Philip Kefover
(1821-After 1900)
Eliza Smith
(Abt 1826-Bef 1900)
Delila M. Kefover
(1866-1935)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jefferson Fast

Delila M. Kefover 1 2 3 4

  • Born: August 1866, Pennsylvania 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Jefferson Fast on 18 June 1885 1 2 3
  • Died: 1935 at age 69 4
  • Buried: 1935, McClellandtown, PA 4
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She 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
Dillie M. Fast..Wife..Aug 1866..33..PA..2/2
(Living with husband, 2 sons, and father.)
.

• She 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
Dillia M. Fast..Wife..53..PA
(Living with husband and daughter.)
.



• She was buried in 1935 in the Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in McClellandtown, PA.

Find A Grave Memorial #102576983
. 4


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Delila married Jefferson Fast, son of Jacob Fast and Nancy Cover, on 18 June 1885.1 2 3 (Jefferson Fast was born on 20 April 1863 in Smithfield, PA,1 2 3 5 6 7 died in 1936 7 and was buried in 1936 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 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.

5 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.

6 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.

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=102576987.


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