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CPT LeRoy Benjamin “Lee” Doggett

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CPT LeRoy Benjamin “Lee” Doggett

Birth
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Death
Mar 1899 (aged 79)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Section 1, Lot 21, Grave 1
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The son of Lemuel and Sarah Doggett was wed to Lucy Frances Jerrell. They lived in Fredericksburg. Lee joined the 30th Virginia Infantry in June of 1861. He was a Mail agent for the regiment. After the war, he moved to Chicago.

From the Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography;

Leroy Benjamin Doggett, son of Lemuel Doggett, was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, January 11, 1820, died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1898, having moved to that city but a short time prior to his death. He was a merchant of Fredericksburg all his active years, and during the war between the states served with the Thirtieth Regiment Virginia Infantry, Confederate States army, as drill master and in the quartermaster's department. He married Frances Jerrell, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, December 7, 1829. Two of her brothers, Luther and James Jerrell, lost their lives in battle, serving in the Confederate army. Children of Leroy B. and Frances J. Doggett: 1. James L., now mayor of McKenney, Texas, and an ex-member of the Texas Legislature. 2. Ossie Jackson, now a Chicago, Illinois, real estate dealer. 3. Andrew Capers, of whom further. 4. William L., a real estate dealer of Chicago. 5. Herbert E., a real estate dealer of Chicago. 6. Eugenia S., widow of George Doggett, now residing in London, England. 7. Luther W., now Baltimore agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York. 8. Carrie May, married Dr. Charles G. Davis, of Chicago, Illinois. 9. Arthur M., a real estate dealer of Chicago. Four other children died young.

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The son of Lemuel and Sarah Doggett was wed to Lucy Frances Jerrell. They lived in Fredericksburg. Lee joined the 30th Virginia Infantry in June of 1861. He was a Mail agent for the regiment. After the war, he moved to Chicago.

From the Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography;

Leroy Benjamin Doggett, son of Lemuel Doggett, was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, January 11, 1820, died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1898, having moved to that city but a short time prior to his death. He was a merchant of Fredericksburg all his active years, and during the war between the states served with the Thirtieth Regiment Virginia Infantry, Confederate States army, as drill master and in the quartermaster's department. He married Frances Jerrell, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, December 7, 1829. Two of her brothers, Luther and James Jerrell, lost their lives in battle, serving in the Confederate army. Children of Leroy B. and Frances J. Doggett: 1. James L., now mayor of McKenney, Texas, and an ex-member of the Texas Legislature. 2. Ossie Jackson, now a Chicago, Illinois, real estate dealer. 3. Andrew Capers, of whom further. 4. William L., a real estate dealer of Chicago. 5. Herbert E., a real estate dealer of Chicago. 6. Eugenia S., widow of George Doggett, now residing in London, England. 7. Luther W., now Baltimore agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York. 8. Carrie May, married Dr. Charles G. Davis, of Chicago, Illinois. 9. Arthur M., a real estate dealer of Chicago. Four other children died young.

The bio is not by Big French.

Bio by: BigFrench

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