TITANIC SURVIVOR

Eloise Hughes, a daughter of James A. and Belle Vinson Hughes, grew up in Huntington but spent a lot of time in Washington D.C., where her father was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
By the time of her society debut in January 1912, she caught the eye of Lucian Philip Smith, 24, a West Virginia University student from Uniontown, Pa., whose father earned a fortune as a partner of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Shortly after the debutant's debut, Smith came to Huntington and their engagement was announced.
The couple wed at Central Christian Church on Feb. 8, 1912, and embarked on a long honeymoon to Europe, Egypt and the Middle East.
The dream trip's last lap, scheduled early by the Smith's because Eloise was pregnant, was to return across the Atlantic on the Titanic.
On the night of Sunday, April 14th the ship struck an iceberg. Eloise Smith was awakened in her C deck room by the vibration. Shortly thereafter Lucian entered her room and told her the ship had struck an iceberg, and that the captain has ordered all ladies on deck.
The Smith's sat, calmly talking, in the ship's gymnasium just off the Boat Deck as the first of the Titanic's lifeboats started to fill with women and children.
Then, above their heads, white distress rockets exploded in blinding flashes. Everyone realized it was time to say goodbye.
Men helped their wives or other women into the lifeboats. Many refused to go, begging their husbands to join them.
Eloise noticed Captain Smith close by with a megaphone and begged him to let her husband sail away with her. He ignored her and kept shouting "Women and children first!"
Lucian Smith spoke up "Never mind, captain about that"
he said "I'll see she gets in the boat" He turned to her and spoke. "It is only a matter of form to have women and children first. The ship thoroughly equipped and everyone on her will be saved"
So she kissed him and stepped into the boat. Only 28 people filled No. 6, the second lifeboat to be launched from the ship and the first from the port side, even though it had room for 65. Eloise Smith was one of them. Denver socialite Margaret "Molly" Brown, the noted "Unsinkable Molly Brown" was another.
At 1 a.m. across the icy water, Smith could see her husband waving from the rail of the Boat Deck, as were hundreds of others. By 2:15, the Titanic's stern was the only section of the vessel still visible. Five minutes later it slid under the waves.
Adrift at sea, Eloise Smith and others were rescued after daylight by the Cunard liner Carpathia. She was one of 711 people to survive the disaster.
Hundred's of Huntington's residents jammed the Railway station when she arrived on Sunday, April 21st. The crowd was so large that five police officers escorted her automobile from the station to her Grandmother's home in the West End.
On May 12th, Smith took part in a tearful memorial service for her husband in the same church where they had been married three months before.
Eloise was one of three Titanic brides to whom posthumous heirs where born. She had a son, Lucius P. Smith Jr., on Nov. 29, 1912.
People used to say that Eloise was probably the only women in the world who in just a year's time made her debut, got engaged, married, survived the Titanic, became a widow and then a mother.
Ironically, Eloise Smith married Robert W. Daniel, another Titanic survivor, two years later.
Daniel, 27, a Philadelphia banker, jumped from the Titanic into the sea. Moments later he was pulled aboard Lifeboat 6 and Eloise offered to share her mink coat with him to keep him warm.
Following their 1914 wedding, the couple spent their honeymoon in England. They had sailed across the Atlantic just south of where the Titanic had gone down.
Eloise Hughes Smith Daniel married twice more before her death in 1940.
Cause of Death: Heart Disease

Excerpts taken from the Herald Dispatch.

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Mrs. Daniel to Receive
Damages for Death of Husband on Titanic
Many in this city will be interested to know that Mrs. Robert W. Daniel, formerly Mrs. Mary Eloise Hughes Smith, Huntington, West Virginia, who is well known in Harrodsburg, where she has visited several times, will receive approximately $10,000 from the White Star Line in settlement for her claim for damages caused by the sinking of the Titanic, according to advices received from New York. It will be remembered that she was returning from Europe with her husband, Lucien P. Smith, where they had been spending their honeymoon and the young man lost his life when the Titanic went down. The bride was saved, and prior to the birth of her posthumous son, she entered a claim against the White Star Line for $50,000. She recently was offered $7,000 in settlement for the claim, but it is said refused that amount, but indicated that she would accept $10,000. The young widow about a year ago married Robert W. Daniel, of Pennsylvania, who was also saved from the Titanic disaster and was brought to safety on the same ship with her.
(Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY, Fri Dec 24, 1915)
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TITANIC SURVIVOR

Eloise Hughes, a daughter of James A. and Belle Vinson Hughes, grew up in Huntington but spent a lot of time in Washington D.C., where her father was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
By the time of her society debut in January 1912, she caught the eye of Lucian Philip Smith, 24, a West Virginia University student from Uniontown, Pa., whose father earned a fortune as a partner of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. Shortly after the debutant's debut, Smith came to Huntington and their engagement was announced.
The couple wed at Central Christian Church on Feb. 8, 1912, and embarked on a long honeymoon to Europe, Egypt and the Middle East.
The dream trip's last lap, scheduled early by the Smith's because Eloise was pregnant, was to return across the Atlantic on the Titanic.
On the night of Sunday, April 14th the ship struck an iceberg. Eloise Smith was awakened in her C deck room by the vibration. Shortly thereafter Lucian entered her room and told her the ship had struck an iceberg, and that the captain has ordered all ladies on deck.
The Smith's sat, calmly talking, in the ship's gymnasium just off the Boat Deck as the first of the Titanic's lifeboats started to fill with women and children.
Then, above their heads, white distress rockets exploded in blinding flashes. Everyone realized it was time to say goodbye.
Men helped their wives or other women into the lifeboats. Many refused to go, begging their husbands to join them.
Eloise noticed Captain Smith close by with a megaphone and begged him to let her husband sail away with her. He ignored her and kept shouting "Women and children first!"
Lucian Smith spoke up "Never mind, captain about that"
he said "I'll see she gets in the boat" He turned to her and spoke. "It is only a matter of form to have women and children first. The ship thoroughly equipped and everyone on her will be saved"
So she kissed him and stepped into the boat. Only 28 people filled No. 6, the second lifeboat to be launched from the ship and the first from the port side, even though it had room for 65. Eloise Smith was one of them. Denver socialite Margaret "Molly" Brown, the noted "Unsinkable Molly Brown" was another.
At 1 a.m. across the icy water, Smith could see her husband waving from the rail of the Boat Deck, as were hundreds of others. By 2:15, the Titanic's stern was the only section of the vessel still visible. Five minutes later it slid under the waves.
Adrift at sea, Eloise Smith and others were rescued after daylight by the Cunard liner Carpathia. She was one of 711 people to survive the disaster.
Hundred's of Huntington's residents jammed the Railway station when she arrived on Sunday, April 21st. The crowd was so large that five police officers escorted her automobile from the station to her Grandmother's home in the West End.
On May 12th, Smith took part in a tearful memorial service for her husband in the same church where they had been married three months before.
Eloise was one of three Titanic brides to whom posthumous heirs where born. She had a son, Lucius P. Smith Jr., on Nov. 29, 1912.
People used to say that Eloise was probably the only women in the world who in just a year's time made her debut, got engaged, married, survived the Titanic, became a widow and then a mother.
Ironically, Eloise Smith married Robert W. Daniel, another Titanic survivor, two years later.
Daniel, 27, a Philadelphia banker, jumped from the Titanic into the sea. Moments later he was pulled aboard Lifeboat 6 and Eloise offered to share her mink coat with him to keep him warm.
Following their 1914 wedding, the couple spent their honeymoon in England. They had sailed across the Atlantic just south of where the Titanic had gone down.
Eloise Hughes Smith Daniel married twice more before her death in 1940.
Cause of Death: Heart Disease

Excerpts taken from the Herald Dispatch.

Eloise Smith (98712505)

Suggested edit: SMITH
Mrs. Daniel to Receive
Damages for Death of Husband on Titanic
Many in this city will be interested to know that Mrs. Robert W. Daniel, formerly Mrs. Mary Eloise Hughes Smith, Huntington, West Virginia, who is well known in Harrodsburg, where she has visited several times, will receive approximately $10,000 from the White Star Line in settlement for her claim for damages caused by the sinking of the Titanic, according to advices received from New York. It will be remembered that she was returning from Europe with her husband, Lucien P. Smith, where they had been spending their honeymoon and the young man lost his life when the Titanic went down. The bride was saved, and prior to the birth of her posthumous son, she entered a claim against the White Star Line for $50,000. She recently was offered $7,000 in settlement for the claim, but it is said refused that amount, but indicated that she would accept $10,000. The young widow about a year ago married Robert W. Daniel, of Pennsylvania, who was also saved from the Titanic disaster and was brought to safety on the same ship with her.
(Courtesy of Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, KY, Fri Dec 24, 1915)
Contributor: Yvonne~~~ (46818183) • [email protected]