Josephus S. Fast ^{3 5 6 7}

   Another name for Josephus was Joseph S. Fast.⁴

  Death Notes:

Name: Josephus Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 19 Dec 1930
Event Place: St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio
Address: 844 Indiana Ave., 2 Ward
Sex: Male
Age: 79
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1851
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Birthplace: Ohio
Burial Date: 22 Dec 1930
Cemetery: Elm Grove
Father's Name: Henry Fast
Mother's Name: Susan Conner
Spouse's Name: Anna Fast
Record Number: 120

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6ZN-Q5D : 15 August 2019), Josephus Fast, 19 Dec 1930; citing St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, reference fn 70172; FHL microfilm 1,992,279.

His daughter, Laura Grimm, was the informant on his death certificate.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 28 July 1851 and a birth location of Ohio.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 7 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 11, Family 81
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Josephus Fast..19..OH..Work on Farm

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 18 Aug 1851, then his age should have been 18 instead of 19.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 354C, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Josephus Fast...Head..29..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• Death Image: Image, on 19 December 1930, in Saint Marys, OH. ⁶

• He was buried on 22 December 1930 in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Saint Marys, OH.

Joseph and his 1st wife Rachel share one common gravestone in Elm Grove cemetery which is a polished vertical face monument of gray granite. The inscription reads "FAST - Joseph 1851 - 1930; Rachel 1856 - 1911".
Find A Grave Memorial 17013783
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Josephus married Rachel Elizabeth Hoppel, daughter of Adam Hoppel and Rachel Droxal, on 20 December 1874 in Auglaize County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Rachel Elizabeth Hoppel was born on 21 December 1856 in Noble Township, Auglaize County, OH,^{1 2 8} died on 25 March 1911 in Saint Marys, OH ^{1 2 8} and was buried on 28 March 1911 in Saint Marys, OH ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 354C, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Josephus Fast..Head..29..OH..Farmer
Rachel Fast..Wife..21..OH..Keeping House
Ida Fast..Dau..4..OH
Rufus M. Fast..Son..1..OH
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Josephus next married Anna Hering, daughter of John Hering and Pauline Sanders, on 6 September 1911 in Auglaize County, OH.⁴ (Anna Hering was born on 1 November 1875 in Texas,^{1 2 9} died on 28 August 1945 in Saint Marys, OH ^{1 2 9} and was buried after 28 August 1945 in Saint Marys, OH ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 6 September 1911, in Auglaize County, OH. ⁴

  Marriage Notes:

name: Joseph Fast
event: Marriage
event date: 06 Sep 1911
event place (standardized): Auglaize, Ohio, United States
age: 60
estimated birth year: 1851
birthplace: Fairfield Co., Ohio
father: Henry Fast
mother: Susan Conner
spouse: Anna Arkenberg
spouse's age: 35
spouse's estimated birth year: 1876
spouse's birthplace: Ra...e Co., Texas
spouse's father: John Hering
spouse's mother: Pauline Sanders
reference number: 3445
film number: 963060
digital folder number: 004017421
image number: 00271

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8GP-N2C : accessed 19 Feb 2013), Henry Fast in entry for Joseph Fast and Anna Arkenberg, 1911; citing reference 3445, FHL microfilm 963060.
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