Eva’s unexpected deathA Closer LookNear the end of her life in 1911, Mary lamented in a letter: “I envy you your two home girls and your grandchildren. I think I do not always feel quite resigned that Eva should have been taken. I had looked forward to her being the prop and stay of my old age. But when I think about it, I say to myself ‘It is well with the child.’” “It is well with the child” is a quote from the Bible frequently used at children’s funerals in the 19th century.
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