Ohio County, West Virginia Biography of N. PRICE WHITAKER This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 420 Ohio N. PRICE WHITAKER, who died June 17, 1922, was prom- inent in the iron and steel industry, one of the executive officials in the Whitaker-Glessner Company of Wheeling, and was one of the able business men of the state drafted into public service by Governor Morgan, who called him to Charleston to act as one of the members of the State Road Commission. Just a short time before his death he resigned from this commission and also from the West Virginia Capitol Commission. Mr. Whitaker was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and was only forty-nine years of age at the time of his death. He came to West Virginia in 1893, after completing his education in Cornell University and entered the iron and steel business with what is now the Whitaker-Glessner Com- pany. He was advanced to the office of vice president in the operating department. When the state road commission was formed Governor Morgan selected Mr. Whitaker to repre- sent the northern part of the state. On account of his health he resigned May 1, 1922. At the time of his death Governor Morgan in a message to the family said: "He was an honorable man, splendid citizen and able public official to whom I had become greatly attached through personal friendship and official association." Mr. Whitaker was elected in 1916 a member of the House of Delegates, being one of the four members from Ohio County. He served on the finance and other important committees. Mr. Whitaker married Miss Rusling, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. Their two children are Malcolm and Katharine.