Margaret Berry ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1820 and a birth location of Pennsylvania.

This birth date was referenced by her age of 40 on the 1860 census.
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• She 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
Margaret Fast..31..PA

(Living with husband and 7 children.)
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• She 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
Margaret Fast..40..PA

(Living with husband and 10 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 9 Apr 1819, then her age should have been 41 instead of 40.
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• She 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
Margaret Fast..31..PA

(Living with husband and 7 children.)

NOTE - This was probably an error by the enumerator but her age should have been 51 instead of 31.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on June 1880. ⁶

1880 US Census
Page 213B, Roll 0991
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Margaret Fast..Self..61..Wd..PA..Keeping House
Fannie M. Fast..Dau..17..OH..Domestic Servant

(Margaret was widowed and living with daughter, Fannie.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 3 June 1900. ⁷

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 16, Dwelling 15, Family 15
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Margaret Fast..Mother..Apr 1819..81..PA..12/10

(Widowed and living at the home of her married son, Henry, and his wife.)
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• She was buried after 27 April 1901 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 #28951551
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Margaret married Eli Fast, son of Martin Fast and Catherine Blosser, on 28 February 1835 in , Wayne County, OH.¹ (Eli Fast was born on 6 September 1811 in , Greene County, PA,^{2 4 5 9} died on 11 September 1874 in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH ^{2 9} and was buried after 11 September 1874 in Ashland County, 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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