Titanic Survivor Had Ties to Danville, Illinois

From the May 13, 2012, Danville (Ill.) Commercial-News by Dan Richter. //// Dave Laker is a Titanic buff. He has found out that Helen Walton Bishop, a survivor, died in Danville. //// She and her husband Dickinson were first-class passengers on an extended honeymoon excursion and were among the first on lifeboat #7 once they started launching. It was the first lowered, along with 26 other passengers. //// Helen helped row the boat which only carried about half of what it could have. The boat was picked up by the Carpathia, but she had to leave behind her little dog who perished. //// She spent the 1915 Christmas holidays with friends Elizabeth and Orville Cannon at 504 North Vermillion in Danville. //// Helen and her husband divorced in 1916. She and Margaret Cannon went on a months-long voyage to the West Indies and Panama Canal. On their return to Danville, Helen tripped in the house on March 10, 1916, and died March 15th. //// From Find-A-Grave. //// She was born in 1892 and was just 23 when she died. According to the site, she was killed in a car accident and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Three Rivers, Michigan. //// An Illinois Titanic Connection. --Cooter