U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Whyte, William W. (b. 1860) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Men of West Virginia, Volume II Biographical Publishing Company George Richmond, Pres.: C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1903 Page 692 W. W. WHYTE, ex-sheriff of McDowell County, West Virginia, a prominent citizen of Welch, and a leading politician in the southern portion of the State, was born in Amelia County, Virginia, in 1860, and came to West Virginia in 1888. Prior to coming to West Virginia, Mr. Whyte filled a number of clerical positions connected with railroad work and in other lines. He was one of the early coal operators in the Pocahontas Flat-Top field, and was connected with the Houston Coal & Coke Company until 1896, when he was elected sheriff. Since 1892 he has served as chairman of the Republican party organization in the county, and has been a powerful factor in the political situation. His father was an old line Whig and with his earliest breath our subject imbibed Republican doctrines. In 1900 McDowell County gave the late President McKinley a majority of over 2,500 votes out of a total of less than 5,000, a result mainly attributed to the excellent management of Mr. Whyte. Since March, 1900, he has been a member of the board of directors of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville. Mr. Whyte is very prominent also in fraternal circles and is one of the leading Masons in the county, belonging to the blue lodge at Welch; the chapter at Bramwell; Ivanhoe Commandry, No. 10, K. T., at Bramwell; and Beni-Kedem Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., at Charleston. ------------------------------------------------------------------- MARRIAGE LICENSE, McDowell County, WV (Page 259) William W. Whyte son of: Henry and Bettie M. Whyte age: 38 born in: Amelia, Virginia residing in: McDowell County, WV Mary A. Watson daughter of: James W. and _____ Watson age: 22 born in: Delaware, Pennsylvania residing in: McDowell County, WV were married: January 11, 1899 at Elkhorn, WV by Archdeacon B. M. Spurr, a minister of the Gospel ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of William W. Whyte) DEATH CERTIFICATE, McDowell County WV, #7717 FULL-NAME: Mary Watson Whyte BIRTH-DATE: August 2, 1875 BIRTH-PLACE: Danville, Penna. DEATH-DATE: June 20, 1947 AGE-AT-DEATH: 71y-10m-18d DEATH-PLACE: Stevens Clinic, Welch, McDowell County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Va. Ave., Welch, McDowell County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (William Webster Whyte) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Hypertensive Cario-vascular dis. INFORMANT: Mrs. Watson Whyte (of Welch, W.Va.) BURIAL: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluefield W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for McDowell County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/mcdowell/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------