Salt Lake Valley. One story recounts Smith's trip across the plains with Heber C. Kimball's pioneer company. One of the captains, Cornelius P. Lott, questioned her preparation and suggested she stay behind and wait for others to help her: he called her a burden to the whole company. In response, Smith said that she would not only stay with the company but would arrive in the Salt Lake Valley before Lott and without any of his help. She reportedly arrived in the Valley one day before Lott. She would eventually marry Heber C. Kimball. Death On September 21, 1852, Smith died in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at the home of her second husband, Heber C. Kimball, apparently of pneumonia. She was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. Although she was widely known and respected during her lifetime, her son, Joseph F. Smith, further enhanced her reputation after her death as he presented her as a role model of courage and faithfulness in public addresses, sermons and articles. References External links Letters from Mary Fielding 1801 births 1852 deaths American Latter Day Saints British Latter Day Saints Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Canadian Latter Day Saints Converts to Mormonism from Methodism English Latter Day Saints English emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Immigrants to Upper Canada Deaths from pneumonia in Utah Mormon pioneers Pre-Confederation Canadian emigrants to the United States Smith family (Latter Day Saints)