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Francis Fast
(1800-1876)
Anna Mary Durr
(1798-1868)
Samuel Cover
(Abt 1803-)
Mary Newcomer
(Abt 1802-1890)
Jacob Fast
(1824-1903)
Nancy Cover
(1828-1898)
Jefferson Fast
(1863-1936)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Delila M. Kefover

Jefferson Fast 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 20 April 1863, Smithfield, PA 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Delila M. Kefover on 18 June 1885 1 2 3
  • Died: 1936 at age 73 6
  • Buried: 1936, McClellandtown, PA 6
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bullet  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
Jefferson Fast..7..PA
(Living with parents.)
.

• 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
Jefferson Fast..Son..17..PA
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 43, Dwelling 70, Family 70
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm rented
Married 14 years
Jefferson Fast..Head..Apr 1863..37..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife, 2 sons, and father-in-law.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 15 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 59, Family 105, Roll 1569
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, no mortgage
Jefferson Fast..Head..56..PA..Farmer, General Farm
(Living with wife and daughter.)
.



• He was buried in 1936 in the Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in McClellandtown, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #102576987
. 6


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Jefferson married Delila M. Kefover, daughter of Philip Kefover and Eliza Smith, on 18 June 1885.1 2 3 (Delila M. Kefover was born in August 1866 in Pennsylvania,2 3 7 died in 1935 7 and was buried in 1935 in McClellandtown, PA 7.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 7 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 43, Dwelling 70, Family 70
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm rented
Married 14 years
Jefferson Fast..Head..Apr 1863..37..PA..Farmer
Dillie M. Fast..Wife..Aug 1866..33..PA..2/2
Lester D. Fast..Son..Nov 1886..13..PA..Farm Laborer
Jacob G. Fast..Son..Jan 1892..8..PA..At School
Philip Kegfover..Father-in-Law..May 1821..79..PA..Wd
.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Nicholson Township, Fayette, PA on 15 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 59, Family 105, Roll 1569
Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Farm owned, no mortgage
Jefferson Fast..Head..56..PA..Farmer, General Farm
Dillia M. Fast..Wife..53..PA
Helen K. Fast..Dau..14..PA
.


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Sources


1 Wirt Gerry Faust, "By Way of Rotterdam," p. 190, 224; manuscript, , 1952; photocopy reprinted 1983 held by Robert G. Fast, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 3B, dwelling 70, family 70, Jefferson Fast and Delila M. Kefover; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 6B, family 105, Jefferson Fast and Delila Kefover; index and images (accessed 22 Feb 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1569.

4 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.

5 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.

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=102576987.

7 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=102576983.


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