Samuel Cover
(Abt 1803-)
Mary Newcomer
(Abt 1802-1890)
Nancy Cover
(1828-1898)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob Fast

Nancy Cover 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 22 September 1828, Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Jacob Fast about 1849 1 2
  • Died: 8 December 1898, , Fayette County, PA at age 70 1 6
  • Buried: After 8 December 1898, Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, McClellandtown, PA 6
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 25 July 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 104, Dwelling 76, Family 76
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Nancy Fast..22..PA
(Living with husband and 1 son.)
.

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 10 July 1860. 4

1860 US Census
Page 192, Dwelling 50, Family 50, Roll 1109
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Nancy Fast..31..PA
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 1 July 1870. 5

1870 US Census
Page 31, Family 217, Roll 1343
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Nancy Fast..41..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 8 children.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 330A, District 47, Family 120, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Nancy Fast..Wife..51..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 5 children.)
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• She was buried after 8 December 1898 in the Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in McClellandtown, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #102576989
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Nancy married Jacob Fast, son of Francis Fast and Anna Mary Durr, about 1849.1 2 (Jacob Fast was born on 18 May 1824 in Pennsylvania,1 2 3 4 7 8 died on 25 April 1903 in , Fayette County, PA 1 8 and was buried on 28 April 1903 in Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, McClellandtown, PA 8.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 25 July 1850. 3

1850 US Census
Page 104, Dwelling 76, Family 76
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Fast..26..PA..Farmer
Nancy Fast..22..PA
Francis Fast..7m..PA
.

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 10 July 1860. 4

1860 US Census
Page 192, Dwelling 50, Family 50, Roll 1109
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Fast..36..PA..Farmer
Nancy Fast..31..PA
Francis Fast..11..PA
Samuel Fast..9..PA
Wm Fast..7..PA
Jessee Fast..1..PA
.

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 1 July 1870. 5

1870 US Census
Page 31, Family 217, Roll 1343
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Fast..45..PA..Farmer
Nancy Fast..41..PA..Keeping House
Francis Fast..20..PA..Farm Laborer
Samuel Fast..18..PA..Farm Laborer
William Fast..16..PA..Farm Laborer
Jesse Fast..11..PA
Ira Fast..9..PA
Jefferson Fast..7..PA
James Fast..5..PA
Mary E. Fast..3..PA
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 330A, District 47, Family 120, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Fast..Head..56...PA..Farmer
Nancy Fast..Wife..51..PA..Keeping House
Jesse Fast..Son..21..PA
Ira Fast..Son..19..PA
Jefferson Fast..Son..17..PA
Mary Fast...Dau..12..PA
Allen Fast...Son..9..PA
Lizzie Durr..???..16..PA..Servant

NOTE - Jacob's mother's maiden name was Durr so Lizzie Durr must have been somehow related to his mother.
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Sources


1 Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 187; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 47, p. 330A, family 120, Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1130.

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 104, dwelling 76, family 76; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 192, dwelling 50, family 50, Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Nov 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1109.

5 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 31, dwelling 209, family 217, Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1343.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 5 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102576989.

7 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet 7A, dwelling 134, family 134, Ira Winfield Fast and Elizabeth Schnatterly; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1411.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 5 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102576986.


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