David Seth Doggett
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David Seth Doggett | |
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| Born | January 26, 1810 |
| Died | October 29, 1880 |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Methodist clergyman, professor |
David Seth Doggett (January 26, 1810 – October 29, 1880) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1866.
Biography[]
Early life[]
David Seth Doggett was born on January 26, 1810 in Lancaster County, Virginia. He was descended from the Rev. , 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 forebearers, and his parents were Methodists. His father was a lawyer. He was educated at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He began the 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.
Death[]
He died on October 29, 1880.
See also[]
- List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
References[]
- Cyclopaedia of Methodism, Matthew Simpson, D.D., LL.D., Ed., (Revised Edition.) Philadelphia, Louis H. Everts, 1880.
- Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.
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