His childhood activities show he was
- intelligent, practical & active
- determined – he made a good attempt at running away from school – and hard working – spending his holidays with the workmen
- deeply committed to his religion and well taught by his pastor
- strong-willed and loving truth & justice – and his upbringing clearly curbed the passionate temper of his early childhood
We have a physical description of him in old age
- a very pink face with masses of beautiful white hair
- we can see from photographs that his eyes must have been blue
- a booming voice
After his death, his daughter-in-law Evelyn – the widow of his son John – described how he had supported her, writing of
- his "warm love and understanding"
- "such warmth of heart, such tender sympathy"
- "a great teacher"
- the "patient tenderness" with which he taught the young
And Ellen Ewing describes him as "by nature, more unselfish" than his wife Alice.
These are qualities which he must had from his early days.
Meanwhile, in that part of the West Riding of Yorkshire known since ancient times as Craven …
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