Eliza J. Cotton

Jesse Cotton
(Abt 1814-)

Nancy Isnogle
(Abt 1819-)

Eliza J. Cotton
(1844-After 1910)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jacob A. Fast

Eliza J. Cotton ¹ ² ³

Born: 1 October 1844, Ohio ¹
Marriage (1): Jacob A. Fast about 1868 ¹ ²
Died: After 15 April 1910

bullet Another name for Eliza was "Lyda" Cotton.

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, MI on 15 August 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 9, Dwelling 74, Family 71
Sunfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Eliza Fast..35..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 1 Oct 1844, then her age should have been 25 instead of 35.
.

• She 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
Eliza J. Fast..Wife..35..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 4 children.)
.

• She 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
Eliza Fast..Wife..66..MI..5/4
(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 1 Oct 1844, then her age should have been 65 instead of 66.
.

Eliza married Jacob A. Fast, son of Martin M. Fast and Harriet Hartman, about 1868.¹ ² (Jacob A. Fast was born in 1838 in Ohio ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ and died in 1917 ⁶.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sunfield Township, Eaton County, MI on 15 August 1870. ³

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
.

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 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.

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

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Eliza J. Cotton ¹ ² ³