Father: Henry Dugger (1798-1852)
Mother: Alice Goode Vaughn (1814-1896)
11/13/1850 - Lived with father and sibs, Marengo Co., AL (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as "Reuben H. Dugger")
03/04/1852 - Father, Henry, died in Alabama
1858 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: AL; thesis: "Irritable Uterus, Its Causes and Treatment")
08/16/1860 - Practiced medicine, Township 18, Marengo Co., AL (living with mother, Alice, and sibs - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "R. H. Dugger")
- "Asst. Surgeon", Wayside Hospital, Confederate States Army, Talladega, AL
08/08/1863-09/23/1863 - Served on a Confederate Medical Examining Board, 5th District, Alabama [examining recruits] at $6/day
10/01/1863-02/24/1864 - Served as a citizen physician on a Confederate Medical Examining Board, 5th District, Alabama [examining recruits] at $6/day
04/01/1864-08/31/1864 - "Employed physician in the 4th Cong Dist of Ala, on Med Examining Board" at $110/mo.
09/14/1864 - Received $550 at Talladega, AL, for service as a citizen physician on Medical Examining Board
10/05/1864 - Married, Margaret Louisa Minge (1839-1918), [?Indiana, Pennsylvania]
08/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Beat No. 8, Hale Co., AL (living with wife, "Marlew", and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Reuben Dugger")
1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Macon Station, Hale Co., AL
06/19/1880 - Practiced medicine, Beat No. 8, Hale Co., AL (living with wife, "Margart L." and five sons - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Ruben H. Duggar)
1883 - Practiced medicine, Macon Station, Hale Co., AL
1886,1890,1893,1896 - Practiced medicine, Gallion, Hale Co., AL
07/08/1896 - Mother, Alice, died
1900 - Practiced medicine, Gallion, Hale Co., AL (living with wife, Margaret L. - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as "Ruben H. Duggar")
05/04/1910 - Practiced medicine, Beat 8, Prairieville, Hale Co., AL (living with wife, Margaret L. - indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as "Ruben H. Duggar")
1917 - Lived, Gallion, Hale Co., AL
10/11/1918 - Wife, Louisa, died in Gallion, Hale Co., AL
01/02/1920 - Retired physician, lived in a boarding house, Auburn, Lee Co., AL (indexed in the 1920 U.S. Census as Reuben H. Duggar)
05/05/1921 - Died after a short illness, Auburn, Lee Co., AL [Note: "Since the death of his wife, two years ago, Dr. Duggar has been living in Auburn in order to be near his son, Prof. J. F. Duggar, the director of the experiment station." Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, AL, May 6, 1921, p. 11.]

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
05/18/2016. Unpublished database.