David Seth Doggett

David Seth Doggett
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Born	(1810-01-26)January 26, 1810 Lancaster County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1880(1880-10-27) (aged 70) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Cemetery
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Occupations	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

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.

Death

He died in Richmond, Virginia on October 27, 1880. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

See also

• List of bishops of the United Methodist Church

References

• Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops, Nashville, The Methodist Publishing House, 1948.