On the heels of our coverage last month, Billy Penn added a number of details to the Widener and Elkins legacy, including family members’ demise aboard the Titanic.

From the article:

With his business partner William Elkins (namesake of Elkins Park, PA), Widener held stakes in U.S. Steel, Standard Oil, and several other Gilded Age behemoths. According to one ranking, Widener was among the 30 richest Americans who ever lived. The Widener and Elkins families cemented their bond with a landmark marriage. In 1883, P.A.B. Widener’s eldest son, George Dunton Widener, married Eleanor Elkins, the youngest daughter of William Elkins. To call them a Philadelphia power couple might be an understatement.

It continues:

George Widener and Eleanor Elkins had three children together. And in 1912, they were traveling in Europe with their eldest, Harry Widener, when they made a fateful decision. They set out to return to America aboard the Titanic.

For the rest of Billy Penn’s article, you can click here.

Photos courtesy of Billy Penn. Right: Eleanor Elkins Widener, Left: Harry Widener