Eli Fast ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

A BIOGRAPHY OF ELI FAST, by Larry Overmire (great great nephew), Aug. 2008:

Eli Fast was born Sept. 6, 1811, probably in Greene County, Pennsylvania, the third of nine children of Martin and Catharine (Blosser) Fast. His family moved to Orange Township, Ohio, about 1814.

At the age of 24, on Feb. 19, 1835, in Wayne County (now Ashland County), Ohio, he married Margaret Berry, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Herring) Berry.

Eli was a farmer. He died at the age of 63 in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, on Sept. 11, 1874.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 503A, Dwelling 83, Family 83, Roll 658
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..39..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 7 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 6 Sep 1811, then his age should have been 38 instead of 39.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 2, Dwelling 13, Family 13, Roll 930
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..48..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 10 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 21 June 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 19 & 20, Dwelling 169, Family 159, Roll 1169
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..58..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He was buried after 11 September 1874 in the Nova Cemetery in Nova, OH.

Eli and his wife, Margaret, share one common gravestone in Nova Cemetery which is a large block of gray granite with a polished vertical face. The inscription reads "FAST - Eli Fast, Sept. 6, 1811 - Sept. 11, 1874; Margaret Fast, Apr. 9, 1819 - Apr. 27, 1901".
Find A Grave Memorial #28951350
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Eli married Margaret Berry, daughter of Jacob Berry and Elizabeth A. Herring, on 28 February 1835 in , Wayne County, OH.¹ (Margaret Berry was born on 9 April 1819 in Pennsylvania,^{2 3 7 8 9} died on 27 April 1901 in Nova, OH ^{2 9} and was buried after 27 April 1901 in Nova, OH ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 28 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 503A, Roll 658, Dwelling 83, Family 83
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..39..PA..Farmer
Margaret Fast..31..PA
Jacob B. Fast..14..OH
Martin Fast..12..OH
Henry Fast..10..OH
Mary Jane Fast..8..OH
Lucinda Fast..6..OH
Samuel Fast..4..OH
Wilson Fast..1..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 2, Roll 930, Dwelling 13, Family 13
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..48..PA..Farmer
Margaret Fast..40..PA
Martin Fast..21..OH..Stone Mason
Henry Martin..20..OH..Farmer
Mary J. Fast..18..OH
Lucinda Fast..16..OH
Samuel Fast..14..OH
Wilson Fast..11..OH
Sarah A. Fast..8..OH
Laben Fast..6..OH
Ira Fast..4..OH
Catherine Fast..2..OH
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 21 June 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 19 & 20, Roll 1169, Dwelling 169, Family 159
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Fast..58..PA..Farmer
Margaret Fast..31..PA
Samuel Fast..24..OH
Wilson Fast..21..OH
Sarah Fast..19..OH
Laban Fast..17..OH
Eli Ira Fast..14..OH
Rosella Fast..12..OH
Fanny Fast..7..OH
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