Congressman Hughes' Daughter Was Among Those on the Vessel


Washington Times

Tuesday 16 April 1912


UNIONTOWN, Pa., April 16---James Smith, of Uniontown, Pa., and Morgantown, W. Va., today is on his way to New York following word that his brother, Lucien Smith, and the latter’s bride of two months, perished in the wreck of the Titanic.

Lucien Smith was married February 7 to Miss Eloise Hughes, daughter of Congressman James Hughes, of West Virginia. A tour of continental Europe followed. The couple took passage home on the ill-fated steamer, according to word received here.

Mrs. Smith’s name is among the list given as having been saved.


Courtesy of Mark Baber

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