Show 1 J he was lai large and strong both physically and mentally he was a forceful aud add eloquent orator ernest benevolent and jo jovial va had ej ad the faculty for making friends and retaining them even jud judge ge goodvin editor of the salt lake evening telegram and 0 one ne of the most bitter anti mormons cormons Mor mons has a good word for the deceased church leader and says in part the death of apostal john henery smith will causo cause a great deal of sorrow he was a great big bil kindly companionable man and a clear headed business man he was very dear to his bis own people and was in first class repute as a strong and honest business man wi with th everybody etc president john henry smith was wag born at Car bunca near kanesville Kanes ville now council bluffs pottawattamie county iowa september 18 1828 1818 he was a son of the late president george A smith and sarah ann libby smith at the time of john henry genry smiths birth his parents were fleeing from the persecute ions imis which culminated in the a of nauvoo after the of the prophet and his brother hyrum his mother who had bad been an invalid for years died of consumption in 1851 the boy john henery was then put into the eare of his mothers sister flan hannah maria who was also his fa hers ers wife and president john onery enery smith is said to have der laired aired upon many occa occasions ions that buo vo this woman his foster mother he owed whatever success in ft life he had attained she was a industrious high spirited woman even ambitious to advance in everything that was good her faith in the gospel was firm I 1 and wavering unwavering uh and this faith she be inculcated into the lives of her children and those who were left in her care |