Dallas Co., TX - Samuel Dyer ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sadie Kennedy USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Dallas Morning News 16 Dec 1885 Death of a Noted Abolitionist SOUTH ABINGTON, Mass., Dec. 15 - - Samuel Dyer, the staunch abolitionist and friend of Garrison and Phillips, died to-day of softening of the brain, aged 78. At a time when it was considered to be a crime to be seen in company with a colored man, Dyer sheltered Fred Douglass and took him to church with his family. For this act he was waited upon by a committee of citizens, who requested him to desist from such conduct, and he was for many years socially ostracised. Title: Death of a Noted Abolitionist Date: 1885-12-16 Page: 2