MEMORIAL OF LLOYD McKIM GARRISON
(Prepared by Mr. Lewis L. Delafield)
Lloyd McKim Garrison was born on May 4, 1867, and died on October 4, 1900.
He was a son of Wendell Phillips Garrison, the editor of the Nation, and a grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, one of the foremost spirits of the small group of able men whose opposition to slavery was influential in producing so momentous a change in our history. His mother was Lucy McKim, daughter of J. Miller McKim, of Philadelphia, who also was actively associated with the anti-slavery agitation in the North. Such ancestry may well account for the honesty, courage and untiring perseverance which marked his short career.
He was admitted to Harvard College as a member of the class of 1888, and distinguished himself as an undergraduate by the excellence of his literary work, both as managing editor of the "Crimson" and as President of the "Advocate." And during his college career he not only contributed numerous thoughtful articles to the Evening Post and to the Nation, but he also prepared the Ode which was delivered at the Two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the College on November 5, 1886, and a variety of poems and addresses for the meetings of his class.
After graduation he entered the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1891, and then, having come to this city, he commenced the practice of his profession in the office of Charles W. Gould, by whom he was afterwards taken into partnership upon the formation of the firm of Gould & Wilkie. The career of Mr. Garrison as a member of the bar presents no features distinguishing it from those of other junior members of law firms of high standing. He was alert, painstaking, industrious and studious, sound in judgment and most attractive in manner, and there can be no doubt that his character and abilities fully justified the high regard in which he was held by every one with whom he was brought in contact. He became the trusted adviser of several important business interests, and it is said that his facility of expression and readiness in debate rendered him particularly felicitous in the trial of causes. Although he participated in the conduct of litigation affecting large interests, it does not appear that he was engaged in the trial of any cause which was of special interest from a purely legal standpoint as making a permanent impression upon the science of jurisprudence. During this period of his career he found time, however, to publish a thoughtful monograph entitled "Foreign Corporations and Local Restrictions," and to write numerous articles upon political and other subjects, including a most interesting account of the trial of Dr. Jameson, at which he had been present.
It also fell to Mr. Garrison's lot to render a signal service to this Association, and indirectly to the community at large, as the first Attorney for the Committee on Grievances appointed under the new by-law. It is the unanimous verdict of those who were
cognizant of the manner in which he performed the exceedingly burdensome duties of that office, that in the conduct of the numerous investigations and prosecutions of unworthy members of the legal profession undertaken by the committee, he showed a soundness of judgment and discrimination, which contributed in a high degree to the success which has attended such prosecutions.
Mr. Garrison was selected by his partner, Mr. Gould, to assist him in the performance of his duties as the legal adviser of the American Commissioners appointed in 1898 to supervise the taking over of Cuba, and he was charged with the special duty of investigating the laws regulating the punishment of crime which were then in force upon the Island. During the period from September 1, 1898, to January 1, 1899, he was engaged, in Cuba, in the study of these subjects, and in making a translation of the Penal Code. After his return he published several interesting articles regarding the matters thus investigated by him.
Mr. Garrison was married on May 12, 1896, to Miss Alice Harrison Kirkham, who, with two children, survives him.
Mr. Garrison possessed a refinement of manner which, combined with a great fund of general information, a genial disposition, a keen sense of humor, and an exceedingly kindly disposition, rendered him a most attractive personality. His death, at the age of thirty-three, cut short a career which, while marked by much achievement, held still more of promise for the future.
From "Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1900"
MEMORIAL OF LLOYD McKIM GARRISON
(Prepared by Mr. Lewis L. Delafield)
Lloyd McKim Garrison was born on May 4, 1867, and died on October 4, 1900.
He was a son of Wendell Phillips Garrison, the editor of the Nation, and a grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, one of the foremost spirits of the small group of able men whose opposition to slavery was influential in producing so momentous a change in our history. His mother was Lucy McKim, daughter of J. Miller McKim, of Philadelphia, who also was actively associated with the anti-slavery agitation in the North. Such ancestry may well account for the honesty, courage and untiring perseverance which marked his short career.
He was admitted to Harvard College as a member of the class of 1888, and distinguished himself as an undergraduate by the excellence of his literary work, both as managing editor of the "Crimson" and as President of the "Advocate." And during his college career he not only contributed numerous thoughtful articles to the Evening Post and to the Nation, but he also prepared the Ode which was delivered at the Two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the College on November 5, 1886, and a variety of poems and addresses for the meetings of his class.
After graduation he entered the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1891, and then, having come to this city, he commenced the practice of his profession in the office of Charles W. Gould, by whom he was afterwards taken into partnership upon the formation of the firm of Gould & Wilkie. The career of Mr. Garrison as a member of the bar presents no features distinguishing it from those of other junior members of law firms of high standing. He was alert, painstaking, industrious and studious, sound in judgment and most attractive in manner, and there can be no doubt that his character and abilities fully justified the high regard in which he was held by every one with whom he was brought in contact. He became the trusted adviser of several important business interests, and it is said that his facility of expression and readiness in debate rendered him particularly felicitous in the trial of causes. Although he participated in the conduct of litigation affecting large interests, it does not appear that he was engaged in the trial of any cause which was of special interest from a purely legal standpoint as making a permanent impression upon the science of jurisprudence. During this period of his career he found time, however, to publish a thoughtful monograph entitled "Foreign Corporations and Local Restrictions," and to write numerous articles upon political and other subjects, including a most interesting account of the trial of Dr. Jameson, at which he had been present.
It also fell to Mr. Garrison's lot to render a signal service to this Association, and indirectly to the community at large, as the first Attorney for the Committee on Grievances appointed under the new by-law. It is the unanimous verdict of those who were
cognizant of the manner in which he performed the exceedingly burdensome duties of that office, that in the conduct of the numerous investigations and prosecutions of unworthy members of the legal profession undertaken by the committee, he showed a soundness of judgment and discrimination, which contributed in a high degree to the success which has attended such prosecutions.
Mr. Garrison was selected by his partner, Mr. Gould, to assist him in the performance of his duties as the legal adviser of the American Commissioners appointed in 1898 to supervise the taking over of Cuba, and he was charged with the special duty of investigating the laws regulating the punishment of crime which were then in force upon the Island. During the period from September 1, 1898, to January 1, 1899, he was engaged, in Cuba, in the study of these subjects, and in making a translation of the Penal Code. After his return he published several interesting articles regarding the matters thus investigated by him.
Mr. Garrison was married on May 12, 1896, to Miss Alice Harrison Kirkham, who, with two children, survives him.
Mr. Garrison possessed a refinement of manner which, combined with a great fund of general information, a genial disposition, a keen sense of humor, and an exceedingly kindly disposition, rendered him a most attractive personality. His death, at the age of thirty-three, cut short a career which, while marked by much achievement, held still more of promise for the future.
From "Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1900"
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