Martha Cecelia Nelson ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She worked as a House Wife. ¹

• She had a residence in Neptune, OH. ¹

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 27 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 76, Dwelling 287, Family 289
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
Martha Fast..Wife..Apr 1860..40..OH..4/3
(Living with husband, 3 children, and 1 step-son.)

NOTE - Her birth date is thought to have been 19 Apr 1861 instead of Apr 1860.
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• She was buried after 15 July 1954 in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Saint Marys, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #17013942
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• Her obituary was published in the Lima News on 17 July 1954 in Lima, OH.

⁵ Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Vore & Folk Funeral Home for Mrs. Martha C. Fast, 93, widow of George Fast, who died Thursday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. May Van der Pyl in Detroit. Burial will be in Elmgrove Cemetery.

Mrs. Fast was a native of Mercer County. She is survived by three children, Mrs. E. M. Doty, Mrs. Van der Pyl, and Lloyd Fast, all of Detroit, a brother John Nelson, St. Marys, five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

(Source: Lima News, Lima OH, 17 Jul 1954)
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Martha married George Branaman Fast, son of Abraham Levi Fast and Mary Jane Ginter, on 11 October 1885 in , Mercer County, OH.^{1 2 3} (George Branaman Fast was born on 15 April 1846 in , Mercer County, OH,^{1 2 3 6 7 8} died on 17 November 1922 in Detroit, MI ^{1 2 8} and was buried after 17 November 1922 in Saint Marys, OH ^{1 8}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Center Township, Mercer, OH on 27 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 14B, District 76, Dwelling 287, Family 289
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 15 years
George Fast..Head..Apr 1846..54..OH..Farmer
Martha Fast..Wife..Apr 1860..40..OH..4/3
Lloyd Fast..Son..Jul 1886..13..OH..At School
Ottie M. Fast..Dau..Feb 1892..8..OH..At School
Flossie E. Fast..Dau..Nov 1895..4..OH
Mustesso C. Fast..Son..Sep 1872..27..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #1334]
George and Martha were farmers in Neptune, Ohio. When they retired they moved to Detroit, Michigan to live where all three of their children were in business.
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