Elizabeth Rothschild was a passenger on the Titanic in 1912 who escaped the ship on a lifeboat and survived the sinking. Today, her memory lives on through the Schuyler County Historical Society.
This article was originally published in the Finger Lakes Times.Â
Former Seneca County Historian Betty Auten in her March 1985 newsletter wrote about how Mrs. Permelia Story of Hector barged into the White House and met with President Lincoln! As I pursued my research, I found some similarities and some noteworthy differences in Gary Emersonâs article in the October 2008 Journal of the Schuyler County Historical Society. Both accounts leave little doubt that Story managed to meet with President Lincoln for a good two hours. I will leave it up to the reader of this article to decide if Story âbargedâ into the White House.