water and grazing, Hamblin directed them to Mountain Meadows, near the "Indian farm" there, a regular stopover on the Old Spanish Trail. Plural marriage Like many other 19th-century Mormon leaders, Smith practiced plural marriage. Known for his somewhat bombastic speaking style, Smith once said, "We breathe the free air, we have the best looking men and handsomest women, and if [non-Mormons] envy us our position, well they may, for they are a poor, narrow-minded, pinch-backed race of men, who chain themselves down to the law of monogamy, and live all their days under the dominion of one wife. They ought to be ashamed of such conduct, and the still fouler channel which flows from their practices; and it is not to be wondered at that they should envy those who so much better understand the social relations." In addition to his first wife Bathsheba, Smith married Lucy Smith, Nancy Clement, Sarah Ann Libby, Hannah Maria Libby, Zilpha Stark, and Susan E. West. His wives bore him 20 children, 11 of whom were still living when Smith died. Physical characteristics Smith was a portly man at and at least . He was humorously known for sometimes removing his wig to wipe his brow while preaching. After seeing Smith remove his hair, glasses, and false teeth, Paiutes gave him the name Non-choko-wicher, or "takes himself apart". Death Smith died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, and was buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Notes References Nibley, Preston. The Presidents of the Church. Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1974. . External links George A. Smith Family Papers, University of Utah George A. Smith Papers at University of Utah Digital Library, Marriott Library Special Collections Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: George A. Smith 1817 births 1875 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in the United States American general authorities (LDS Church) Apostles (LDS Church) Apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Converts to Mormonism Counselors in the First Presidency (LDS Church) Doctrine and Covenants people Latter Day Saints from Illinois Latter Day Saints from New York (state) Latter Day Saints from Utah Members of the Utah Territorial Legislature Mormon pioneers Nauvoo, Illinois city council members Official historians of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints People from Parowan, Utah People from Potsdam, New York People of the Utah War Religious