The Colorado statesman., 1917-01-06


son of William Lloyd Garrison, aboli-
ZIONIST, died at his home in Newton
Vile, Mass, some days ago. He had
been in failing health for some months.
Mr.. Garrison is survived by his only
son, Wendell Holmes Garrison, who
lived with him, and by his sister, Mrs.
Henry Willard of New York.
Named after Francis Jackson, the ia
nous English abolitionist, Mr.. Gar
rison took n keen and active interest
from boyhood in the stupendous efforts
his father was then making in behalf
of freeing the Negroes. This close as
sociatlon with his fathers busy life
and work was Mr.. Garrison's greatest
pleasure in later life, and he continued
his interest in the welfare of the race,
being one of the most influential mem
bers of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People.
One of the few surviving men who had
had a wide acquaintance among the
men associated with the abolition
mavement, Mr.. Garrison was at the
time of his death one of the greatest
authorities on the subject. Besides
making for himself one of the most im-
portant collections of antislavery lit
erature and of the records and papers
of his father, Mr.. Garrison gave gen.
erously of this material to aid libraries
to round out their literature on the
subject. He collaborated with his
brother, Wendell Phillips Garrison, in
writing the biography of the abolition
list. civilian Lloyd Garrison; the
Story of His Life Told by His Chill
dren."
Born in Boston October 20, 1S4S, he
was educated at the famous Boston
Latin school, graduating In 1860.
While still schOolboy he aided his
father in the publication of the Lib
orator, the powerful organ of the abo-
lltionist movement, and was present
on the historic, evening at the end of
1865, when the elder Garrison, having
written his valedictory, set in type the
final paragraph with his own hands,
and stood by as the forms for the last
number of the Liberator were closed.
Having completed his schooling, Mr..
Garrison went abroad with his sister,
Mrs. Henry Willard, and Mr.. Willard.
They were Joined by the elder Gar
rison in Paris in May, 1867. The
young man visited the international ex-
position with his father and accom-
panied him on his triumphal visit in
France and then to England the follow
ing month, when eminent men and
women of the two countries acclaimed
the American who had done so much
to win emancipation for Negro slaves.
Returning with his father after an
eventful summer spent in both France
and England, Mr.. Garrison arrived in
Boston again on November 6 of
the same year. Ten years later he
accompanied his. father upon another
trip to England, this time in the inter-
ests of the health of the elder man.
Although his friends in England had
been advised that William Lloyd Gar
rison was not strong enough to attend
receptions and other functions in his
honor, they could not resist the oppor-
tunity to invite their friends to meet
the abolitionist, to get him to tell about
his early trials and later successes in
the abolitionist movement, and to draw
out his opinions on various moral and
social questions. At all gatherings the
son was an attentive listener and was
continually surprised at the vigor and
freshness with which his father re-
counted his early experiences. The
trip started in May, 1877, and the two
men returned to New York by the end
of the following August.