Biographies - Generation 6 - Edith Woodbury Caverly Swaine (1857 - 1889)

Edith Woodbury Caverly Swaine (1857 - 1889)
Edith Woodbury⁶ Caverly Swaine (John⁵ Caverly, Nicholas⁴, Nathaniel³, Thomas², Moses¹)

Edith Woodbury Caverly was born in Barrington, Strafford County, New Hampshire on 2 November 1857, daughter of John Stickney and Nancy Jane (Ricker) Caverly. She married Herbert C. Swaine, son of Mark Henry and Sarah (Buzzell) Swaine, on 31 August 1881 in Barrington. She died as a result of an embolism in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire 30 May 1889 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Barrington.¹

Edith and Herbert had three children: Mabelle, born in Rochester 3 May 1885, died in Rochester 21 March 1887; Hazel, born in Rochester 19 June 1887, died in Rochester 23 March 1891; and Philip, born in Rochester 19 March 1889, died 2 April 1969 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.²

Below is a sad notice about Edith's untimely death from The Dover Enquirer :

Thursday morning at Rochester Mrs. Herbert C. Swain died very suddenly, aged 31 years. She had been for some months in poor health but was able to be about and attend to her domestic duties. On Wednesday night she retired as usual and slept till 2 o’clock, when she awoke, finding difficulty in breathing. A little later, she rose up in bed, threw up her arms, and fell back in the embrace of death. She was a most estimable lady and greatly beloved. She leaves a husband and two children behind while two little ones have preceded her to the spirit land. She is the daughter of John S. Caverly of Barrington and sister of J. Colby Caverly of this city. The funeral will be from the Congregational church in Barrington Saturday at 1 p.m., Rev. E. Haskell of this city officiating.³

After Edith's death, Herbert, a shoemaker, and son Philip relocated to Lynn, Massachusetts, a center for shoemaking in the 1890's. Herbert died in Lynn on 3 September 1896. Philip lived in Lynn for the rest of his life, marrying Bertha Fairchild and raised a family of seven children.⁴

References:
¹ Nathaniel Caverly Family Bible, in the possession of Lynne Rhodes, a copy of whose records are in the R. Stanton Avery, Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts; New Hampshire Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records: card files at the State of New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Hazen Drive, Concord, N.H. (also microfilm at New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts). Hereinafter cited as NHVR.
² NHVR, Massachusetts Birth, Death, and Marriage Records, 1841-1910: Massachusetts State Archives, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, Mass. (also microfilm at New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts). Hereinafter cited as MAVR.
³ Edith Caverly Swaine death notice, The Dover Enquirer, Dover, New Hampshire, 7 June 1889, page 2.
⁴ MAVR.