Emma Alice Baum ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Emma was Emma Alice Baughm.⁴

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Clear Creek Township, Ashland, OH on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 3A, Roll 0991
Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Emma A. Paum..Daughter..16..OH..Home
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - Living and working on her parent's farm was Perry Fast whom she would marry within a year or two following the 1880 census.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in New London, OH on 1 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 1A & 1B, District 28, Dwelling 15, Family 16
New London, Huron County, Ohio
House rented
Emma E. Fast...Head..Feb 1864..36..OH..2/2..Washerwoman
Pearl B. Fast..Daughter..Nov 1881..18..OH
Zetta Fast..Daughter..Oct 1887..12..KS..At School

(Emma was living with 2 daughters; husband living separately.)

NOTE - Emma and the two daughters were living about 30 miles north of where her husband, Perry, was living at the time in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio. Both census records showed each one still listed as "married".
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• She was buried on 4 August 1945 in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Orange Township, Ashland, OH.

Emma married Perry A. Fast, son of Martin Luther Fast and Catherine Fast, after June 1880. (Perry A. Fast was born on 22 April 1858 in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH,^{2 5 6} died on 20 December 1938 in New London, OH ⁶ and was buried on 23 December 1938 in Attica, OH ⁶.). The cause of his death was Myocarditis.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage date had to be after June 1880 because at that time Emma was still listed as living with her parents on the 1880 census.

Sometimes it is difficult to "read between the lines" and discern exactly what was happening in the lives of people with no real written record to assist. But I suspect that when Perry and Emma moved to Kansas leaving all their friends and relatives behind in Ohio, things in their marriage may not have gone too smoothly. Following the birth of their second daughter, Zetta, in 1887 in Kansas, the entire family moved back to Ohio. By June 1900, the census showed Emma living with the two daughters in New London, Huron County, Ohio while Perry was back in his home area of Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio living with his widowed mother and managing what probably was the family farm. Emma worked as a "washerwoman" and both were still listed as married on the 1900 census.

Following 1900, I'm not sure if they ever got back together or divorced completely but Perry spent some of his last years with his niece (a daughter of his sister, Ida Lavina Fast) who had also moved to New London. Upon Perry's death, one researcher reports that he was buried in Attica, Seneca County, Ohio, and the exact reason for that still escapes me. His death certificate indicated "divorced".

Emma remained in New London and upon her death, was buried back in her home area in Maple Grove Cemetery of Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio. Emma's death certificate indicated "widowed" and not "divorced" but that was probably a clerical error.
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