By the Associated Press
Scotland Neck, Nov. 10—William Walton Kitchin, former governor of North Carolina and former representative in Congress from the fifth district, died here Sunday.
The funeral will be held at 4 o’clock here this afternoon.
Former Governor Kitchin was a member of a family long prominent in public life in North Carolina and the United States. He was born at Scotland Neck, October 9, 1866, the son of Captain William H. and Maria F. Arrington Kitchin. Captain Kitchin was a member of the 47th congress from the 55th to the 60th session. William W. Kitchin was elected governor of North Carolina and served from 1909 to 1913. He was defeated for the United States Senate by Senator F.M. Simmons in 1912.
Returning to private life, the former governor practiced law, but retired from the firm of Manning and Kitchin in 1918 owing to ill health.
In 1884, Mr. Kitchin received his A.B. degree from Wake Forest College and a year later became editor of the Scotland Neck Democrat. In addition to his duties as editor, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1887, beginning actual practice in 1888, man of the democratic county committee in 1890 and two years later was the nominee for the state senate.
The former governor held an honorary degree of LL. From the University of North Carolina. On December 22, 1892, he married Miss Musette Satterfield of Roxboro, who with one daughter, Mrs. W.I. Joyner of Raleigh, survives him.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday, Nov. 11, 1924
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