 A brother, Frank Doggett, became an early authority on the American Modernist poet, Wallace Stevens.Florida Historian and Author

Carita Doggett Corse was born into a family with historical connections dating to the early English settlement of what is now the United States as well as to the later development of Florida and the city of Jacksonville.Her ancestor, Thomas Doggett (Doged), in 1637 sailed to Boston, where he became a man of means and influence.