Jacob Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He 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
(Living with wife and 1 son.)
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• He 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
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• He 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
(Living with wife and 8 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 18 May 1824, then his age should have been 46 instead of 45.
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• He 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
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 27 June 1900. ⁷

1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 42, Family 134, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm rented
Jacob Fast..Father..May 1824..76..Widowed..PA
(Widowed and living at the home of his married son, Ira, and his family.)
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• He was buried after 25 April 1903 in the Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in McClellandtown, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #102576986
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Jacob married Nancy Cover, daughter of Samuel Cover and Mary Newcomer, about 1849.^{1 2} (Nancy Cover was born on 22 September 1828 in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA,^{1 2 3 4 5 8} died on 8 December 1898 in , Fayette County, PA ^{1 8} and was buried after 8 December 1898 in Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, McClellandtown, PA ⁸.)

  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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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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