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     Sumner T. Daggett, son of Thomas Daggett and Hannah E. Chapin, was born on 18 September 1874 at Maine.^1,2

     Thomas Daggett, son of Elisha Daggett and Augusta Bolster, was born on 25 December 1844 at Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.^1,2,4,5

     Thomas Daggett began Civil War military service on 1 August 1862 Thomas was serving in Company 'B', 20th Maine Infantry and was discharged 01 Jul 1863.⁶

     Thomas, son of Elisha Daggett and Augusta Bolster, married Hannah E. Chapin circa 1865.⁷

     Thomas Daggett died on 5 August 1917 at Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, at age 72. His cause of death was listed as 'General Sepsis. Contributing, was after an operation for stone in his bladder. (A lay term for sepsis is blood poisoning, also used to describe septicaemia. Severe sepsis is the systemic inflammatory response, plus infection, plus the presence of organ dysfunction.)⁸ and was buried at Lee Cemetery, Dover Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.⁹

     Thomas, married Ruth Record.¹

     Rev. Thomas Daggett began military service on 1 August 1862 at Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, enlisted in Co. B, 2oth Regt., ended 01 July 1863.²

     George Henry Dalton was born on 24 September 1887 at England.¹

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. George filled out a draft card for World War I on 5 June 1917 (at age 29), while living at Seattle, King, Washington. He was employed as ship fitter for Skinner and Eddy and described as height, tall and medium build with blue eyes and brown hair..²

     George, at age 29, married an unknown person on 25 August 1917 at Seattle, King, Washington.³

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. George filled out a draft card for World War II on 27 April 1942 (at age 54), while living at 411 Columbia Ave, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. The draft form indicated his big toe off on left foot. He was working for Sears Monument Company, Charleston, West Virginia.⁴

     George Henry Dalton died on 23 May 1971 at San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, at age 83. George's death was a self inflicted gunshot wound.¹

     Abbie A. Damon was born circa 1882 at Bowerbank, Piscataquis, Maine.²

     Abbie, married Willie M. Tompkins on 11 December 1897 at Maine.³

     Abbie, married Sherman J. Badger at age 25, son of Stephen L. Badger and Mary Abbie Terrill, on 7 March 1905 at Bowerbank, Piscataquis, Maine, Stephen's first marriage ended in divorce.^1,4