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Martin Fast
(Cal 1784-1838)
Catherine Blosser
(1790-1859)
Joseph Sowle
(1785-1862)
Rachel Allen
(1789-1851)
Christian Fast
(1814-1898)
Henrietta Sowle
(1820-1859)
Eli Fast
(1847-1922)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Adeline McIntire

Eli Fast 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 14 April 1847, Ashland County, OH 1 2 3 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Adeline McIntire on 12 November 1873 1 2 3
  • Died: 1922, , Steuben County, IN at age 75 7
  • Buried: 1922, Angola, IN 7
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 October 1850. 4

1850 US Census
Page 468A, Dwelling 115, Family 119, Roll 658
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..4..OH

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Apr 1847, then his age should have been 3 instead of 4.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on 4 July 1860. 5

1860 US Census
Page 105, Family 778, Roll 298
Pleasant Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States
Eli Frost..12..Ohio

(Living with father and stepmother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Apr 1847, then his age should have been 13 instead of 12.
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on 28 June 1870. 6

1870 US Census
Page 156A, Dwelling 329, Family 351, Roll 359
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Eli Fast..23..OH

(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 320C, Roll 0312
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Eli Fast..Self..33..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on 6 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 102, Dwelling 53, Family 53
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 26 years
Eli Fast..Head..Apr 1847..53..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on 6 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 158, Family 50, Roll 461
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Farm owned, with mortgage
Eli Fast..Head..72..OH..Farmer, General Farm

(Living with wife.)
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• He was buried in 1922 in the Sowles Cemetery in Angola, IN.

Eli's gravestone is an off-white sandstone vertical face monument with an inscription that reads "Eli Fast, 1847 - 1922".

Find A Grave Memorial #19066034
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Eli married Adeline McIntire on 12 November 1873.1 2 3 (Adeline McIntire was born in August 1853 in Ohio,1 2 8 died in 1935 in , Steuben County, IN 8 and was buried in 1935 in Angola, IN 8.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 320C, Roll 0312
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Eli Fast..Self..33..OH..Farmer
Adda Fast..Wife..26..OH..Housework
Clarra Fast..Dau..1..IN
.

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on 6 June 1900. 2

1900 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 102, Dwelling 53, Family 53
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 26 years
Eli Fast..Head..Apr 1847..53..OH..Farmer
Adeline Fast..Wife..Aug 1853..46..OH..2/2
Carrie Fast..Dau..Dec 1888..11..IN
.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, IN on 6 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 158, Family 50, Roll 461
Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Farm owned, with mortgage
Eli Fast..Head..72..OH..Farmer, General Farm
Adaline Fast..Wife..67..OH
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Sources


1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, p. 320C, Eli Fast and Adeline McIntire; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Sep 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0312.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 3A, dwelling 53, family 53, Eli Fast and Adeline McIntire; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 158, sheet 2B, family 50, Eli Fast and Adeline McIntire; index and images (accessed 4 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 461.

4 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 468A, dwelling 115, family 119, Christian Fast and Henriette Sowle; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States, p. 105, family 778, Christian Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 December 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 298.

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, p. 45, dwelling 329, family 351, Christian Fast and Rhoda M. Wells; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 359.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19066034.

8 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 19 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20126305.


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