Catharine Rex ^{1 2}

  Burial Notes:

Catherine's gravestone in Saint Luke's Cemetery is a vaulted top obelisk of white and black streaked marble that is showing only minimal effects of weathering. The inscription on one side reads "Catharine Rex, Wife of Jacob Fast, Died Aug. 11, 1872, Aged 78y 4m 26d". On the other side, it reads "Father & Mother, (?? unreadable), Apr. 17, 1817".

Find A Grave Memorial #22573269

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22573269/catharine-fast: accessed March 30, 2025), memorial page for Catharine Rex Fast (16 Mar 1794\'9611 Aug 1872), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22573269, citing Saint Lukes Cemetery, Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Laurence Overmire (contributor 46950879).
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 2 August 1870, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1870 US Census
Page 18, Dwelling 136, Family 126, Roll 1169
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio
Catharine Fast..76..PA..Keeping House

(Living with husband.)

Catharine married Jacob Martin Fast, son of Christian Fast and Anna Barbara Mason, in 1815 in Pennsylvania, United States. (Jacob Martin Fast was born on 13 March 1788 in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States,^{3 4} died on 11 April 1875 in Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States ⁴ and was buried after 11 April 1875 in Saint Lukes Cemetery, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 2 August 1870, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1870 US Census
Page 18, Dwelling 136, Family 126, Roll 1169
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..82..PA..Retired Farmer
Catharine Fast..76..PA..Keeping House