SUBMITTED BY: Matthias Bast  
                         Contact Erwin Matthias Bast NEW FEB 2007

   DATE:   October 14, 2001          AREA: Germany, USA, Iowa

Anton Bast and Mary Elizabeth Kepford:

Anton Bast, farmer, born 28. July 1856 in Kalt, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany; died 4 Feb. 1940 in Carroll City, Carroll, Iowa.
Anton Bast was buried Feb. 6, 1940 in Denison, Iowa; 
He was the son of Peter Bast, farmer, and Catharina Puetz.

Married 18. Nov. 1890 in Dunlap, Iowa, to
Mary Elizabeth Kepford, born 17 June 1850 in near Oxford, Iowa; died 19 Dec. 1943 in Buck Grove, Iowa.
buried Dec. 22, 1943 in Denison, Iowa.

They adopted had the following children
Frank Bast (Winneka)
Anna Bast (Winneka)
Minnie Bast (Winneka)
   It appears that they maintained their family name.

Anton Bast was the brother of my great-grandmother Christina Plenz nee Bast.

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Greetings from Germany
Matthias Bast