City: Chattanooga
MITCHELL, William Bilbo; born Jasper, Tenn., July 11, 1850; son Pleasant Andes and Margaret Robertson (Griffith) MITCHELL; father’s occupation, mnufacturer /sic/ and farmer; English descent; paternal grandfather John MITCHELL, paternal grandmother Sarah Andes MITCHELL, maternal grandfather William Standifer GRIFFITH, maternal grandmother Rhoda Robertson GRIFFITH; educated country schools and Emory & Henry College, Va.; married Minta HALL in 1886; was commissioner and mayor Lookout Mt., Tenn., for 8 or 10 years; early business occupation, merchant; was president of Third National Bank, Chattanooga, from 1891 to 1903; was a well known writer on financial questions during that period; has since written much on economic and political questions; author of “Dollars Or What” on the money question, of which 150,000 copies were sold; large property interests in both Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn.; now retired from active business.
