Delilah Fidelia Ball ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

She had returned to Ohio after the death of her husband, Isaac, and shared a home with her sister Martha (Ball) Higgins - Dawley.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1832 and a birth location of New York.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1833 and a birth location of New York.

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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 5 November 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 383B, Roll 659, Dwelling 48, Family 48
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Laura Fast..18..NY
(Living with husband and step-daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Nov 1834, then her age should have been 15 instead of 18.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 32, Dwelling 256, Family 247
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Fidelia Fast..26..Long Island, NY
(Living with husband, 1 daughter, and 1 step-daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Nov 1834, then her age should have been 25 instead of 26.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Lola Township, Cherokee County, KS on 2 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 8, Dwelling 53, Family 59
Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas
Delilah Fast..34..PA..Keeping House
(Living with husband, 2 children, and widowed mother-in-law.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Nov 1834, then her age should have been 35 instead of 34.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lola Township, Cherokee County, KS on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 477C, Roll 0376, District 42, Dwelling 50, Family 51
Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas
Delila F. Fast..Wife..47..NY..Keeping House
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 20 Nov 1834, then her age should have been 45 instead of 47.
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• She was buried after 14 February 1911 in the Nova Cemetery in Nova, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #83876372
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Delilah married Isaac Moses Fast, son of Nicholas Jacob Fast and Barbara Blosser, on 18 April 1850 in Ashland County, OH.^{1 2} (Isaac Moses Fast was born on 18 June 1825 in Troy Township, Richland County, OH,^{2 4 5 6 8 9 10} died on 20 February 1893 in Lola Township, Cherokee County, KS and was buried after 20 February 1893 in Oswego, KS.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 5 November 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 383B, Roll 659, Dwelling 48, Family 48
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Isaac Fast..24..OH..Farmer
Laura Fast..18..NY
Mary Fast..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 32, Dwelling 256, Family 247
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Isaac Fast..33..OH..Farmer
Fidelia Fast..26..Long Island, NY
Mary A. Fast..12..OH
Sarah C. Fast..8..OH
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Lola Township, Cherokee County, KS on 2 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 8, Dwelling 53, Family 59
Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas
Isaac Fast..44..OH..Farmer
Delilah Fast..34..PA..Keeping House
Franklin Fast..5..OH
Ida M. Fast..6m..KS..Born in Feb
Barbara Fast..83..PA
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lola Township, Cherokee County, KS on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 477C, Roll 0376, District 42, Dwelling 50, Family 51
Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas
Isaac Fast..Head..54..OH..Farmer..Heart Pulpitations
Delila F. Fast..Wife..47..NY..Keeping House
Frank Fast..Son..15..OH..Attending School
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