George W. Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of November 1860 and a birth location of Illinois.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL on 12 August 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 29, Dwelling 214, Family 214
Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, Illinois
George Faust..13..IL
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Nov 1857, then his age should have been 12 instead of 13.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL on June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 673B, Roll 0243
Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois
George W. Fast..Son..22..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Ross Township, Pike County, IL on 13 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 129, Dwelling 86, Family 88
Ross Township, Pike County, Illinois
George Fast..Servant..Nov 1860..39..IL..Divorced..Farm Laborer
(Living with the Y. H. Yokum family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 1 Nov 1857, then his age should have been 42 instead of 39.
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• He was buried after 17 December 1932 in the Samuel Taylor Cemetery in Rockport, IL.

George married Catherine Sarah McCurdy, daughter of Charles McCurdy and Elizabeth Tyler, on 2 September 1886 in Pittsfield, IL.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Catherine Sarah McCurdy was born on 17 January 1857 in Covington, KY ^{1 2 6} and died on 24 May 1929 in French Camp, CA ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Catherine and George Fast divorced about 1896. Catherine was remarried to William Ator in 1897 while George was remarried to Etta Brokaw in 1907. The two oldest sons remained with Catherine. It is not known what happened to the three youngest children.
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George next married Etta Brokaw, daughter of George Brokaw and Lucinda Frances Demoin, in 1907.¹ (Etta Brokaw was born on 28 July 1878 in Rockport, IL ¹ and died after 1907.)