"Mr. David Fast died at the residence of his son, David Fast, Jr., in Iantha, MO., on Wednesday, Jan 25th, 1882, at the age of eighty-five years.
"Mr. Fast was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1797 and was brought by his father to Orange Township, Ohio in the spring of 1815, when a portion of that county was occupied by the Delaware Indians. He was one of the hardy men who grew up in that country and who were ever ready to cope with the difficulties and privations incident to pioneer life.
"Mr. Christian Fast, father of the deceased, was an eminent pioneer, who at one time was captured by the Indians on the Ohio river, and an account of whose capture and escape appeared in the history of Ashland county, by Dr. G. H. Hill, published in the Press of Nov 26, 1874.
"Mr. Fast moved to Stark Co., Illinois in 1850 and later lived in Canton several years. Since the death of his wife in July last, he removed with his son to Missouri, where his remains were interred with the honors of the Masonic Fraternity."
Charter member of Masonic Lodge, Princeville, IL, No. 360, A.F.&A.M. and served as the first Treasurer. He was a fifty year member of the Masonic Lodge.
"Mr. David Fast died at the residence of his son, David Fast, Jr., in Iantha, MO., on Wednesday, Jan 25th, 1882, at the age of eighty-five years.
"Mr. Fast was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, in 1797 and was brought by his father to Orange Township, Ohio in the spring of 1815, when a portion of that county was occupied by the Delaware Indians. He was one of the hardy men who grew up in that country and who were ever ready to cope with the difficulties and privations incident to pioneer life.
"Mr. Christian Fast, father of the deceased, was an eminent pioneer, who at one time was captured by the Indians on the Ohio river, and an account of whose capture and escape appeared in the history of Ashland county, by Dr. G. H. Hill, published in the Press of Nov 26, 1874.
"Mr. Fast moved to Stark Co., Illinois in 1850 and later lived in Canton several years. Since the death of his wife in July last, he removed with his son to Missouri, where his remains were interred with the honors of the Masonic Fraternity."
Charter member of Masonic Lodge, Princeville, IL, No. 360, A.F.&A.M. and served as the first Treasurer. He was a fifty year member of the Masonic Lodge.
Inscription
Our Father
David Fast
Born
Aug. 1. 1797.
Died
Jan. 25. 1882.
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Family Members
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Martin Fast
1784–1838
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Nicholas Jacob Fast
1786–1868
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Jacob Martin Fast Sr
1788–1875
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Anna Catherine Fast Hampsten
1792–1872
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William Fast
1794–1882
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Christian Fast II
1795–1840
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Francis Martin "Indian Frank" Fast
1797–1887
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Anna Barbara Fast Baughman
1801–1867
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George Washington Fast
1807–1888
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John Mason Fast
1809–1854
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Christine "Christina" Fast Bryte
1811–1898
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