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Doddridge County was named in his honor in 1845.","Genealogical Information (not all verified):","Philip Doddridge married Julianna Parr Musser in 1799.","Children of Philip and Julianna Doddridge:","Jasper Yates Doddridge","John Musser Doddridge","Benjamin Laccheus Biggs Doddridge","Sarah Mary Doddridge","Ellen [Eleanor?] Sophia Doddridge Plattenburg (see below)","Cadwalder Doddridge","Julia Adeline Doddridge Ramsey","Philip Alexander Doddridge","Harriet Venna Doddridge","Anna Ruth Doddridge Meek","Ellen [Eleanor?] Sophia Doddridge Plattenburg married Perry Plattenburg, ca. 1824-1828. They lived in Wellsburg, [West] Virginia and Canton, Illinois.","Children of Ellen and Perry Plattenburg:","Albert E. Plattenburg","William D. Plattenburg","Philip D. Plattenburg","Adeline Plattenburg","Perry W. Plattenburg","Ellen [Ella?] Plattenburg","Wilbur F. 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Autograph letter signed, Canton 8 August 1864. 3pp. \"Albert is staying in Stepps yet \u0026 I in the Jew Store though my time will be out in about 3 weeks…We had news to day that Mobile was in a fair way of having taken hope it may be true. I think the Union cause looks as dark as it ever has looked though I have no doubt as to the final result. The government has the power if it only uses it I don't care if there is a good many copperheads \u0026 Traitors in the country. I wish it would call out every man in the country that is able to bear arms and if they cant be used now let them be ready for service when they are needed. I for one will never grumble but the consequence be what it may. For the way they treated our prisoners I think it would be a good plan for the government to retaliate by putting the prisoners we hold at hard labor on public works if they retaliate for this they will have to feed our men or they can't work them for every Negro soldier they murder we ought to hang 3 Rebels. 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As an infant he moved with his family to Washington County, PA. At age 17 he moved again with his family to nearby Wellsburg, Virginia, and there read for the law. He became successful as a circuit lawyer. In 1799, Doddridge married Julianna Parr Musser. In 1815-1816, Doddridge represented Brooke County in the Virginia legislature and soon took up the causes of the people living in the western part of the state. He fought to repeal the law that qualified only landholders to vote and became a leader for public education.","In 1829, he was one of four selected to represent the northern district of Western Virginia at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. The convention attempted unsuccessfully to address the growing east-west sectionalism in Virginia. Doddridge was a major spokesman for the trans-Allegheny region. He failed at the convention, but his arguments against the East were influential in creating sentiment for the subsequent separation of West Virginia from Virginia. In 1828, Doddridge was elected to Congress and reelected in 1830. He died in Washington. Doddridge County was named in his honor in 1845.","Genealogical Information (not all verified):","Philip Doddridge married Julianna Parr Musser in 1799.","Children of Philip and Julianna Doddridge:","Jasper Yates Doddridge","John Musser Doddridge","Benjamin Laccheus Biggs Doddridge","Sarah Mary Doddridge","Ellen [Eleanor?] Sophia Doddridge Plattenburg (see below)","Cadwalder Doddridge","Julia Adeline Doddridge Ramsey","Philip Alexander Doddridge","Harriet Venna Doddridge","Anna Ruth Doddridge Meek","Ellen [Eleanor?] Sophia Doddridge Plattenburg married Perry Plattenburg, ca. 1824-1828. They lived in Wellsburg, [West] Virginia and Canton, Illinois.","Children of Ellen and Perry Plattenburg:","Albert E. Plattenburg","William D. 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