Mr James Clinch Smith
Mr James Clinch Smith, 56, was born on 3 April 1856.
A resident of St James, Long Island, New York, Mr Smith boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger (17764, £30 13s 11d). He occupied cabin A-7.
Smith was a lieutenant in the Third Cavalry, United States Army and the brother of Bessie Smith White of Smithtown, Long Island, New York. Bessie Smith White was the wife of architect Stanford White. White was murdered in June 1906 by Harry Thaw then recently married to White's mistress of five years, Evelyn Nesbit. James Clinch Smith was a witness to the event.
James Clinch Smith died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
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