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Jacob Martin Fast
(1788-1875)
Catharine Rex
(1794-1872)
Martin M. Fast
(1811-1881)
Harriet Hartman
(Cal 1811-1852)
Jacob A. Fast
(1838-1917)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eliza J. Cotton

Jacob A. Fast 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 1838, Ohio 1 2 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Eliza J. Cotton about 1868 1 2
  • Died: 1917 at age 79 7
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 24 October 1850. 4

1850 US Census
Page 497B, Dwelling 4, Family 4, Roll 658
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..12..OH
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Ruggles Township, Ashland County, OH on 5 June 1860. 5

1860 US Census
Page 16, Roll 930, Dwelling 124, Family 121
Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Jacob Fast..22..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, MI on 15 August 1870. 6

1870 US Census
Page 9, Dwelling 74, Family 71
Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Jacob Fast..32..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and son.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, MI on 4 June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 67D, District 63, Dwelling 77, Family 80, Roll 577
Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Jacob Fast..Head..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sparta Township, Kent County, MI on 25 April 1910. 2

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 139, Family 4, Roll 655
Sparta Township, Kent County, Michigan
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 45 years
Jacob Fast..Head..71..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife.)
.


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Jacob married Eliza J. Cotton, daughter of Jesse Cotton and Nancy Isnogle, about 1868.1 2 (Eliza J. Cotton was born on 1 October 1844 in Ohio 1 and died after 15 April 1910.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, MI on 15 August 1870. 6

1870 US Census
Page 9, Dwelling 74, Family 71
Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Jacob Fast..32..OH..Farmer
Eliza Fast..35..OH..Keeping House
Edward Fast..8m..MI
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, MI on 4 June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 67D, District 63, Dwelling 77, Family 80, Roll 577
Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Jacob Fast..Head..42..OH..Farmer
Eliza J. Fast..Wife..35..OH..Keeping House
Edward E. Fast..Son..10..OH..At School
Jessie Blanche Fast..Dau..8..MI..At School
Lucius W. Fast..Son..3..MI
Florence Fast..Dau..10m..MI..Jul

(Apparently living at the home of Edwin and Anna Harper.)
.

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Sparta Township, Kent County, MI on 25 April 1910. 2

1910 US Census
Sheet 9A, District 139, Family 4, Roll 655
Sparta Township, Kent County, Michigan
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 45 years
Jacob Fast..Head..71..OH..Farmer
Eliza Fast..Wife..66..MI..5/4
.


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Sources

1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 63, p. 67D, dwelling 77, family 80, Jacob A. Fast and Eliza J. Cotton; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Aug 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 577.

2 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Sparta Township, Kent County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 9A, family 4, Jacob A. Fast and Eliza J. Cotton; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 655.

3 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire; Updated: 2008-08-07 23:55:09 UTC (Thu)).

4 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 497B, dwelling 4, family 4, Martin M. Fast and Harriet Hartman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 658.

5 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Ruggles Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 16, dwelling 124, family 121, Martin M. Fast and Nancy Jane Bumpus; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 28 Feb 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 930.

6 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan, p. 9, dwelling 74, family 71, Jacob A. Fast and Eliza J. Cotton; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

7 Obituary Newspaper Publication, THE ASHLAND TIMES AND GAZETTE, Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, 13 OCTOBER 1915.

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