A. J. Daggs
Jan 1908
diedSuperior, Arizona, USA
SchooltblData
BiographyRancher and Attorney.One of five brothers, the Daggs family drove a herd of sheep across the Mohave desert from California and settled near the San Francisco Peaks, c1875. They established headquarters for Daggs Brothers & Company at Winslow, and later at Flagstaff. They owned as many as fifty thousand sheep, which were on ranges in Apache, Gila, Coconino, Yavapai, and Maricopa counties. The Daggs family, allied with the Tewksbury clan in the "Pleasant Valley War."
Along with his brother, R. E. Daggs, served as attorneys for the family's extensive legal litigation. In 1905, he and R. E. were indicted by a Maricopa County grand jury on charges of assault and intent to commit rape on two young women who worked in nearby offices. He was the author of a 1905 book, "How to Run a Corporation." In January, 1908, while visiting some mining property near Superior, he was murdered.
BIO-Daggs
Person TypeIndividual