Whiteside County
Phylarman Daggett
Lyndon Township
Mr, Daggett married Miss Mary Willey, a native of Derby, Vermont. Mrs. Daggett died without children. Mr. Daggett then married Mrs. Jane Newhall, at Lyndon; they had one child by this marriage, Mary F. Mrs. Daggett died and Mr. Daggett afterwards married Mrs. Philena L. Jeffers; children: Helen A., and Harvey.
Mr. Hazard's house was the only one in the resent village of Lyndon when Mr. Daggett settled there. Mr. Daggett has been a member of the Congregational Church at Lyndon since 1839, is a sincere and devout Christian, and has devoted his attention largely to Church and Sunday School matters.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside Co. 1877
Phylarman Daggett, deceased, farmer resident of Lyndon, was born Aug. 17, 1812,
in Newport, Orleans Co , Vt., where he
lived during his boyhood and youth. He
learned the trade of a cabinet-maker in his
native town, He came in 1836 to Plainfield,
Will Co., Ill, and in 1837 he removed to Whiteside
County, locating in Lyndon township. He boarded
for a time with William Dudley, and, while improving his land,
worked at intervals at his trade. In
1847 he removed to the village of Lyndon, where he
died, July 3, 1880. He was an earnest and devoted
Christian all his life, and was active in Church work.
Mr. Taggett was united in marriage three times.
He first formed a matrimonial alliance with Mary
Willey, who was born in Derby, Orleans Co., Vt. She
died 11 months after marriage, without issue. Mr.
Daggett's second wife was Jane D., widow of Augustus Newhall,
and they had one child, Mary F. She married Freeman H. Kniskern.
The mother died Feb. 14, 1855, and Mr. Daggett was married July
22, 1869, to Lois Philena (Fitch) Jeffers. She was
born in Pike Township, Bradford Co., Pa., and married for her
first husband Perry L. Jeffers. Charles P. Jeffers, only son by her first marriage, was born
Jan. 30, 1853, in Lyndon. He received a careful
primary education, and entered the University of
Illinois, where he graduated in June, 1874. In the
spring of 1875 he went to Boston, Mass., and became a salesman in the
well known Shepard's drugstore, where he operated one year,
meanwhile attending the School of Pharmacy and gradoated. He
went next to a situation in a drug store at Ipswich,
where he continued until 1880. In that year he
established himself in business at Swarnpscot and
has since continued its successful management. He
was married Dec. 25, 1875, to Elizabeth Stalker.
She was born in Ipswich, Essex Co., Mass. Their
two children are named Leroy and Lyndon. The
children of Mr. Daggetts third marriage were Helen
and Hervey F.
Portrait & Biographical History of Whiteside Co 1885.
