garrison's namesake son, william lloyd garrison, jr. (1838–1909), was a prominent advocate of the single tax, free trade, women's suffrage, and of the repeal of the chinese exclusion act. his second son, wendell phillips garrison (1840–1907), was literary editor of "the nation" from 1865 to 1906. two other sons (george thompson garrison and francis jackson garrison, his biographer and named after abolitionist francis jackson) and a daughter, helen frances garrison (who married henry villard), survived him. fanny's son oswald garrison villard became a prominent journalist and a founding member of the naacp.