Rev. William Currens DIMMITT b. April 4th, 1825 Kentucky d. 21 DEC 1901 Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas

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Prefix	Rev.
Birth	April 4th, 1825	Kentucky
Gender	Male
Census	1870	Princeton District (Princeton PO), Caldwell Co., Kentucky
	aged 35, born in Kentucky; minister; no value given for realty; pers. estate 2000
Census	1880	Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
	aged 55, born in Kentucky as with both parents; evangelist;
Occupation	Methodist preacher
Died	21 Dec 1901	Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
Age	~ 76 years
Person ID	I11663	Pitards and Lansdales
Last Modified	07 Apr 2007

Father	Robert Parker DIMMITT, Sr., b. 12 Mar 1795, Loudoun Co., Virginia , d. 28 Jun 1872, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky (77 years)
Mother	Maria CURRENS, b. 7 Oct 1808, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky , d. 1 Mar 1884, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky (75 years)
Married	4 Sep 1823	Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Family ID	F1477	Group Sheet

Family	Anne Frances WINSTEAD, b. 20 Mar 1830, Hopkins Co., Kentucky , d. 1908, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas (77 years)
Married	2 Feb 1847	Hopkins Co., Kentucky
Family ID	F8192	Group Sheet

Notes

He was a captain in Company K of the 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers during the Civil War; he is included on the Civil War page.

He was a preacher after the War, and so was part of the evangelist, especially Methodist, revival which spread during the latter half of the 19th century throughout especially the midwest. His uncle James Phillips Savage was also a preacher. Here is a note taken originally from Scott, Laurence W. (editor), Texas Pulpit by Christian Preachers. (St. Louis: Christian Publishing Company, 1888): 386.

"Born: Macon County, Kentucky, April 4, 1825; Died: 1901.
W. C. DIMMITT was born in Macon [sic; read "Mason"] county, Ky., April 4th, 1825. He obeyed the gospel in 1846, and united with the church at Republican, Hopkins county, Ky. He was educated at Germantown, Ky., but spent a short time at Bethany College, Va. He married Miss Ann F. Winstead, Feb. 2d, 1847. He was ordained to the ministry in 1848. He accepted a call to the church at Sherman, Texas, in 1879, where he has been preaching ever since with great acceptance. In addition to his regular work at Sherman, he has held succe ssful protracted meetings in different portions of the State, and made one tour to California."

Sources
[S445] Welcome To The Dimmitts, Dimmett family members.

[S532] Ky Civil War Confederate Links, Stephen D. Lynn.