Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 46: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Designed Expressly for the Education and Elevation of the Young; December, 1911 At the tender age of five years he was deprived by death of a mother; and in all the mobbings and drivings of the Saints of that period he as a boy shared. Then, in his twelfth year the tragedy of Carthage jail tore from him his noble father and his uncle, the Prophet Joseph. Such sad and severe experiences were enough to dishearten the bravest; but he and his brother and sisters survived those painful ordeals. After the death Of his mother, his father married Miss Mary Fielding, who became the mother Of President Joseph F. Smith. She was a capable and determined woman and a kind lov ing mother to her own children as well as to those of her husband's first wife, so John was not left without atten tion and guardianship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.