David Seth Doggett
David Seth Doggett | |
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Born | Lancaster County, Virginia | January 26, 1810
Died | October 27, 1880 Richmond, Virginia | (aged 70)
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Occupation(s) | Methodist clergyman, professor |
David Seth Doggett (January 26, 1810 – October 27, 1880) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1866.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]He died in Richmond, Virginia on October 27, 1880.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Simpson, Matthew, ed. (1878). Cyclopedia of Methodism. Philadelphia: Everts & Stewart. p. 306. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "David Seth Doggett". The New York Times. October 28, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops, Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.