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W. S. WHITEMAN, Cashier First National Bank, of Georgetown, was born at New Hope, Scott Township, this county, and is a son of Benjamin W. Whiteman. He was a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and in early life a merchant. In 1855, he was elected Treasurer of Brown County, just at the decline of the Know-Nothing party, and the organization of the new Republican party. He received a majority of thirty-one votes, and was one of the very few Republicans ever elected to that office in Brown County. After retiring from office, Mr. Whiteman resided on his farm in Scott Township till his death, in December, 1875. He married Phebe Purdum, a native of Brown County. W. S. Whiteman is the second child and son of a family of nine children, five of whom are living. He was reared in Brown County, and obtained a fair English education at the National Normal University of Lebanon, Ohio, attending there in 1867-68. He taught school several years before and after leaving college. He read law with Thomas & Pearson, of Georgetown, and was admitted to the bar in Clermont County, in September, 1870. He was engaged in the practice of his profession for some years, in the latter part of which he was a partner of W. W. Young. In March, 1882, Mr. Whiteman was elected by the Board of Directors as Cashier of the First National Bank of Georgetown, which position he has filled since the May following. He is a Republican in politics, but has never been an aspirant for political honors.