Millie Belle Fast ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 12 November 1884 and a birth location of Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1887 and a birth location of Missouri.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 32 on the 1920 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, IL on 2 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 127, Dwelling 13, Family 13
Pleasant Hill Township, Pike County, Illinois
farm rented
Millie B. Fast..Daughter..Nov 1883..16..IL
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 9 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 124, Family 212, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
804 East Fifth; Home rented
Nellie Gray..Wife..32..MO..House Keeper, Private Family
(Living with husband and aunt.)

NOTE - If her birth date was in Nov 1883, then her age should have been 36 instead of 32.
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• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 21 January 1950 in , Pike County, IL.

MILLIE (FAST) GRAY passed away at her home near New Canton Wednesday afternoon, January 18, 1950, at 1:20.

Mrs. Gray (Millie Fast) was born near Pleasant Hill, November 12, 1883, a daughter of Will and Sarah Ator Fast. On September 2, 1900, she was united in marriage to Otis Nelson Gray and to this union twelve children were born. Two sons, her parents, a sister, Mrs. Rose Baughman, and a brother, Willie Fast, preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband; ten children, Dorothy Kirtright of Woodriver, James Gray of Downers Grove, Ruby Schuster of Chicago, Luveda Summers, Paul Gray and Eva Amerson of LaGrange. Rose Deorle of Payson, William Gray of Hannibal, John Gray of New Canton and Betty at home: a sister, Mrs. Harve Daniels of Griggsville; a brother, Everett Fast of Payson; fifteen grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, January 21, at two o'clock from the New Canton Union Church, with Rev. John Golden of Hannibal in charge. The Phillips sisters sang, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Alfs. Burial was in Park Lawn Cemetery at Barry, with Tilford Phillips Ulysses Fuller, David and Ward L. Gray, Charles Billings and Walter Warner serving as casket bearers.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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Millie married Otis Nelson Gray, son of James Gray and Elizabeth Crump, on 2 September 1900 in , Pike County, IL.^{1 2} (Otis Nelson Gray was born on 22 April 1873 in Martinsburg, IL,¹ died on 9 April 1960 in Payson, IL ¹ and was buried on 12 April 1960 in Barry, IL.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Muscatine, IA on 9 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 124, Family 212, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
804 East Fifth; Home rented
Otis Gray..Self..36..IL..Button Cutter, Factory
Nellie Gray..Wife..32..MO..House Keeper, Private Family
Jane Bales..Aunt..64..lL..Button Carder, At Home
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  Marriage Notes:

The 1920 US Census record for this family increasingly appears to be for the wrong family. The age of Otis was off by 9 years and the age of Millie was off by 4 years. More importantly, Millie's name was shown as Nellie and her birth location was given as Missouri instead of Illinois. Furthermore, since both of them died and were buried in Pike County, Illinois, is seems unlikely that they moved to Muscatine, Iowa even thought it is just over the Mississippi river.

1920 US Census
Sheet 9A, ED 124, Family 212, Roll 504
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
804 East Fifth; Home rented
Otis Gray..Self..36..IL..Button Cutter, Factory
Nellie Gray..Wife..32..MO..House Keeper, Private Family
Jane Bales..Aunt..64..IL..Button Carder, At Home
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Name: Otis N Gray
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Sep 1900
Event Place: Pike, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Millie Fast
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Gender: Female
Page: 51
GS Film Number: 001315808
Digital Folder Number: 005203000
Image Number: 00318

Citing this Record:
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-MN57 : accessed 9 March 2016), Otis N Gray and Millie Fast, 02 Sep 1900; citing Pike, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,315,808.
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