Notes
Owner: "E[velyn] L. Swain."
Clarkson-Watson Collection
Donors, Evelyn Swain (born 1882) & Isabel Swain (Born 1892) were the daughters of Joseph Warner Swain (1849-1923).
"SWAIN, JOSEPH WARNER (Swain Bros.), miners and shippers of coal; son of Anthony and Abby (Warner) Swain; born Bristol, Penna., June 25, 1849. Educated Friends' Central School, Phila. Married Jessie McKechnie; children. Evelyn, Warner, Alexander and Isabel. Established the firm of Swain Bros, 1871, and engaged continuously in the coal mining and shipping business since that date; Society of Friends. Republican. Clubs, Union League, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Germantown Cricket, Welcome Society, St. Andrews Society. Residence, Queen Lane and Stokley St., Germantown. Business address, Pennsylvania Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa.”
Swain is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
(Source: http://poweltonvillage.org/interactivemap/files/3303race.htm)
