Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-08
DEATHS SHINING MARKS.
TWO NOTED MEN REACH THE END
OF LIFE's BOUNDS.
A Poet and Statesman Numbered with
the Dead-John G. Whittier and
Francis Herman Ushered
Into the Beyond.

HAMPTON FALLS, N. H., Sept. John
G. Whittier, the poet, died at A 80 this
morning. He passed away peacefully.
His nearest relatives and DR.. Douglass
were at his bedside when death came,
and he seemed to be conscious of his
surroundings to the last. The funeral
will take place at Amesbury, Mass.
next Saturday.
The last utterance of the poet was one
of recognition of his niece, Mrs. Samuel
l.. Pickard, who lived with him some
years previous to her marriage. The
end was peaceful and apparently pain
less, like one falling asleep-a fitting
close for such life.
The body has been brought to his
home, and the funeral will be held
Saturday from his late residence, in the
French-street house in which many OF
his best poems were written. The body
will rest in the Friends cemetery in the
family plot, where lie his parents, uncle,
aunt, sister and brother, and thus will
the family be again united here as we'll
as in the land of rest.
John Greenleaf Whittier was born in
Haverhill, Mass, on December 16, 1907.
His parents belonged to the society of
Friends, and the poet always conformed
to its regulations. His first Amer
ican ancestor emigrated to Massa-
chusetts in 1858, and the family
adopted the Quaker faith in their
second generation in this country,
at period when the Friends were
much prosecuted in the Bay colony.
Haverhiil at the time of Whittier's
birth was only rustic village the prom
Using lad was brought up as farmers
boy, and at this time commenced his
intimate acquaintance with nature. He
attended the district school, and en-
joyed the privilege of consulting the Ii
brary of DR.. Elias Weld.
He learned shoemaking, and his
earnings in the winter enabled him to
attend the Hayerhill academy in 1927.
In the following year be taught in the
school at West Amesbury. In his 10th
year his first poetic contribution was
published in the Newburyport Free
Press, edited by w. L. Garrison. When
the Liberator was established by Garri-
son, in 1881, Whittier's poems
were often published. 1t is hinted
that his fondness for poetry was in part
developed by the perusal of a copy OF
| DuIHS pOCIuS III loIUs Alter Lu0 OS6tu
of his father, Whittier carried on the
farm for five years, and he was elected
member of the general court in 1885.
He became editor of the American man
ufacturer in 1929, and afterwards per-
formed editorial work on the Haverhill
Gazette, and the New England Weekly
Review at Hartford, Conn.
He was elected secretary of the Ameri-
can Anti-Slavery society in 1856. He
edited the Pennsylvania Freeman in
1S38-39. This anti-slavery printing
Office was burned by mob, and this
was not the only occasion when Whittier
met with brutal violence. In 1910 he
removed to Amesbury. He contributed
to the National Era at Washington, D..
c., from 1S47 to 1859.
The works of Whittier are too well
known to need enumeration. He led an
active literary life, almost up to the
time OF his death. The final edition of
his works, including his sisters poems,
seven volumes, was published in 1883 9 ]