Harriet Jane Seward
(1820-1904)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. David H. Fast

Harriet Jane Seward 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 17 June 1820, New York 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): David H. Fast on 15 January 1836 in , Fulton County, IL 1 2
  • Died: 28 December 1904, Adams County, IA at age 84 1 4
  • Buried: After 28 December 1904, Mount Etna, IA 4
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Freedom Township, Carroll, IL on 13 June 1860. 3

1860 US Census
Page 861, Roll 159, Dwelling 261, Family 251
Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois
Harriet J. Fast..40..NY
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Washington Township, Adair County, IA on 9 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 38B, District 3, Dwelling 198, Family 199, Roll 325
Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa
Hariet J. Fast..Wife..58..NY..Keeping House
(Living with husband and son, Anson.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 17 June 1820, then her age should have been 59 instead of 58.
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• She was buried after 28 December 1904 in the Mount Etna Cemetery in Mount Etna, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial #139335959
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Harriet married David H. Fast, son of Christian Fast and Elizabeth Blosser, on 15 January 1836 in , Fulton County, IL.1 2 (David H. Fast was born on 22 September 1818 in , Richland County, OH,1 2 5 6 7 8 died on 22 May 1888 in Adams County, IA 1 8 and was buried after 22 May 1888 in Mount Etna, IA 8.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Freedom Township, Carroll, IL on 13 June 1860. 3

1860 US Census
Page 861, Roll 159, Dwelling 261, Family 251
Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois
David Fast..42..OH..Farmer
Harriet J. Fast..40..NY
William Fast..21..IL..Farm Laborer
Louisa J. Fast..16..IL
Anson J. Fast..12..IL
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Washington Township, Adair County, IA on 9 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 38B, District 3, Dwelling 198, Family 199, Roll 325
Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa
David Fast..Head..61..OH..Farmer
Hariet J. Fast..Wife..58..NY..Keeping House
Ansen J. Fast..Son..31..IL..Farm Laborer
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Sources

1 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire; Updated: 2008-08-07 23:55:09 UTC (Thu)).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Washington Township, Adair County, Iowa, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 38B, dwelling 198, family 199, David H. Fast and Harriet Jane Seward; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Sep 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 325.

3 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois, p. 861, dwelling 261, family 251, David H. Fast and Harriet Jane Seward; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 159.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139335959.

5 Gordon C. Baker, The Descendants of Daniel and Rebecca Stewart of Stewartstown, West Virginia (1977).

6 Elizabeth Blosser, "Abraham Blosser Family: Following the Westward Migration" (August 1997).

7 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins).

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139335714.

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