His grandfather, Christmas (Noel) Dagenet, was the agent of the Peoria Reservation in Miami, Oklahoma and served Wear nation and the U.S. government at Treaty of St. Mary's signed in 1818.

[6] He died at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 16, 1941, at age 67, and is buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park.

[2][6] Charles E. Dagenett entered the Carlisle Indian School on November 15, 1887, graduated in 1891, and ultimately departed on December 14, 1891.

Shortly following the meeting, a Temporary Executive Committee was formed, upon which Dagenett was named as Chairman.

Come October 1911, Dagenett declined to continue as Executive Committee Chairman and was elected Secretary-Treasurer.