Mary R. Fast ^{1 2 3}

  Birth Notes:

Birth date is calculated from the age at death of 57y, 4m, 28d.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1814, Pennsylvania, United States. ² This birth year was referenced by her age of 46 on the 1860 census.

2. Alt. Birth, 1818, Pennsylvania, United States. ¹ This birth year was referenced by her age of 32 on the 1850 census.

3. 1850 US Census, 28 October 1850, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 502B, Roll 658, Dwelling 80, Family 80
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Mary Fast..32..PA
(Living with husband and children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 22 Mar 1808, then her age should have been 42 instead of 32.

4. 1860 US Census, 1 June 1860, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 11, Family 11
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Mary R. Fast..46..PA
(Living with husband and 2 sons.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Mar 1808, then her age should have been 52 instead of 46.

5. Cemetery: Saint Luke's Cemetery, After 19 August 1865, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ³ Mary's gravestone in Saint Luke's Cemetery is a badly weathered and discolored tablet of white sandstone. The inscription reads "Mary R., wife of John Fast, Died, Aug. 19, 1865, Aged 57y 4m 28d".

Find A Grave Memorial #22573281

Mary married John Fast, son of Martin Mason Fast and Catherine Blosser, on 20 June 1830 in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. (John Fast was born on 12 August 1807 in Pennsylvania, United States and died on 19 April 1865.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 28 October 1850, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 502B, Roll 658, Dwelling 80, Family 80
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Fast..43..PA..Farmer
Mary Fast..32..PA
Jonas Fast..16..OH
Catherine Fast..12..OH

NOTE - This census does not mention the young sons, George Washington Fast, and Wilson Shaw Fast, who were supposedly born in 1849.

2. 1860 US Census, 1 June 1860, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 11, Family 11
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Fast..53..PA..Farmer
Mary R. Fast..46..PA
Willson L. Fast..10..OH
G. W. Fast..10..OH

  Marriage Notes:

Mary Fast and John Fast were 1st cousins.
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