The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-13
DEATH OF WILLARD
FAMOUS FINANCIER EXPIRED Al
rs SUMMER HOME.
HAD A REMARKABLE CAREER.
MAS PRESIDENT or NORTHERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD.

suffered Financial Reverses hut Sc
cured Assistance aud Recouped Ills
Ios.es-Married "a Daughter or
william Lloyd GarrisOn-with-
drew, From Railroad Management
AMER the Panic OF 1sO3-Mareus
DnI,. Moutana's Copper King, Also
MED ga New York yesterday.
New York Nov. i2-lIenry Willard. the
Hnan-ler. died early this morning at his
SIMMER home. Thorwood Park. near
Dob5s Ferry The cause OF death was
ap5plexy. from which he had been suf-
fersr for several weeks. A week ago he
contracted a severe cold. which hastencd
thu end.
Nj Willard had been unconscious near
" M the time since last Tuesday. when
the death came there were gathered
around the bed Mr.. Wizards vile. who
was a daughter Of william Lloyd GarrI-
son and his three children.
II has been arranged that the funeral
viii take place fiom the residence en-
WeIres lay afternoon al 1915 ?. IN. when
the services will be conducted b. The
Rev Theodore C. Williams Of Tarrytown.
Tn lrtsrmcnt viii be Ia the family plot
IN Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where repcse
the remains OF his youngest son, Hllgard,
who died when years ola, and who dro =
the golden spike completing the North
ern Pacific RaAtoad, OF which his father
wa president.
was born In Germany.
Henry Willard was born in Heinrich Hn-
gard .u Speycr. Rhenish Bavaria, on
April u. 1886 Young llDgard was edu-
Gated at schools IN Zweibrucken, Phals-
bourg and Spcyer. but IN October is53.
broke on his university studies and set
out Tor the United states. His father =
opposition 20 this step made him borrow
the surname OF a French school mate az
phalsbourg aud he became Henry VII
lard
Arriving In this country he became
Newspaper reporter and continued IN the
profession until 1855 Early In 1881 Mr..
Willard acquired the New York Evening
Post and the Nation
In January 1876. In Boston. he married
Fanny. the only daughter OF William
Lloyd Garrison.
In 1871. while on a visit 70 Europe. Mr..
Willard began his railrccd career He
formed a connection with Frankfort and
Berlin bankers. and IN 1873 returned 60
the United States. buying for the Ger
man bondhollers the property Of the ore
eon aud California Railroad Company aud
the Oregon steamship Com any. being
made president in 1875 lie became in
terestod in the oregon Steam Navigation
Company and the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company. OF which he became
president. and then formed the oregon
and Trans-Contineutal. with which he
merged the two other companies 10 a So
called blind POOL with the Northern Pa
cinc. being chosen president OF the latter
company.
suffered Financial Loss.
few years later the companies IN
which he was interested became so in
VOWED that there was "a collapse In which
SIR. Willard suffered very heavily. Re
Aarnng to Germany he formed new imam
cll relations which enabled him 10 re-
rar his fortune and coming back 10
ts.s country ne started In once more a.
capitalist In 1880 he purchased from
-fomas Edison HIS electrical mauufactur-
ee Interests. and with the Edison Lamp
Company Of Newark y. j.. and the Ed
en- works al Schenectady, y. y. as
i tssis. organzed the Edison General Elec-
ire Company. OF which he became presi-
dent serving IN that capacity for about
iwo years
In october 1859 he became chairman Of
he Northern Pacific Board Of Directors.
II tut tha panic OF 1888 again occasioued the
ass OF most Of his fortune and led to his
Il " thdrawal from railroad management.