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Elements of Moral Science (1859) ; and Evidences of Chrititiauily (18G8) ; besides numerous p:imi)hlets. He died in Hayneville, Ala., June 11, 1884.

DAGGETT, Aaron Simon, soldier, was born at Greene Corner, Maine, June 14, 1837; son of Aaron and Dorcas (Dearborn) Daggett, and of honorable aneestrj-, traceable on his father's side to about A.D. 1100. His first ancestor in America came to New England about 1G30. He was educated at Monmouth academy and at the Maine Wesleyan and Maine state seminaries. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, and rose through the ranks of second and fii'st lieutenant and captain to that of major, April 14, 1863. He was honorably mustered out July 27, 1864, but remained in the service and was promoted lieu- tenant-colonel, 5th U.S. veteran infantry, Jan. 23, 1865. He was brevetted brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, for services during the war. His battles include first and second Bull Run, West Point, Gaines's Mill, Golding's Farm, "White Oak Swamp, Compton's Gap, Antietam, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappa- hannock Station, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, where he was wounded at the " bloody angle, '" and Petersburg. He was agam mustered out of the volunteer service May 10, 1866. On July 28, 1866, he was commissioned captain in the regular army on recommendation of General Grant, and on March 2, 1867, received the brevets of major and lieutenant-colonel for gallantry at the battles of Rappahannock Station and the Wilderness. He was promoted major, U.S.A., Jan. 2, 1892, and lieutenant-colonel Oct. 1, 1895. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Sept. 21, 1898, for "skilful handling of his regiment" at the battle of El Caney, near Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898, where his regiment, the 25tli U.S. in- fantry, caused the .surrender of the stone fort.

DAGGETT, David, senator, was born in Attle- boro, ^lass., Dec. 31, 1764; son of Thomas Daggett; grandson of Thomas Daggett; great- grandson of Deacon John Daggett; great^ grand- son of Thomas and Hannah (Mayhew) Daggett: and great^ grandson of John Daggett, who came from England with the Winthrop company in 1630 and .settled at Watertown. Mass. He was gradu- ated at Yale in 1783, was admitted to the bar in 1788, and practised law in New Haven, Conn. He wa-s married to Wealthy Ann, daughter of Dr. iEneas Munson of New Haven and they had nineteen children. He was a representative in the .state legislature, 1791-97. and 1 805-09 ; speaker in 1794: state senator, 1797-1804 and 1809-13; state's attorney. 1811-13; mayor of New Haven in 1828; and a Federalist presidential elector in 1804. 1808 and 1812. He was a United States .senator, 1813-19; as.soriate judge of the superior court of the state, 1826-32, and chief justice of

the supreme court, 1832-34, when he was retired. He was an instructor in the New Haven law school, 1824-26, Kent professor of law in Yale college, 1826-48, and a fellow of the corporation of Yale, ex officio, 1809-13. He received from Yale the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1827. See his life by the Rev. Dr. Dutton (1851). He died in New Haven. Conn., Ajjril 12, 1851.

DAGGETT, Naphtali, educator, was born in Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 8, 1727; son of Eben- ezer, and grandson of Deacon John Daggett, who removed in 1707 from Martha's Vineyard to Attleboro and built a " garrison house " for protection against the Indians. His first ances- tor in America, John Daggett, came with Winthrop's company in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass. John's son, Tliomas, father of Deacon John, resided in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, removing thither probably with Gov- ernor ]\Iayhew when he settled tlie island in 1644, and lie was married to Governor Mayhew's eldest daughter, Hannah. Naphtali was grad- uated from Yale in 1748 and became a Presby- terian clergyman, preaching at Smithtown, N.Y., 1751-55. In the latter year he was called to the chair of theology in Yale college, which he held until his death. He was elected presi- dent pro tempore of Yale, Oct. 22, 1766, to succeed President Thomas Clap, and remained in office until March 25, 1777, when he resumed the chair of theology. In 1779 he aided in defending New Haven against the British, was captured by the enemy, and was forced by rei>eated pricks of the bayonet to guide them. The injuries thus received hastened his death. Harvard conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1771, and the College of New Jerse}^ that of D.D. in 1774. He published several of his sermons and an account of The Dark Day in Xeio England, May If), 17S0. He died in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 25, 1780.

DAGGETT, Oliver Ellsworth, clergyman, was born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 14, 1810; son of Cliief Justice David and Wealthy Ann (Munson) Daggett. He was graduated at Yale in 1828, studied law in the New Haven law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He then .stud- ied in the divinity school, 1832-33, and was ordained to the Congregational ministrj'. He was pastor of the South church, Hartford, Conn., 1837-43, and of the church in Canandaigua, N. Y., 1845-67. He was Chittenden professor of divinity in Yale and pastor of the college church, 1867-70. He then served the church at New London, Conn., 1871-77. He received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 1831 and that of D.D. from Hamilton in 1853. He assisted in the comi)ilation of a bonk of psalms and hymns in 1845, and a small volume of his poems was published after his death. He died in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 1, 1880.