Mattie S. Garber ¹

Mattie married Levi Fast, son of William Fast and Anna Catherine Elizabeth Fast, on 25 December 1877 in Eaton Rapids, MI.¹ (Levi Fast was born on 26 February 1827 in , Richland County, OH,^{1 2 3 4} died on 7 January 1898 in Michigan ⁴ and was buried after 7 January 1898 in Potterville, MI ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 25 December 1877, in Eaton Rapids, MI. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Levi Fast
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1877
Event Place: Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan
Gender: Male
Age: 50y
Birth Date: 1827
Birthplace: Ohio
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1877
Marriage Place: Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan
Spouse's Name: Mattie S. Garber True
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 34y
Spouse's Birth Date: 1843
Spouse's Birthplace: Ohio
Source Reference: v 2 p 235 rn 263

Citing this Record
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQSX-YPN : 9 November 2020), Levi Fast and Mattie S. Garber True, 25 Dec 1877; citing Marriage, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207589.

This marriage record would seem to indicate a second marriage for Levi Fast following the death of his first wife in 1864 but the 1880 US Census record shows Levi living with his children and his marital status was marked as widowed. Either this was a different Levi Fast which is not likely because he was the only "Levi" in the area at the time or else this was indeed a second marriage for him but this wife also died shortly thereafter.
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