Ira Winfield Fast 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 22 September 1860, German Township, Fayette, PA 1 2 3 4 5
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Ann Schnatterly on 8 October 1896 1 2 3
- Died: 22 September 1929 at age 69 1
- Buried: After 22 September 1929, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Smithfield, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States 1
 General Notes:
"Ira Winfield Fast took his place as a public-spirited citizen. He supported the interests of the farmer and was a member of the local and the State Grange. He was a booster of schools and the cause of education. He was a community man and ready to lend a hand in helping every cause for civic betterment. His home life, known to his hosts of friends, was hospitable and beautiful. He died September 22, 1929, and was buried in the Mount Moriah Cemetery at Smithfield, Pennsylvania, after services in the Jacob's Lutheran Church of which both his great-grandfather, Francis Fast, and his great-great-grandfather, Nicklaus, had been charter members."
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Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 1 July 1870. 4
1870 US Census
Page 31, Family 217, Roll 1343
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Ira Fast..9..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1880. 5
1880 US Census
Page 330A, District 47, Family 120, Roll 1130
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Ira Fast..Son..19..PA
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 27 June 1900. 2
1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 42, Family 134, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
farm rented
married 3 years;
Ira W. Fast..Head..Sep 1860..39..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife, daughter, and widowed father.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 24 January 1920. 3
1920 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 59, Family 224, Roll 1569
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, no mortgage
Ira Fast..Head..59..PA..Farmer, General Farm
(Living with wife, 2 children, and sister-in-law.)
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• He was buried after 22 September 1929 in the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Smithfield, PA.
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Ira married Elizabeth Ann Schnatterly, daughter of Michael Schnatterly and Hannah Margaret Brownfield, on 8 October 1896.1 2 3 (Elizabeth Ann Schnatterly was born on 29 March 1872 in Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States,2 3 died on 4 December 1923 in , Fayette County, PA and was buried after 4 December 1923 in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Smithfield, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 27 June 1900. 2
1900 US Census
Sheet 7A, District 42, Family 134, Roll 1411
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm rented
Married 3 years
Ira W. Fast..Head..Sep 1860..39..PA..Farmer
Lizzie A. Fast..Wife..Mar 1872..28..PA..2/2
Jasaphine Fast..Dau..Jul 1897..2..PA
Jacob Fast..Fath..May 1824..76..Widowed..PA
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 24 January 1920. 3
1920 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 59, Family 224, Roll 1569
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, no mortgage
Ira Fast..Head..59..PA..Farmer, General Farm
Elizabeth A. Fast..Wife..47..PA
A. Randolph Fast..Son..15..PA
Ethel B. Fast..Dau..19..PA
Mae Schnatterly..Sister-in-law..49..PA
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