William Currens Dimmit was born in Macon County, Kentucky on April 4, 1825. He obeyed the gospel in 1846, and united with the church at Republican, Hopkins County, Kentucky. He was educated at Germantown, Kentucky, but spent a short time at Bethany College, Virginia.
He married Miss Ann Frances Winstead on February 2, 1847. She had been one of his students where he was teaching school in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1848. From that time on he not only preached but continued to teach school, conducting a large girls’ academy at one point, and also served as President of the college in Princeton, Kentucky. Simultaneously, he owned a farm, a mill and at one time a dry-goods store.
At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War he organized Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers, serving as first Captain of that Company and later as second Chaplain of Company H. A long and close friendship with Hilory Bedford of Texas was formed during the war years when Bedford served as a Scout and Dimmitt a Ranger.
In The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army, edited by William J. Davis, Louisville, Kentucky (1904), we read: “There was perhaps no member of the Partisan Rangers better or more favorably known to the people of this section of the country than was Captain Dimmitt. He was known in various ways, as a teacher, a citizen, a preacher and warrior, and was esteemed for his high moral character. Kentucky has produced few men who have done more preaching during their lives than this man…he never seemed to tire in the Master’s cause. As a soldier he was brave and fearless and had the respect and confidence of the men under him.”
He accepted a call to the church at Sherman, Texas, in 1879, where he preached with great acceptance. In addition to his regular work at Sherman, he held successful protracted meetings in different portions of the State, and made one tour to California.
The town of Dimmit, Texas was named for him but he never lived there.
He married Miss Ann Frances Winstead on February 2, 1847. She had been one of his students where he was teaching school in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1848. From that time on he not only preached but continued to teach school, conducting a large girls’ academy at one point, and also served as President of the college in Princeton, Kentucky. Simultaneously, he owned a farm, a mill and at one time a dry-goods store.
At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War he organized Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers, serving as first Captain of that Company and later as second Chaplain of Company H. A long and close friendship with Hilory Bedford of Texas was formed during the war years when Bedford served as a Scout and Dimmitt a Ranger.
In The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army, edited by William J. Davis, Louisville, Kentucky (1904), we read: “There was perhaps no member of the Partisan Rangers better or more favorably known to the people of this section of the country than was Captain Dimmitt. He was known in various ways, as a teacher, a citizen, a preacher and warrior, and was esteemed for his high moral character. Kentucky has produced few men who have done more preaching during their lives than this man…he never seemed to tire in the Master’s cause. As a soldier he was brave and fearless and had the respect and confidence of the men under him.”
He accepted a call to the church at Sherman, Texas, in 1879, where he preached with great acceptance. In addition to his regular work at Sherman, he held successful protracted meetings in different portions of the State, and made one tour to California.
The town of Dimmit, Texas was named for him but he never lived there.
William Currens Dimmit was born in Macon County, Kentucky on April 4, 1825. He obeyed the gospel in 1846, and united with the church at Republican, Hopkins County, Kentucky. He was educated at Germantown, Kentucky, but spent a short time at Bethany College, Virginia.
He married Miss Ann Frances Winstead on February 2, 1847. She had been one of his students where he was teaching school in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1848. From that time on he not only preached but continued to teach school, conducting a large girls’ academy at one point, and also served as President of the college in Princeton, Kentucky. Simultaneously, he owned a farm, a mill and at one time a dry-goods store.
At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War he organized Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers, serving as first Captain of that Company and later as second Chaplain of Company H. A long and close friendship with Hilory Bedford of Texas was formed during the war years when Bedford served as a Scout and Dimmitt a Ranger.
In The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army, edited by William J. Davis, Louisville, Kentucky (1904), we read: “There was perhaps no member of the Partisan Rangers better or more favorably known to the people of this section of the country than was Captain Dimmitt. He was known in various ways, as a teacher, a citizen, a preacher and warrior, and was esteemed for his high moral character. Kentucky has produced few men who have done more preaching during their lives than this man…he never seemed to tire in the Master’s cause. As a soldier he was brave and fearless and had the respect and confidence of the men under him.”
He accepted a call to the church at Sherman, Texas, in 1879, where he preached with great acceptance. In addition to his regular work at Sherman, he held successful protracted meetings in different portions of the State, and made one tour to California.
The town of Dimmit, Texas was named for him but he never lived there.
He married Miss Ann Frances Winstead on February 2, 1847. She had been one of his students where he was teaching school in Hopkins County, Kentucky.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1848. From that time on he not only preached but continued to teach school, conducting a large girls’ academy at one point, and also served as President of the college in Princeton, Kentucky. Simultaneously, he owned a farm, a mill and at one time a dry-goods store.
At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War he organized Company K, 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers, serving as first Captain of that Company and later as second Chaplain of Company H. A long and close friendship with Hilory Bedford of Texas was formed during the war years when Bedford served as a Scout and Dimmitt a Ranger.
In The Partisan Rangers of the Confederate States Army, edited by William J. Davis, Louisville, Kentucky (1904), we read: “There was perhaps no member of the Partisan Rangers better or more favorably known to the people of this section of the country than was Captain Dimmitt. He was known in various ways, as a teacher, a citizen, a preacher and warrior, and was esteemed for his high moral character. Kentucky has produced few men who have done more preaching during their lives than this man…he never seemed to tire in the Master’s cause. As a soldier he was brave and fearless and had the respect and confidence of the men under him.”
He accepted a call to the church at Sherman, Texas, in 1879, where he preached with great acceptance. In addition to his regular work at Sherman, he held successful protracted meetings in different portions of the State, and made one tour to California.
The town of Dimmit, Texas was named for him but he never lived there.
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