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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

John F. DAGGETT, M. D., physician and surgeon, Lockport. The subject of this sketch was 
born in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt., Feb. 19, 1815; with a good common school education, 
he began teaching at the age of 16; he entered upon his professional studies at the age 
of 19, attending the medical college at Woodstock, Vt., in the Spring, and that of Pittsfield, 
Mass., during the Fall; he graduated from Woodstock in 1836, and commenced the practice 
of medicine in 1838, at Lockport, his present home; for forty years he has had the leading 
practice of the town and vicinity. He was married in 1842, to Angeline TALCOTT, a native 
of New York; she came to Illinois in 1834; was sister of the late Mancel TALCOTT, of Chicago; 
her brother, Edward B. TALCOTT, assisted in Surveying and laying out the Illinois & Michigan 
Canal; subsequently, he was Superintendent of the St. Jo & Hannibal R. R., and at a later 
period, held the same position on the Chicago & Galena R. R. ; Mrs. DAGGETT died in 1844, 
without issue; his second marriage, to Cleora M. PARSONS, of Marcellus, N. Y., occurred in 
1846 ; has had five children, three dead, two living - Belle F., wife of Hugo Von BOEHME, 
of Joliet (City Surveyor and Architect), and Clara P. Owns 500 acres in Lockport Twp.; also 
a mill on the Des Plaines River, just below the town of Lockport; this mill was built in 
1836 or '37, and operates four run of stone. For many years Dr. DAGGETT did all the practical 
operative surgery of the surrounding country. In 1871, he was chosen to the Senate to represent 
the district composed of Will, Kankakee, Grundy and Kendall Counties. Republican; Episcopalian. 
Though 63 years of age, the Doctor bids fair to lead an active busy life for many years to come.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.