day ▁Saint ▁practice ▁of ▁pl ural ▁marriage . ▁Due ▁to ▁ag gress ive ▁federal ▁enfor cement ▁of ▁this ▁r uling , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Edmund s ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁and ▁the ▁Edmund s - T ucker ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁many ▁L DS ▁Church ▁leaders , ▁including ▁Smith ' s ▁father , ▁were ▁either ▁imprison ed ▁or ▁forced ▁into ▁hiding ▁and ▁ex ile ▁during ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁Smith ' s ▁father , ▁as ▁the ▁ke eper ▁of ▁the ▁records ▁of ▁the ▁End ow ment ▁House , ▁felt ▁a ▁special ▁need ▁to ▁avoid ▁capture ▁since ▁the ▁records ▁could ▁allow ▁the ▁federal ▁authorities ▁to ▁easily ▁prove ▁pol yg amy ▁charges ▁against ▁certain ▁L atter - day ▁Saint ▁men . ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁Smith ' s ▁parents ▁and ▁his ▁younger ▁sister , ▁Jul ina , ▁left ▁for ▁the ▁Sand wich ▁Islands ▁( mod ern ▁Hawai i ), ▁where ▁Smith ' s ▁father ▁had ▁served ▁a ▁mission ▁as ▁a ▁te en ager ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s . ▁In ▁their ▁absence , ▁Smith ▁continued ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁home ▁with ▁his ▁brothers ▁and ▁sister s ▁and ▁his ▁father ' s ▁other ▁w ives , ▁whom ▁he ▁" lo ving ly ▁called ▁' a unt ies ' ". ▁Smith ' s ▁mother ▁returned ▁to ▁Salt ▁Lake ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁followed ▁later ▁by ▁his ▁father . ▁Even ▁after ▁his