SWAIN, Mary Zella 1868-1873

SWAIN, DAKE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/29/2013 at 12:12:41

The Mitchell County News reports a terrible calamity which befell the family of W. A. Swain last week Friday. A little daughter, four years old, was playing about the premises, and after being unobserved for a few moments only was found dead in the yard.

Upon post mortem examination it was found that the child died from the effects of poison. How or where the little girl procured the poison is unknown.

[Iowa State Reporter, Wednesday, May 7, 1873, Waterloo, Iowa]
(Credit: S. Bell)
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Birth: Nov. 3, 1868, Iowa.

Death: Apr. 26, 1873, Iowa.
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Name: Mary Zella Swain
Death Date: 26 Apr 1873
Page #: 129
Cemetery: Osage
Source: Mitchell County, Iowa Grave Records
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Parents:
William A Swain (1833-1903)
Eliza Phebe Dake Swain (1838-1915)
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Burial:
Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell County,
Iowa.

(Credit: DM Scott)