Martha Magnora Fast ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Birth Notes:

Name: Martha Magnora Fast
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 25 Jul 1872
Event Place: Marion Twp, Mercer, Ohio
Gender: Female
Father's Name: J. G. Fast
Mother's Name: Sally A. Kiser
Reference ID: p 92
GS Film number: 914953
Digital Folder Number: 004017318
Image Number: 00094

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6KN-TQX : accessed 23 April 2016), Martha Magnora Fast, 25 Jul 1872; citing Birth, Marion Twp, Mercer, Ohio, reference p 92, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 914,953.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Martha Couts
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 03 May 1949
Event Place: Van Wert, Pleasant Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States
Address: 173 E. Third St.
Residence Place: Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio
Gender: Female
Age: 76y 9m 8d
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: W
Occupation: Hw
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1872
Birthplace: Mercer Co., O.
Burial Date: 05 May 1949
Burial Place: Mercer Co., Ohio
Cemetery: Riverside
Father's Name: Jacob Fast
Mother's Name: Sally Kiger

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6CH-VB2 : 10 March 2018), Martha Couts, 03 May 1949; citing Death, Van Wert, Pleasant Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States, source ID item 19 cn 53, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,952,880.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth Image: 25 July 1872, in Marion Township, Mercer County, OH.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 19 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 363A, District 181, Family 209, Roll 1048
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Martha M. Fast..Daughter..8..OH..At Home
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 25 Jul 1872, then her age should have been 7 instead of 8.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Rockford, OH on 5 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 78, Family 103, Roll 1303
Rockford, Mercer County, Ohio
South Franklin Street, house owned, no mortgage
Years Married: 10
Martha M. Bender..Granddaughter..Jul 1872..28..OH..Servant
Jessee Bender..Grandson..Oct 1892..8..OH..At School
Luella Bender..Granddaughter..Jan 1894..6..OH

(Martha was living at the home of her parents with her 2 children from her 1st husband.)

NOTE - Martha was listed as married but the husband was not living with here. She was also listed as "granddaughter" but that should have been "Daughter" instead.
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• Death Image: 3 May 1949, in Van Wert, OH.

• Her obituary was published in the Lima News on 4 May 1949 in Lima, OH.

⁶ Mrs. Orabell Cole, 814 N. Union St, and Clem Fast, 219-1/2 S. Main St. have received word of the death of a sister, Mrs. Martha Coats, 76, Van Wert. Mrs. Coats died Tuesday morning at her home.

In addition to Mrs. Cole and Fast, surviving are another sister, Mrs. Laura E. Pennell, Ohio City, and several grandchildren.

Services will be a 2 p.m. Thursday in Van Wert.

(Source: Lima News, 4 May 1949)
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• She was buried on 5 May 1949 in the Riverside Cemetery in Rockford, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #10147692
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Martha married William G. Bender on 27 November 1890 in , Mercer County, OH.^{1 2} (William G. Bender was born about 1867 and died on 3 May 1949 ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

Name: William G. Bender
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Nov 1890
Event Place: Mercer, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Mattie M. Fast
Reference ID: p237
GS Film Number: 914957
Digital Folder Number: 004017321
Image Number: 00165

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZTD-JLR : accessed 23 April 2016), William G. Bender and Mattie M. Fast, 27 Nov 1890; citing Mercer, Ohio, United States, reference p237; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 914,957.
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Martha next married James McClellan Couts, son of William Van Buren Couts and Mary William, on 23 May 1903.³ (James McClellan Couts was born on 23 February 1863 in , Tuscarawas County, OH,⁷ died on 9 November 1948 in Van Wert, OH ⁷ and was buried after 9 November 1948 in Middle Point, OH ⁷.). The cause of his death was Arteriosclerosis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They were divorced.

  Marriage Notes:

James and Martha were obviously divorced at some time because the death certificate for James indicates that the name of his spouse was Frona Couts, his second wife.
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