Catharine Ann Simmons

Nicholas Jacob Fast
(1786-1868)

Barbara Blosser
(1788-1870)

Jesse Simmons
(1815-After 1900)

Jemima Fast
(1829-1862)

Catharine Ann Simmons
(1855-1943)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eli Ira Fast

Catharine Ann Simmons ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 18 July 1855, Troy Township, Ashland County, OH ¹ ² ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Eli Ira Fast in 1879 ¹ ²
Died: 20 April 1943, Ashland, OH at age 87 ⁵ ⁶
Buried: 22 April 1943, Troy Township, Ashland County, OH ⁵ ⁶

bullet Cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis.⁵

bullet Death Notes:

Name: Catharine Ann Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Apr 1943
Event Place: Ashland, Ashland, Ohio
Address: 752 Cleveland Ave
Gender: Female
Age: 87
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: white
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1855
Birthplace: Troy Twp, Ashland, Ohio
Burial Date: 22 Apr 1943
Cemetery: Nova Cem
Father's Name: Jesse Simmons
Father's Birthplace: Hagerstown, Maryland
Mother's Name: Jemima Fast
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Spouse's Name: Ira Fast
File Number: fn 21507
GS Film number: 2024129
Digital Folder Number: 004122065
Image Number: 01114

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8SN-D25 : accessed 27 February 2015), Catharine Ann Fast, 20 Apr 1943; citing Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, reference fn 21507; FHL microfilm 2,024,129.
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 40, Dwelling 320, Family 307, Roll 930
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Catharine Simmons..4..OH

(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 235D, District 93, Family 123, Roll 991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Kate A. Fast..Wife..24..OH..Keeping House

(Living with husband.)
.

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Montgomery Township, Ashland County, OH on 22 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 9, Dwelling 176, Family 181
Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Married 21 years
Katherine Fast..Wife..Jul 1855..44..OH..2/2

(Living with husband and 2 children.)
.

• She resided at 752 Cleveland Avenue in 1943 in Ashland, OH.
⁵

• She was buried on 22 April 1943 in the Nova Cemetery in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #29259727
. ⁶

Catharine married Eli Ira Fast, son of Eli Fast and Margaret Berry, in 1879.¹ ² (Eli Ira Fast was born on 24 June 1855 in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH,² ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ died on 14 December 1929 in Ashland, OH ⁹ ¹⁰ and was buried on 17 December 1929 in Nova, OH ⁹ ¹⁰.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 235D, District 93, Family 123, Roll 991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Ira E. Fast...Self..23..OH..Farm Laborer
Kate A. Fast..Wife..24..OH..Keeping House
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Montgomery Township, Ashland County, OH on 22 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 9, Dwelling 176, Family 181
Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Married 21 years
Ira E. Fast..Head..Jun 1855..44..OH..Farmer
Katherine Fast..Wife..Jul 1855..44..OH..2/2
Gladys Fast..Dau..Jan 1885..15..OH
Cleo Fast..Son..Jun 1888..11..OH
.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Eli Ira Fast and Catherine Anne Simmons were 2nd cousins. Catherine's mother was Jemima Fast.
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1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 93, p. 235D, family 123, Eli Ira Fast and Catharine Ann Simmons; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Nov 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 991.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 8A, dwelling 176, family 181, Eli Ira Fast and Catharine Ann Simmons; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 2 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 Glenn K. Fast, "History and Roll Call of the Descendants of Nicholas Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=fastgk; Updated: 2007-12-23 00:47:07 UTC (Sun)).

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 40, dwelling 320, family 307, Jesse Simmons and Jemima Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

5 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Feb 2015), Name: Catharine Ann Fast; Event Date: 20 Apr 1943; Event Place: Ashland, Ashland, Ohio.

6 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=29259727.

7 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 2, dwelling 13, family 13, Eli Fast and Margaret Berry; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

8 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 19 & 20, dwelling 169, family 159; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 7 Feb 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1169.

9 "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Feb 2015), Name: Eli Ira Fast; Event Date: 14 Dec 1929; Event Place: Ashland, Ashland, Ohio.

10 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 26 Feb 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29259741.

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