Malinda Catherine Smith ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

First husband, Francis Jefferson Fast; 9 Feb 1823-1877, Second husband, Jacob R. Zent.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, OH on 12 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 430B, Roll 699, Dwelling 722, Family 748
Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
Marunda Fast..20..OH
(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 10 Aug 1830, then her age should have been 19 instead of 20.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Jackson Township, Huntington County, IN on 22 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 91, Roll 267, Dwelling 614, Family 613
Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana
Melinda J. Fast..30..OH
(Living with husband and 6 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 10 Aug 1830, then her age should have been 29 instead of 30.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ann Arbor, MI on 5 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 85C, District 225, Dwelling 104, Roll 0608
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
North University Avenue
Melinde Fast..49..OH..Farmer..Disease of eye
(Widowed and staying at 6th Ward of the University Hospital)
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• She was buried on 27 December 1901 in the Glenwood Cemetery in Roanoke, IN.

Plot Sec. J, Lot 18
Find A Grave Memorial 26527485. ⁶

Malinda married Francis Jefferson Fast, son of George R. Fast and Susannah Shough, on 6 January 1848 in , Jefferson County, OH.^{1 2} (Francis Jefferson Fast was born on 9 February 1823 in Ohio,^{1 4 7} died on 3 October 1877 ^{1 7} and was buried after 3 October 1877 in Roanoke, IN ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springfield Township, Jefferson County, OH on 12 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 430B, Roll 699, Dwelling 722, Family 748
Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
Francis Fast..30..OH..Farmer
Marunda Fast..20..OH
Susan Fast..1..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Jackson Township, Huntington County, IN on 22 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 91, Roll 267, Dwelling 614, Family 613
Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana
Francis J. Fast..37..OH
Melinda J. Fast..30..OH
Susanna C. Fast..11..OH
Alice C. Fast..9..IN
Cordelia A. Fast..6..IN
Arthur C. Fast..4..IN
Carrie S. Fast..3..IN
Lester B. D. Fast..3m..OH
John Shafner..19..PA..Farm Laborer
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  Marriage Notes:

When the father, Francis Jefferson Fast, died in 1877, the mother apparently suffered severe mental anguish and was hospitalized at the University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan (although the 1880 US Census notes her condition as "disease of eye"). Arthur, at age 21, was the oldest son still living at home in Huntington County, Indiana and he maintained a household with his sister, Katie, and his brother Lester. For some strange reason, young William, at age 11, was sent to live with J. B. and Eliza Shaffer, an elderly couple living nearby.
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