Death Of Robert B. Glasier

Last Saturday Robert B. Glssier died at his home on Geddes ave., of inflammation of the lungs, and his funeral occurred on Monday. Rev. J. T. Sunderland conducting the service?. Mr. Glasier was one of the best known and most rei-pected cilizens of Ann Arb r. He was bom in New York city in 1818. In 1834 his father and family settled on the Glasier place north of Ann Arbor, part of which Robert owned till the time of his death. He ha a brother and sister vet living, and also leaves a wife, one so, George, and three daughters, Rachael, Lydia, and Mary E. Ghsier. Rjbert Glasier was of a courageous Quaker family that hated human slavery from their soals. They therefore were abolitionists of the blackest kind. In pro-slavery time?, the Glaswr hoase in Ann Arbor was a celebrated station of the underground railroad. The Glasier family often uarbored runaway slaves for days, and Ribert often piloted them in the ni"ht on their way to Canada. The death of this respected citizen recalls to many old residents of Ann Arbor s time when he was not universally respected. Ann Arbor was a pro-slavery iowd, and the Glaaier family, so intensely radical as they were. were shunned by the first citizetis and rotten-egged by the "toughs." In 1860 the Glasiers were instrumental in getting Giles B. Stebbins and his vnfe, and Parker Pillsbury, a Garrisonian íbolitionist, to come to Ann Arbor to speak. R'chard LHasier, brother of Robert, advertised the meeting in a bold way, and it stirred up the ntaod of the rotiga element of the town, while the best ele ment ol the dominant prn-slavery party held aloof ia disdain. No public hall cuuld be obtained, and the mayor, both betore and during the riot, refused to protect the abohtion meetine, which waa finallv held in the lntle Quaker church and Free church then standing oh State-st. Eobert E. Fraser and J Q. A. Sessions were students then and went to the Uieeting to discuss the questioa with the abolitinnista. Thè meeting in the afternoon was not distu:bed, but the rouzhs went for thera in the evening. As Richard GUsier was apeaking, a man struck at him. Jacob Valland, the harness man now in buaine-8 on st., grabb d the rowdy and choked him. Then Mr. Volland had one of his eyes closed up by another rowdy. He with others assisted Mri. Stebbins and oiher ladies out of the back window. The rowdies kicked over the stove sma9hed the benche=, and threw stones and rotten epg very liberally. A few of the abolitionisti adjourned to Mr. Volland's houe to hear Mr. Pillsbury, who-e mission was to teil what he knew about military preparations in the Soulh, and to induce the North to arm also.