Geneva (Eva) Fern (Careins) Gwin was born outside of Delaware County, Indiana on June 16, 1897. In 1917 both Eva Careins and her future husband, Forrest Gwin were students at Muncie Business College in Muncie, Indiana. The couple married on June 16, 1920, Eva's twenty-third birthday. They lived in Muncie until Eva died in an Indianapolis hospital on Oct. 27, 1949 at the age of fifty-two. The Gwins led active lives in Muncie. Forrest worked in various positions for the Indiana General Service Company and by 1947 was working for the Ball Corporation. He was a member of the Muncie Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and served as its Treasurer during the fraternity's centennial in 1949 and was a delegate to the Indiana Republican Convention in 1950. Eva Gwin was active in the Entre Nous Club, a Muncie women's club organized in 1909.
From the description of Geneva Gwin papers, 1924-1970. (Ball State University Library). WorldCat record id: 607080292
