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James Lemuel Doggett
Full Name: James Lemuel Doggett
Other surnames:
Daggett
Date of birth: March 6, 1848
Date of death: April 23, 1921
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Resolutions and Journal entries
- 22nd Legislature (1891) - James L. Doggett, postoffice McKinney, nativity Virginia, age 42 (born circa 1849), lawyer, 18 years in Texas.
House Journal.
- J.L. Doggett.
House Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- Obituary and photo, "Col. J.L. Doggett, Prominent Citizen Called by Death," The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Texas), 4/28/1921, p. 6, crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. Doggett "was elected as Flotorial Representative to the State Legislature from the counties of Collin and Denton, serving one term as such as he received the appointment from President Grover Cleveland as Internal Revenue Collector for the Northern District of Texas with headquarters in Dallas." Born 3/6/1848 near Fredericksburg, in Stafford County, Virginia.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Other Resources
- James Lemuel Doggett, birth date 3/6/1848 in Virginia, death date 4/23/1921 in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, lawyer.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- James L. Doggett (1848-1921), burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County. Inscription, "Lawyer - Statesman." Includes portrait, death notice from Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4/24/1921.
Find a Grave.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
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