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.....William A. McVitie was the Vice President of the Galveston Cotton Exchange, and also was VP of the Galveston Maritime Association. He also was also chairman of the Galveston Central Relief Committee after the 1900 Storm.

A newspaper tidbit from the Galveston News, 1902.

Accident - Galveston, Feb. 11th - As Mr. & Mrs. W. A. McVitie were being conveyed home last night from the Mansfield performance at the opera house in a carriage driven by A. B. Lyon, they were run into by a street card at the intersection of Tremont and Post Office streets. The carriage was overturned; the driver was thrown from his seat, the horses frightened, dashed south on Tremont with the overturned vehicle with the McVitie's imprisoned inside. At Church and Tremont streets, the top of the hack collided with the curbing, tearing off the top, releasing the horses with the running gear of the vehicle and pitching the McVitie's into the street. People ran to their assistance and when Mrs. McVitie was raised from the ground, she fainted from her injuries. Mr. McVitie was badly cut about the fact and was bleeding profusely. The driver was picked-up unconscious and after being resuscitated was taken to his home badly injured.