Eli Ira Fast ^{1 3 4 5 6}

   Another name for Eli was Ira Eli Fast.²

  Death Notes:

Name: Eli Ira Fast
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Dec 1929
Event Place: Ashland, Ashland, Ohio
Residence Place: Ashland, Ashland, Ohio
Address: 752 Cleveland Ave.
Gender: Male
Age: 74
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1855
Birthplace: Ruggles Twp., Ohio
Burial Date: 17 Dec 1929
Burial Place: Nova, Ohio
Father's Name: Eligh Fast
Father's Birthplace: Pa.
Mother's Name: Margrett Berry
Mother's Birthplace: Pa.
Spouse's Name: Cathern
File Number: fn 74623
GS Film number: 1992021
Digital Folder Number: 004022362
Image Number: 01909

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6HG-BPL : accessed 25 February 2015), Eligh Fast in entry for Eli Ira Fast, 14 Dec 1929; citing Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, reference fn 74623; FHL microfilm 1,992,021.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 1 June 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 2, Dwelling 13, Family 13, Roll 930
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Ira Fast..4..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 21 June 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 19 & 20, Dwelling 169, Family 159, Roll 1169
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Eli Ira Fast..14..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 235D, District 93, Family 123, Roll 991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Ira E. Fast...Self..23..OH..Farm Laborer

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 24 Jan 1855, then his age should have been 25 instead of 23.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Montgomery Township, Ashland County, OH on 22 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 9, Dwelling 176, Family 181
Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Married 21 years
Ira E. Fast..Head..Jun 1855..44..OH..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)
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• He resided at 762 Cleveland Avenue in 1929 in Ashland, OH.
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• He was buried on 17 December 1929 in the Nova Cemetery in Nova, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #29259741
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Eli married Catharine Ann Simmons, daughter of Jesse Simmons and Jemima Fast, in 1879.^{1 2} (Catharine Ann Simmons was born on 18 July 1855 in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH,^{1 2 8 9 10} died on 20 April 1943 in Ashland, OH ^{9 10} and was buried on 22 April 1943 in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH ^{9 10}.). The cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Troy Township, Ashland County, OH on 12 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 235D, District 93, Family 123, Roll 991
Troy Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Ira E. Fast...Self..23..OH..Farm Laborer
Kate A. Fast..Wife..24..OH..Keeping House
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Montgomery Township, Ashland County, OH on 22 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 9, Dwelling 176, Family 181
Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Farm rented
Married 21 years
Ira E. Fast..Head..Jun 1855..44..OH..Farmer
Katherine Fast..Wife..Jul 1855..44..OH..2/2
Gladys Fast..Dau..Jan 1885..15..OH
Cleo Fast..Son..Jun 1888..11..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Eli Ira Fast and Catherine Anne Simmons were 2nd cousins. Catherine's mother was Jemima Fast.
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