Eli R. Fast

Christian Fast
(1762-1841)

Anna Barbara Mason
(1768-1855)

Jacob Martin Fast
(1788-1875)

Catharine Rex
(1794-1872)

Eli R. Fast
(Cal 1816-1861)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Cazier

Eli R. Fast ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: Cal 4 March 1816, , Greene County, PA ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶
Marriage (1): Elizabeth Cazier on 8 November 1842 in , DeKalb County, IN ¹ ² ³
Died: 16 March 1861, Ashland County, OH about age 45 ³ ⁶
Buried: After 16 March 1861, Troy Township, Ashland County, OH ⁶

bullet Birth Notes:

Birth date is calculated from the age at death of 45y, 12d.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 7 November 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 388B-389A, Roll 658, Dwelling 130, Family 130
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..34..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 daughters.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 31, Dwelling 249, Family 240, Roll 930
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..44..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He was buried after 16 March 1861 in the Nova Cemetery in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH.

Eli's gravestone in the Nova Cemetery is a gothic top tablet of white sandstone. The lettering is in both relief and deep cut engraving which still allows for relatively easy reading after many years of weathering. The inscription reads "Eli R. Fast, Died March 16, 1861, Aged 45y & 12d".
Find A Grave Memorial #94911776
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Eli married Elizabeth Cazier, daughter of Unknown and Susan Ann, on 8 November 1842 in , DeKalb County, IN.¹ ² ³ (Elizabeth Cazier was born on 14 March 1821 in Ashland County, OH,¹ ³ ⁷ ⁸ died on 26 October 1906 in Ashland County, OH ⁹ and was buried after 26 October 1906 in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 7 November 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 388B-389A, Roll 658, Dwelling 130, Family 130
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..34..PA..Farmer
Elizabeth Fast..21..OH
Julia A. Fast..8..OH
Almira A. Fast..5..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 9 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 31, Roll 930, Dwelling 249, Family 240
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..44..PA..Farmer
Elizabeth Fast..40..OH
Julia A. Fast..16..OH..Domestic
Elsina A. Fast..13..OH
James L. Fast..5..OH
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1 William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Genealogies: Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (1886).

2 Genealogy.com, Marriage Index: Illinois & Indiana, 1790-1850 (Family Archive #228).

3 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire; Updated: 2008-08-07 23:55:09 UTC (Thu)).

4 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 388B, dwelling 130, family 130; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 31, dwelling 249, family 240, Eli R. Fast and Elizabeth Cazier; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Mar 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Mar 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94911776.

7 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Orange Township, Noble County, Indiana, p. 1, dwelling 3, family 3, Elizabeth Cazier; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 347.

8 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, New London, Huron County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 28, sheet 1B, dwelling 26, family 27, James Lafayette Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1288.

9 Obituary Newspaper Publication, THE ASHLAND TIMES AND GAZETTE, Ashland, Ohio, 7 NOVEMBER 1906.

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Eli R. Fast ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶