CaswellElizabethLogee

ELIZABETH LOGEE
Wife of John Caswell
Generation Seven

Elizabeth Logee7 (Duty Logee6,Cyrus Logee⁵, Caleb Sr.4, Philip3, Abraham2, Philip1)
Born: 3 Oct 1837
Died: 14 Apr 1919
Married: John Caswell
He Born: 26 Apr 1828
He Died: 12 May 1899 Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Children:

Ellenor Caswell born about 1857 Rhode Island; married Hiram Taft about 1876; He born about 1850 Massachusetts

Hannah "Elizabeth" Caswell born about 1858; died 1 Sep 1888; buried South Street Cemetery, Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Flora B. Caswell born about 1865; married Ithiel D. Robbins 18 Jan 1890 Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He born about 1853; He probably died between 1900 and 1910

Duty Everett Caswell born 1 Sep 1867; died 21 Feb 1965 Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts; married Frances Aldrich 19 Nov 1889 Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She born about 1874 Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Addie E. Caswell born about 1871

Myrtis "Myrtie" M. Caswell born 4 May 1876 Massachusetts; died 11 May 1905; buried South Street Cemetery, Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts

All Tombstones at South Street Cemetery
Photographed Summer 1999

Personal Information:

Elizabeth Logee was born 3 Oct 18371. She was the daughter of Duty Logee and Elizabeth Robbins. Elizabeth married John Caswell about 18562. However, the marriage record has not yet been located. John W. Caswell was born 26 Apr 1828, probably in Douglas3. He was the son of John Caswell and Eunice Whiting. John was a farmer by trade.

John and Elizabeth had at least six children, and probably more who died as infants4;5. In 1888, Elizabeth and her children received various bequests from her brother through his will and estate6. They continued to spend their married lives together in Douglas, Massachusetts. On 12 May 1899, John Caswell died at age 71 years and 15 days. His cause of death was Pneumonia. He was buried in South Street Cemetery in Douglas.

Following his death, Elizabeth first lived with her son, Duty E. Logee in Burrillville, Rhode Island7. By 1910 she was residing in the home of her daughter, Ellener Taft wife of Hiram Taft, in Northbridge, Massachusetts8. Elizabeth died 14 Apr 1919 and was buried with her husband.

Sources:

1. (South Street Cemetery Tombstones) South Street Cemetery tombstone transcriptions; Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts; taken Summer 1999

2. (1860 Census) John Caswell household, 1860 US Census, population schedule, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Douglas, page 4 ln 5, taken 1 Jun 1860; Ancestry.com [32-34; John Caswell 32 farmer, $1500 land, $150 personal, Mass; Elizabeth 23 RI; Elann 3 RI; Hannah 1 RI]

3. (John Caswell death record) John Caswell death entry, Douglas, Massachusetts deaths, Year 1899 Vol III pg 72 no 14; Douglas Town Clerk; [John W. Caswell died 12 May 1899 Douglas; parents john Caswell and Eunice Whiting both born Douglas; occupation farmer; age at death 71 yrs 15 days; residence Douglas; cause Pneumonia; buried So Douglas Cem, Douglas, Ma]

4. (1870 Census) John Caswell household, 1870 US Census, population schedule, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Douglas, page 48 ln 21, taken 24 Aug 1870; Ancestry.com [12-413, John Caswell 43, farmer, Mass; Elizabeth 33 keep house RI; Ellenor 13 at home, RI; Hannah 11 RI; Flora B 5 Mass; Newton 2 Mass][Note: based on age Nelson is probably Duty E. Logee]

5. (1880 Census) John Caswell household, 1880 US Census, population schedule, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Douglas, Sup 10 ED 807 pg 39 print pg 177 ln 49, and pg 40 ln 1, taken 17/18 Jun 1880; Ancestry.com [John W. Caswell, 52, farmer, Mass Mass ?; Elisabeth R. wife, 43 keep house RI, RI, Ct; line 1 next page; Hannah E. dau 22 RI, Ma, RI, somestic; Flora B dau, 16 Ma, Ma, RI, domestic; Duty E. son 12 farm Ma, Ma, RI; Addie E. dau, 9 Ma, Ma, RI; Myrtis M dau 4 Ma, Ma, RI]

6. (Cyrus Logee will) Cyrus Logee will, Woodstock, Connecticut Probate, Vol 9 pg 133; Also filed in Burrillville Probate Bk 5 pg 578; FHL microfilm number 941606

7. (1900 Census) Duty E.Caswell household, 1900 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Providence County, Burrillville, Sup RI, ED 104 Sht 1A ln 31, print pg 285, taken 1 Jun 1900; Ancestry.com

8. (1910 Census) Hiram Taft household, 1910 US Census, population schedule, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Northbridge, written in corner pg 755 print pg 67 (VERY HARD TO READ - EXTREMELY FADED); Ancestry.com

Information on Flora B. (Caswell) Robbins

9. (Ithiel Robbins marriage) Ithiel Robbins entry, Massachusetts marriages 1841 to 1910, Vol 408 pg 403 or 407, 28 Jan 1890 Millbury; NEHGS website [image of document: Ithiel D. robbins of East Thomopson, Ct, age 36 farmer, born Thompson, Ct, parents Itthiel & Hannah (Green) Robbins, 1st marriage; to Flora B. Caswell Thompson Ct age 36 -should be 26- born Douglas, domestic, parents John & Elizabeth (Logee) Caswell, 1st marriage, married by H.W. Aiken, Justice of Peace, Millbury, married 18 Jan 1890]

10. (1900 US Census) Ithiel D. Robbins household, 1900 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Worcester County, Millbury township, Sup 115 ED 1158 or 1658, Sht 13A ln 3, print pg 246, taken 23 Jun 1900; Ancestry.com [229-292, Ithiel D. Robbins, head b. ?? 15, 1853, age 47, born Conn. married 10 years, father RI, mother Conn. farmer, owns farm, no mortgage; Flora Robbins, wife, born 1865, age 35, no children, married 10 yrs, Mass, Mass, RI; Myrtis Caswell sister-in-law, May 5, 1876 age 24, single, Mass, Mass, RI, servant]

11. (1910 US Census) Worcester State Hospital, 1910 US Census, population schedule, Rhode Island, Worcester County, Worcester, Sup 119 ED 1865 Sht 8A, taken 18 May 1910; Ancestry.com [Flora B. Robbins, inmate age 45 Mass, Mass, RI, 1 child, none living]