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Dr Pierce Butler Dugan

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Dr Pierce Butler Dugan

Birth
Death
22 Feb 1911 (aged 74)
Burial
West Point, Clay County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B3, Lot 22
Memorial ID
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Military Service
Civil War 1861-1865
Confederate States of America
Dugan, Pierce Butler (1837-1911)
Enlisted: 20 April 1861 (Age 23) - Plattsburg, Mississippie
Beginning Rank: Lt. - Promoted to Major
Company F - 14th Mississippi Infantry
Duties: Medical Doctor
Prisoner-of-War: February 16, 1862 - Captured - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Sent To: April 10, 1862 - Union Prison at Johnson Island, Ohio Sent
Parole-of-Honor: September 01, 1862 - Vicksburg, Mississippi
Recruiting Assignment: January 30 - March 01, 1863 - Throughout Mississippi Wounded: July 13, 1863 - Jackson, Mississippi (Shot through leg)
Wounded: August 01, 1864 - Near Atlanta, Georgia (Shot in arm)
Hospitalized (Wound Infected): August 22, 1864-Ocmulgee Hospital Macon,GA Georgia Furloughed from Hospital: September 17, 1864 - To his home - Winston County, Mississippi
Service Ended: May 26, 1865 - Regiment Surrendered

The Dugan Family Community Leaders 1866-1967 Dr. P.B. Dugan practiced medicine in West Point. Business talents led him into banking where he became the president of First National Bank in 1882-1911. He felt that the confidence of the public is the most important asset of any business, bank or otherwise. Arthur Dugan followed his uncle as President of FNB and Pierce Dugan was also an officer in the bank. Arthur was President from 1911-1946 and Chairman of the Board from 1946-1963. The Dugan leadership of the bank helped promote agriculture and industry in Clay County. The FNB was the only National Bank not closed during the depression. 1947, Arthur, Pierce, Mary Francis, and Henry, children of Reese and Rachel Dugan, donated to the City of West Point for school offices on Commerce, the site of their home. Arthur Dugan's will in 1963 provided bank stock to the city for the benefit of East Side School for playground equipment, which still provides equipment today. Mary Dugan, the last survivor, left the Dugan's Main Street home and provisional funds for the establishment of the Dugan Memorial Nursing Home which opened in 1967, providing jobs for many citizens and excellent care for the elderly. Nephew, Arthur Butler Dugan was a Rhodes Scholar and the son of Henry who provided funds for the Dugan Home expansion in 1984.
Military Service
Civil War 1861-1865
Confederate States of America
Dugan, Pierce Butler (1837-1911)
Enlisted: 20 April 1861 (Age 23) - Plattsburg, Mississippie
Beginning Rank: Lt. - Promoted to Major
Company F - 14th Mississippi Infantry
Duties: Medical Doctor
Prisoner-of-War: February 16, 1862 - Captured - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Sent To: April 10, 1862 - Union Prison at Johnson Island, Ohio Sent
Parole-of-Honor: September 01, 1862 - Vicksburg, Mississippi
Recruiting Assignment: January 30 - March 01, 1863 - Throughout Mississippi Wounded: July 13, 1863 - Jackson, Mississippi (Shot through leg)
Wounded: August 01, 1864 - Near Atlanta, Georgia (Shot in arm)
Hospitalized (Wound Infected): August 22, 1864-Ocmulgee Hospital Macon,GA Georgia Furloughed from Hospital: September 17, 1864 - To his home - Winston County, Mississippi
Service Ended: May 26, 1865 - Regiment Surrendered

The Dugan Family Community Leaders 1866-1967 Dr. P.B. Dugan practiced medicine in West Point. Business talents led him into banking where he became the president of First National Bank in 1882-1911. He felt that the confidence of the public is the most important asset of any business, bank or otherwise. Arthur Dugan followed his uncle as President of FNB and Pierce Dugan was also an officer in the bank. Arthur was President from 1911-1946 and Chairman of the Board from 1946-1963. The Dugan leadership of the bank helped promote agriculture and industry in Clay County. The FNB was the only National Bank not closed during the depression. 1947, Arthur, Pierce, Mary Francis, and Henry, children of Reese and Rachel Dugan, donated to the City of West Point for school offices on Commerce, the site of their home. Arthur Dugan's will in 1963 provided bank stock to the city for the benefit of East Side School for playground equipment, which still provides equipment today. Mary Dugan, the last survivor, left the Dugan's Main Street home and provisional funds for the establishment of the Dugan Memorial Nursing Home which opened in 1967, providing jobs for many citizens and excellent care for the elderly. Nephew, Arthur Butler Dugan was a Rhodes Scholar and the son of Henry who provided funds for the Dugan Home expansion in 1984.


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