Eloise Hughes Smith
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Mary Eloise Hughes Smith (August 7, 1893 - May 3, 1940), also referred to as Eloise Smith or Mrs. Lucien P. Smith, was a survivor of the 1912 RMS Titanic disaster. Her first husband, Lucien P. Smith, died in the sinking; she later married a fellow survivor. Mrs. Smith's recollections of the sinking have been quoted in numerous documentaries about the sinking of the ship, and she has been portrayed in at least one fictional depiction of the disaster.
Eloise Smith was a member of the Vinson political family; the daughter of United States Representative James A. Hughes
and Belle Vinson. As children, Eloise and her sister had made the acquaintance of President Theodore Roosevelt
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Having recently married Lucien P. Smith and newly pregnant, she was returning from her honeymoon when the Titanic sank. She survived to give birth to her son Lucian Jr. in November 1912. She later married a fellow survivor, Robert P. Daniel, a bank executive.
Smith was quoted extensively in the 1912 best-selling book The Sinking of the Titanic by Jay Henry Mowbray. Her letters and other recollections were also used by the documentary filmmaker Melissa Jo Peltier in the A&E Network
documentaries Titanic: Death of a Dream and Titanic: The Legend Lives On to illustrate the hours between the Titanic' s encounter with the iceberg and the rescue of the survivors by RMS Carpathia
, and in the documentary Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster. She was portrayed in the documentary television series Seconds from Disaster by Jennifer Lee Trendowski in the episode featuring the Titanic.
Eloise Smith died in 1940 in England.
Eloise Smith was a member of the Vinson political family; the daughter of United States Representative James A. Hughes
James A. Hughes
James Anthony Hughes was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia....
and Belle Vinson. As children, Eloise and her sister had made the acquaintance of President Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
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Having recently married Lucien P. Smith and newly pregnant, she was returning from her honeymoon when the Titanic sank. She survived to give birth to her son Lucian Jr. in November 1912. She later married a fellow survivor, Robert P. Daniel, a bank executive.
Smith was quoted extensively in the 1912 best-selling book The Sinking of the Titanic by Jay Henry Mowbray. Her letters and other recollections were also used by the documentary filmmaker Melissa Jo Peltier in the A&E Network
A&E Network
The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...
documentaries Titanic: Death of a Dream and Titanic: The Legend Lives On to illustrate the hours between the Titanic
RMS Carpathia
RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 and became famous for rescuing the survivors of after the latter ship hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912...
, and in the documentary Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster. She was portrayed in the documentary television series Seconds from Disaster by Jennifer Lee Trendowski in the episode featuring the Titanic.
Eloise Smith died in 1940 in England.
External links
- "A Titanic Story," Huntington Quarterly
- "Eloise Hughes Smith" in Titanic: Women and Children First, , by Judith B. Geller
- "Memories of the Titanic" Extract from the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, March 22, 1998.