Early Life and Family
W.W. Kitchin was the son of William H. Kitchin and Maria Figures Arrington. He was born in Scotland Neck, NC. He was the brother of Claude Kitchin and the uncle of Alvin Paul Kitchin, each of whom served in the U.S. Congress. He graduated from Wake Forest College in 1884, studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and passed the North Carolina Bar examination in 1887. He practiced law in Roxboro, NC.
On 22 December 1892, W.W. Kitchin married Sue Musette Satterfield of Roxboro, NC. They had six children: Sue Arrington (22 October 1893 - 5 August 1954), William Walton (16 August 1895 - 30 September 1905), Anne Maria (23 October 1897 - 16 January 1995), Elizabeth Gertrude (19 December 1899 - 9 September 1979), Clement Satterfield (19 June 1902 - 21 December 1930), and Musette Satterfield (10 August 1906 - 17 October 1996). The children related stories of how kind he was to the hired help at the Governor's Mansion, going so far as to offer them time off one Christmas. This greatly disappointed the employees as they looked forward to the annual event. The children also enjoyed roller skating through the Governor's Mansion.
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