Margaret Berry ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Alt. Birth, 1820, Pennsylvania, United States. ³ This birth date was referenced by her age of 40 on the 1860 census.

2. 1850 US Census, 28 October 1850, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 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.)

3. 1860 US Census, 1 June 1860, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ³ 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.

4. 1870 US Census, 21 June 1870, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁴ 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.

5. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 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.)

6. 1900 US Census, 3 June 1900, Troy Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁶ 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.)

7. Cemetery: Nova Cemetery, After 27 April 1901, Nova, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁷ 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

Margaret married Eli Fast, son of Martin Mason Fast and Catherine Blosser, on 28 February 1835 in Wayne, Ohio, United States.¹ (Eli Fast was born on 6 September 1811 in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States,^{3 4 8} died on 11 September 1874 in Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States ⁸ and was buried after 11 September 1874 in Ashland, Ohio, United States ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 28 October 1850, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 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

2. 1860 US Census, 1 June 1860, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ³ 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

3. 1870 US Census, 21 June 1870, Ruggles Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ⁴ 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