Rufus Allen Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Cause of his death was arteriosclerosis, hypertension/cerebral hemorrhage.

  General Notes:

"He was a vigorous boy and at the age of ten years began to use the turn plow and to drive horses. At the age of sixteen he was expert with the scythe and the axe. He early began to earn his own living. The lumber plant at Sutton where he worked established his career. For twenty-five years or more he graded lumber in the yards of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company at Richwood. On Christmas Day, 1898, he was married to Lena Elvira Dixon at Birch River, Nicholas County. She was born August 17, 1875, and is the daughter of Thomas Dixon who came from Rockbridge, Virginia, and who was a typical Virginian farmer."
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Rufus Allen Fast
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 24 Jul 1873
Event Place: Clinton, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Waitman N. Fast
Mother's Name: Delia Fast
Reference ID: P 148, rn 31

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMH1-1Z9 : 10 March 2018), Rufus Allen Fast, 24 Jul 1873; citing Clinton, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 840,895.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Rufus Allen Fast
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 7 Jun 1936
Event Place: North Carolina, United States
Address: 2928 Rush Ave.
Residence Place: 2928 Rush Ave.
Sex: Male
Age: 62
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: American
Race: White
Occupation: Retired
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1873
Birthplace: West Virginia
Death Date: 5 Jun 1936
Death Place: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Cemetery: Steel Creek
Father's Name: William Fast
Father's Birthplace: West Va.
Mother's Name: Stanbury
Mother's Birthplace: West Va.
Spouse's Name: Lena E. Fast
Spouse's Sex: Female

Citing this Record
"North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWBL-SH6Z : 14 February 2020), Rufus Allen Fast, 1936.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clinton District, Monongalia, WV on 5 June 1880. ⁶

1880 US Census
Page 178A, District 94, Family 41, Roll 1409
Clinton District, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Rufus A. Fast..Son..7..WV

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 24 Jul 1873, then his age should have been 6 instead of 7.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Hamilton District, Nicholas County, WV on 22 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 103, Family 234
Hamilton District, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Rufus A. Fast..Son-in-law..1876..24..West Virginia..Farm Laborer

(Living with wife at the home of her father.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 24 Jul 1873, then his age should have been 26 instead of 24.
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Richwood, WV on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 106, Family 1, Roll 1691
Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Water Street; Home rented
Married 11 years
Rufus A. Fast..Head..36..West Virginia..Foreman, Lumber Yard

(Living with wife and son.)
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• His occupation on 12 September 1917 was a Lumber Grader for Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co. In Richwood, WV. ⁵

• He resided at 37 Spruce on 12 September 1917 in Richwood, WV.
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• On 12 September 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at , Nicholas County, WV.

Name: Rufus Allen Fast
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1873
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Richwood, WV on 2 April 1930. ⁷

1930 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 1, Family 11, Roll 2549
Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
7 Water Street; Home rented
James C. Sisler..Head..68..West Virginia
Rebecca Sisler..Wife..57..West Virginia
Forest H. Mansfield..Son-in-law..31..West Virginia
Virgie S. Mansfield..Daughter..32..West Virginia
Rufus A Fast..Boarder..55..West Virginia..married at age 24..Grader, Lumber Yard

(Rufus was apparently living with another family while separated or possibly divorced from his wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 24 Jul 1873, then his age should have been 56 instead of 55.
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• Death Image: 5 June 1936, in Charlotte, NC. ⁸

• He was buried on 7 June 1936 in the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Charlotte, NC.

Find a Grave Memorial 89087906
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Rufus married Lena Elvira Dixon, daughter of Thomas Dixon and Elvira McCutchen, on 25 December 1898 in Birch River, WV.^{1 2 3} (Lena Elvira Dixon was born on 17 August 1875 in Rockbridge County, VA,^{3 10 11 12 13} died on 3 March 1947 in Charlotte, NC ^{12 13} and was buried on 5 March 1947 in Charlotte, NC ^{12 13}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Hamilton District, Nicholas County, WV on 22 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 103, Family 234
Hamilton District, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Thomas Dixon..Head..Feb 1828..72..Virginia..Widowed..Farmer
Lena Fast..Daughter..Aug 1877..22..Virginia..0/0
Rufus A. Fast..Son-in-law..1876..24..West Virginia..Farm Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Richwood, WV on 15 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 106, Family 1, Roll 1691
Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Water Street; Home rented
Married 11 years
Rufus A. Fast..Head..36..West Virginia..Foreman, Lumber Yard
Lena E. Fast..Wife..34..Virginia..1/1
Dane Fast..Son..8..West Virginia
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Rufus Allen Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1898
Marriage Place: Nicholas, West Virginia, United States
Spouse's Name: Lena Alvina Dixon
Source Reference: County Records
Record Number: 1059

Citing this Record
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTHZ-T5H : 11 February 2018), Rufus Allen Fast and Lena Alvina Dixon, 1898; citing Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 495,643.
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Neither Rufus nor Lena are found in the 1920 US Census. Rufus appears in the 1930 US Census where he is a boarder with another family while Lena was living at the home of Dain and his family. All of which leds to speculation that they might have been separated or divorced sometime after the birth of Beulah in 1912.
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