William Boggs Whitt (1867–1926) was an American businessman and politician. He was the former mayor of Ashland, Kentucky, who had also been a

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. In 1895, Whitt organized a

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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, shooting himself through the heart.

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Mayors of Ashland, Kentucky Kentucky state senators 1867 births 1926 deaths People from Carter County, Kentucky Mayors of places in Kentucky Suicides by firearm in Kentucky {{Kentucky-mayor-stub