo
Burial Date: 23 Nov 1899
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records
Reference ID: v 2A p 218

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM52-DJX : 10 March 2018), Mary B. Fast, 21 Nov 1899; citing Raymond Settlement, West Virginia, County Records, v 2A p 218, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 818,665.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth information of 31 March 1858.The gravestone indicates a date of birth of Mar. 31, 1858. The 1880 census shows her age at 24 which would support a birth year of 1855 and which would make her older than having been born in 1858. Sometimes women would provide an age which was younger than their true age but very seldom would they have supplied an age that would have made them older.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 529A, District 93, Dwelling 198, Family 201, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Mary B. Fast..Wife..24..WV..Keeping House
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 31 Mar 1855, then her age should have been 25 instead of 24.
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• She was buried on 23 November 1899 in the Mount Nebo Cemetery in Winfield, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial 88598391
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Mary married Morgan Selby Fast, son of Jonathan Rex Fast and Elizabeth Ann Moran, on 5 March 1874 in Monongalia County, WV.^{1 2} (Morgan Selby Fast was born on 22 August 1848 in Virginia,^{2 5 6 7 8} died on 26 April 1915 in Fairmont, WV ^{7 8} and was buried after 26 April 1915 in Mount Nebo Cemetery, Winfield, WV ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 5 March 1874, in Monongalia County, WV. ¹

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Winfield District, Marion County, WV on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 529A, District 93, Family 201, Roll 1407
Winfield District, Marion County, West Virginia
Morgan Fast..Self..31..West Virginia..Farmer
Mary B. Fast..Wife..24..West Virginia..Keeping House
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Morgan S Fast
Spouse's Name: Mary B Robo
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1874
Event Place: Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Affiliate Repository Type: County Records

Citing this Record:
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBC5-WY7 : 4 December 2014), Morgan S Fast and Mary B Robo, 1874; citing Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,910.
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