David Seth Doggett
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Biography
Early life
David Seth Doggett was born on January 26, 1810, in Lancaster County, Virginia. He was descended from the Rev. Benjamin Doggett, a Church of England immigrant to Virginia about 1650, Rector of White Chapel Church in Lancaster County. (Rev. Benjamin Doggett immigrated to Virginia in 1669/70 from England according to most sources.) He had Revolutionary forebears, and his parents were Methodists. His father was a lawyer. He was educated at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He began studying law, but changed to the ministry.
Career
He joined the Virginia Annual Conference in 1829, serving as an itinerant minister, traveling through the Southern states. In 1866, he accepted a professorship at Randolph–Macon College.[1]
Death
He died in Richmond, Virginia on October 27, 1880.[2] He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.[3]
See also
References
- Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops, Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
External links
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- Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
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