Sophia Jane Fast

Francis Fast
(Cal 1760-1831)

Elizabeth Yeager
(1768-1826)

Joseph John Fast
(1787-1835)

Sophia Guzeman
(1793-1842)

Sophia Jane Fast
(1830-1910)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob Smurr

Sophia Jane Fast ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 28 April 1830, Orange Township, Ashland, OH ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Jacob Smurr about 1847 in Nankin, OH ¹
Died: 4 October 1910, Mansfield, OH at age 80 ¹ ⁵ ⁶
Buried: 6 October 1910, Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH ⁵ ⁶

bullet Cause of her death was Carcinoma of Spleen.⁵

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Madison Township, Richland County, OH on 6 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 120A, Roll 724, Dwelling 375, Family 378
Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio
Jane Smurr..20..OH
(Living with husband and son.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 114-115, Roll 930, Dwelling 902, Family 878
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Sophia J. Smurr..30..OH
(Living with husband and 5 children.)
.

• Her obituary was published in the Ashland Times & Gazette on 5 October 1910 in Ashland, OH.

⁶ SMURR, Mrs. S. J., widow of Jacob, died 4 Oct at 322 W 4th St, Mansfield home, 80y5m6d, relative of E. T. Drayton and Miss Nan Chapman of Ashland, buried Orange Cemetery.

(Source: Ashland Times & Gazette, 5 Oct 1910)
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• She was buried on 6 October 1910 in the Nankin Cemetery in Nankin, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #22482158
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Sophia married Jacob Smurr about 1847 in Nankin, OH.¹ (Jacob Smurr was born on 9 July 1827 in Lancaster, OH,⁷ died on 12 August 1889 in Nankin, OH ¹ ⁷ and was buried after 12 August 1889 in Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Madison Township, Richland County, OH on 6 September 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 120A, Roll 724, Dwelling 375, Family 378
Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio
Jacob Smurr..23..OH..Farmer
Jane Smurr..20..OH
Charley Smurr..1..OH
.

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 114-115, Roll 930, Dwelling 902, Family 878
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Smurr..33..OH..Tanner and Currier
Sophia J. Smurr..30..OH
Charles Smurr..11..OH
Fanny Smurr..8..OH
Randolph Smurr..7..OH
Elizabeth M. Smurr..5..OH
May Smurr..1..OH
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1 George F. Sowers, World Family Tree Vol. 003, Ed. 1, Tree #5643 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: February 9, 1996).

2 Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio, p. 120A, dwelling 375, family 378; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 114-115, dwelling 902, family 878, Jacob Smurr and Sophia Jane Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

5 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Jan 2015), Name: Sofia Jane Smurr; Death Date: 04 Oct 1910; Death Place: Mansfield, Richland, Ohio.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22482158.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Jan 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22482157.

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