Preceded by W. M. Nicholson Died December 19, 1926 Name W. Whitt | Children 8 Succeeded by E. E. Ramey | |
Spouse(s) Bartola JarvisBessie J. Sexton Residence Ashland, Kentucky, United States | ||
William B. Whitt was the former mayor of Ashland, Kentucky. Whitt was previously a state senator, organizing, in 1895, a grocery store with Charles Kitchen in Ashland, calling it Kitchen, Whitt & Co. Three years later it was incorporated with a capital of $100,000.
According to the Mount Sterling Advocate, "the people of Beckham County are especially indebted to Senator W. B. Whitt, through whose untiring energy and wise management, the formation of the county was secured".
Whitt committed suicide on December 19, 1926, by shooting himself through the heart.
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