Wesley Chaney ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1825 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 35 on the 1860 census.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 16 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 97, Roll 930, Dwelling 774, Family 748
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..35..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Nov 1823, then his age should have been 36 instead of 35.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 8 August 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 37, Dwelling 304, Family 277
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..48..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Nov 1823, then his age should have been 46 instead of 48.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 195A, Roll 0991, District 89, Family 258
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..Self..57..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 Nov 1823, then his age should have been 56 instead of 57.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 29 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 14, Dwelling 269, Family 269, Roll 1237
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 50 years
Wesley Chaney..Head..Oct 1823..76..OH..Retired Farmer
(Living with wife.)

NOTE - His birth date should have been in Nov 1823 instead of Oct 1823.
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• He was buried on 15 June 1904 in the Nankin Cemetery in Nankin, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #22345591
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• His obituary was published in the Ashland Times and Gazette on 15 June 1904 in Ashland, OH.

⁶ Wesley Chaney, for many years a citizen of Nankin, died at his home on Monday morning in the eighty-first year of his age. The deceased was born in Harrison county, Ohio, and came with his father's family to this county while yet a boy, the family settling in the neighborhood of the Crouse school-house. Mr. Chaney married Miss Alzina Fast and moved on a farm just north of the village of Orange. His wife, two sons and three daughters survive him. Funeral services were held this Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Interment in the Orange cemetery.

(Source: Ashland Times and Gazette, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, 15 Jun 1904)
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Wesley married Elzina Fast, daughter of Jacob Martin Fast and Catharine Rex, on 29 January 1849 in Ashland County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Elzina Fast was born on 7 September 1832 in Ohio,⁸ died after 1 June 1900 and was buried after 1 June 1900 in Nankin Cemetery, Nankin, OH ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 16 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 97, Roll 930, Dwelling 774, Family 748
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..35..OH..Farmer
Elsina Chaney..28..OH
Milton Chaney..10..OH
Emma J. Chaney..7..OH
Catharine Chaney..5..OH
Laura Chaney..3..OH
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 8 August 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 37, Dwelling 304, Family 277
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..48..OH..Farmer
Alzina Chaney..39..OH..Keeping House
Milton Chaney..20..OH
Cassie Chaney..15..OH
Laura Chaney..13..OH
Willie Chaney..9..OH
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 9 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 195A, Roll 0991, District 89, Family 258
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Wesley Chaney..Self..57..OH..Farmer
Elzina Chaney..Wife..48..OH..Keeping House
Milton Chaney..Son..30..OH..Farm Laborer
Loria Chaney..Dau..22...OH
William Chaney..Son..18..OH
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 29 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 12B, District 14, Dwelling 269, Family 269, Roll 1237
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 50 years
Wesley Chaney..Head..Oct 1823..76..OH..Retired Farmer
Alzina Chaney..Wife..Sep 1831..68..OH..5/5
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Westley Chaney
Event Type: Intended Marriage
Event Date: 29 Jan 1849
Event Place: Ashland, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Elizina Fast
Reference ID: v 1 p 196 rn 584
GS Film Number: 2079405
Digital Folder Number: 004031943
Image Number: 00611

Citing this Record:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZHX-L4W : accessed 10 March 2015), Westley Chaney and Elizina Fast, 29 Jan 1849; citing Ashland, Ohio, United States, reference v 1 p 196 rn 584; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,079,405.
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