Levi Fast ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1828, Ohio, United States. ³

2. 1860 US Census, 21 July 1860, Benton Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. ³ 1860 US Census
Page 129, Roll 542, Dwelling 1056, Family 1006
Benton Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Levi Fast..32..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 26 Feb 1827, then his age should have been 33 instead of 32.

3. 1870 US Census, 24 August 1870, Benton Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. ⁴ 1870 US Census
Page 14, Dwelling 112, Family 111, Roll 670
Benton Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Levi Fast..42..OH..Farmer
Clinton Fast..18..OH..Farm Laborer
Arabella Fast..16..MI..Keeping House
Olive Fast..14..MI..At School
Anna Fast..12 ..MI..At School
Alvie Fast..9..MI
Elsa Fast..6..MI

(Levi was presumed widowed; living with 6 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 26 Feb 1827, then his age should have been 43 instead of 42.

4. 1880 US Census, 7 June 1880, Benton Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. ⁵ 1880 US Census
Page 122B, District 66, Dwelling 121, Family 123, Roll 578
Benton Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Levi Fast..Self..53..OH..Farmer..Widowed
Alice Fast..Daughter..19..MI..Keeps House
Elza Fast..Son..16..MI..At Home
Myrtie Garvey..Granddaughter..4..MI

(Widowed and living with 2 children and 1 granddaughter.)

NOTE - Myrtie Garvey was shown as a grand-daughter but it is not known who her parents were.

5. Cemetery: Benton Township Cemetery, After 7 January 1898, Potterville, Eaton, Michigan, United States. ⁶ Find A Grave Memorial #68753791

6. Disproven Death Date, 1910. The death year of 1910 as offered by one or more researchers cannot be correct because his gravestone indicates that he died on 7 Jan 1898 aged 70 years which fits with a birth date of 26 Feb 1827.
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Levi married Fanny Staley on 30 October 1851 in Huron, Ohio, United States.¹ (Fanny Staley was born calculated 29 July 1833 in Ohio, United States,³ died on 16 November 1864 ⁷ and was buried after 16 November 1864 in Potterville, Eaton, Michigan, United States ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1860 US Census, 21 July 1860, Benton Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. ³ 1860 US Census
Page 129, Roll 542, Dwelling 1056, Family 1006
Benton Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Levi Fast..32..OH..Farmer
Fonny Fast..26..OH
Clinton Fast..7..OH
Cordelia Fast..5..MI
Olive Fast..4..MI
Anna C. Fast..2..MI

Levi next married Mattie S. Garber on 25 December 1877 in Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, United States.² (Mattie S. Garber was born in 1843 in Ohio, United States ² and died after 25 December 1877.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 25 December 1877, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, United States. ²

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Levi Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1877
Event Place: Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 50y
Birth Date: 1827
Birthplace: Ohio
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1877
Marriage Place: Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan
Spouse's Name: Mattie S. Garber True
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 34y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1843
Spouse's Birthplace: Ohio
Source Reference: v 2 p 235 rn 263

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSX-YPN : 9 November 2020), Levi Fast and Mattie S. Garber True, 25 Dec 1877; citing Marriage, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207589.

This marriage record would seem to indicate a second marriage for Levi Fast following the death of his first wife in 1864 but the 1880 US Census record shows Levi living with his children and his marital status was marked as widowed. Either this was a different Levi Fast which is not likely because he was the only "Levi" in the area at the time or else this was indeed a second marriage for him but this wife also died shortly thereafter.
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