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Titanic Era Aiken Connections Highlight Famous Passengers
The Titanic disaster story recalls John Jacob Astor IV and George Widener tied to Aiken Winter Colony. The article notes Astor and Widener families among first class travelers with servants and pets, and details rescue by Carpathia and later Harvard library gifts funded by Widener’s heir.
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United States
England
Carpathia
New York
John Jacob Astors
Kitty
Walter Lord
Holt Rinehart and Winston
Navy
John Updike
NEW Yorker
Philadelphia
Aiken
George Widener
Peter A.B. Widener
Eleanor Elkins Widener
Harry
William Ernest Carter
Bryn Mawr
Lucile Polk Carter
Lucile
William Thornton Carter
Astor
Astor Family
John D. Gates
George D. Widener
Major Butt
John Jacob Astor IV
Manhattan
America
John Jacob IV
William Waldorf Astor
Astors
Colonel Astor
William K. Vanderbilts
Colleton-Union
Vanderbilts
Vincent
Madeleine Astor
William Dick
Edward J. Smith
White Star Line
Capt. Smith
White Star
Line
Widener
A. 8. W. Rosenbach
U. S
Eleanor Widener
Harvard
Harry Widener
London
Bacon
Edwin Keeping
George
Harry E. Widener
George D. Widener II
Emily Bull
Eulalie
Eulalie Chafee Salley
Widencer
Green Plains
Harry and
George Widener II
W. C. Whitney
Joye Cottage
Thomas Hitchcock
Whitney
Hitchcock
Hitchcock Woods
Palmetto Golf Club
Whitney Polo Field
Wideners
Carters
Cherbourg
Alan ‘Tucker
Carter
William Carter
Tucker