Frank Swain (1860 - 1932)

Born Feb 1860 in Delaware, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Jane (Capehart) Swain — married 6 Apr 1889 in Kent, Delaware, United States

Died 29 Nov 1932 at age 72 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Frank was born in 1858. He was the son of George Swain and Leah Spicer.

He married Emma Jane Capehart in 1889. They had at least one child: Addie C., born October of 1889.

As of 1900, Frank was a Farmer, living in Sussex County, Delaware.

He died in Chester, N.J., in 1932:

”Frank Swain Dies of Heart Trouble

”Brother Had Died of similar Illness Two Weeks Ago

”MILFORD, Dec 1 – Just two weeks to a day after the death of his only brother, Frank Swain died at his home in Chester, N.J., Tuesday.

His brother, Elmer U. Swain, of near Milford, died of heart trouble two weeks previous. Frank Swain, 72, died in the same way Tuesday morning.

Both of these men spent most of their lives near Milford and are well known in this community

The body of Mr. Swain was brought from Chester, N.J., to Milford today.”

Sources

• 1860 United States Census, 1860> Delaware> Sussex> Cedar Creek Hundred, database with images, FamilySearch, [1] accessed December 2017, household of George R Swain, 1860,

Frank Swain Male 4/12 Delaware (note: misindexed as age 2 by FamilySearch, but see underlying image)

• Marriage of Frank E Swain and Emma J. Capehart, 6 April 1889, in Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974], database with images, FamilySearch [2] accessed 11 March 2019. Marriage in Kent, Delaware (misindexed as Tent, New Castle, DE by Family Search but see underlying image). Original source: Delaware Public Archives, Dover; FHL microfilm

• 1900 United States Census> Delaware> Sussex> Cedar Creek Hundred> ED 86, sheet 1B, Family 11> Household of Frank Swain. Database with images, FamilySearch, [3], accessed 30 August 2020), NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,157.

Frank Swain Head Male 40; born Feb 1860 in Delaware; occupation: Farmer

Emma J Swain Wife Female 33; born Feb 1867 in Pennsylvania

Addie C Swain Daughter Female 11; born Oct 1889 in Delaware

• 1920 United States Federal Census> Delaware> Sussex> Representative district 1> District 0179> Image 25, Sheet 13A, Lines 20-26> Household of George W. Swain. Database and images at Ancestry.com Image

Frank Swain; Brother; age 65; born in Delaware; widowed

• Article “Frank Swain Dies of Heart Trouble” in The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware),Thu, 01 Dec 1932, page 16. Database and images, Newspapers.com [4] accessed 27 Nov 2020