Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Daggett, Frank E. 1837 - 1876
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  FRANK E. DAGGETT, deceased, was at one time one of the most prominent citizens
of Meeker county, and during his residence at Litchfield, figured conspicuously
in its history. He was a native of Vermont, but when quite young he came West to
Fond du Lac, Wis., and in 1853, went to Hudson, in the same State. He learned
the trade of a printer when still a boy, at Hudson, Wis., and Stillwater, Minn.
At an early day he went to Kansas and Nebraska, and as a journalist, took an
active part in the antislavery movements, being one of John Brown's most active
associates, and expected fully to accompany Brown on the Harper's Ferry
expedition; but he went homo to visit his mother, and as the move took place
earlier than was planned, he did not get back in time to participate in it.
After that, he went to St. Paul and began working at his trade on the old
Pioneer. From there he returned to Rutland county, Vt., and in 1860 was married.
Before he started West again, war was declared, and he enlisted for -three
months in the First Vermont Regiment. At the expiration of his term of service,
he came to Minnesota and enlisted in the Sixth Minnesota Infantry, and was
ordered to the frontier to participate in the Indian warfare. After the close of
the Indian troubles, he went, before the examining board at St. Louis, and
having passed the examination, was appointed lieutenant in the 117th United
States Regiment [colored], and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. In the
summer of 1864 he was taken sick and ordered to resign.

He then returned to Minnesota and worked on the Pioneer until 1866 when he went
to Wabasha and purchased the Wabasha Herald. This he published until the fall of
1870, when he went to LaCrosse and bought an interest in the Leader, of that
place, the firm becoming Taylor, Burns & Daggett. Through some mismanagement the
firm became insolvent, and Mr. Daggett began work on the Milwaukee Daily News as
a compositor. In the fall of 1871 he was given a position as city editor on the
Minneapolis News, and remained there till April, 1872, when he resigned and came
to Litchfield, and in company with W. D. Joubert, established the Litchfield
Ledger. While in business here he was three times elected clerk of the Minnesota
House of Representatives. He was a prominent and active member of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and at one time was Grand Commander of the Department of
Minnesota. The post at Litchfield was named "Frank Daggett Post," in honor of
him. Mr. Daggett's death occurred Saturday, October 14, 1876. He was then in his
thirty- ninth year.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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