Dayton F. Fast ^{4 5 6 7}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Dayton Fast
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 19 Oct 1875
Event Place: Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Philip Fast
Mother's Name: Mary F. Keiser

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNWX-PG3 : 9 March 2018), Dayton Fast, 19 Oct 1875; citing Birth, Center Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,367,095.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Dayton Fast
Given Name: Dayton
Surname: Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Mar 1970
Event Place: Allen, Indiana
Event Place (Original): Allen, Indiana
Age: 95
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1875

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V93H-WN1 : 4 December 2020), Dayton Fast, Mar 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth Image: 19 October 1875, in Center Township, Mercer, OH.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 11 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 362D, District 181, Dwelling 193, Family 197, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Dayton Fast..Son..5..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 19 Oct 1875, then his age should have been 4 instead of 5.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 8 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 127, Family 85, Roll 1418
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Farm owned, with mortgage
Dayton Fast..Self..43..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 19 Oct 1875, then his age should have been 44 instead of 43.
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• He resided in Fort Wayne, IN in 1970.
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• He was buried after 14 March 1970 in the North Grove Cemetery in Celina, OH.

Plot: Ward 14, Row 7
Find A Grave Memorial #63748550
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• His obituary was published in the Lima News on 15 March 1970 in Lima, OH.

⁷ Dayton, 94, formerly of Celina, passed away in his home following an extended illness.

He was a son to Philip and Mary Frances (Kiser) Fast. His wife, Grace, preceded him in death.

Surviving are two sons, Orvis, Fort Wayne, and Eugene, Sidney; two daughter, Agatha Goudy, Dayton, and Ferry Walters, Fort Wayne; twelve grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

He was a member of Mt. Zion United Brethren Church.

Services were in W. H. Dick and Sons Funeral Home, with Rev. Walter Adams, officiating.

(Source: Lima News, Lima, OH, 15 Mar 1970)
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Dayton married Grace D. Harner, daughter of Ruell Harner and Martha Webb, on 25 December 1897 in , Mercer County, OH.^{1 2 3 4} (Grace D. Harner was born on 30 January 1880 in Center Township, Mercer, OH,^{4 8} died on 20 July 1960 in Fort Wayne, IN ^{2 8} and was buried after 20 July 1960 in Celina, OH ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 25 December 1897, in , Mercer County, OH.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 8 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 127, Family 85, Roll 1418
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Farm owned, with mortgage
Dayton Fast..Self..43..OH..Farmer
Grace Fast..Wife..39..OH
Orvis Fast..Son..19..OH
Eugene Fast..Son..18..OH
Ferry Fast..Dau..16..OH
Floyd Fast..Son..13..OH
Agatha Fast..Dau..11..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Dayton Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1897
Event Place: Mercer, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Grace D. Harner

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZT6-6ZR : 10 December 2017), Dayton Fast and Grace D. Harner, 25 Dec 1897; citing Marriage, Mercer, Ohio, United States, p295, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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