An Easy Puzzle

[_grindael]

Since it wasn't a legal marriage, I don't see the connection. It is simply someone that Smith likely had sex with who performed an illegal ceremony to try and cover his ass.

[_Lemmie]

Ah.. then I had the right person, but for the wrong reason. SWK was also a nephew of Joseph F. Smith. You are not kidding about connections. I live on the East Coast now, but I have yet to meet a Mormon from Arizona that I am not related to in some way.

You weren't from Thatcher by chance, were you? I was there on my mission for a few months.

No, grew up a couple of hours west of that.

[_Analytics]

No, grew up a couple of hours west of that.

Your comment reminded me of my mission. I met SWK's nephew who now must be 95 and who claimed that out of the thousands of people named Spencer after SWK, he was the first.

The Mormon girls in Thatcher were all unbelievably attractive.

[_Choyo Chagas]

"too many smiths"

google it...

I just did. The top result was a band in Florida. None of the other results had anything to do with the opening post.

What did you expect us to learn from googling it?

When George Albert Smith was president of the Quorum of the Twelve, Apostle Callis recommended that Dad be called as a Mission President. President Smith refused the recommendation to avoid the appearance of favoritism. An additional element of the story is that we have heard that he also said "There are too many Smiths in here already."
Lyman - Son

to avoid the appearance of favoritism ? ???
from "Christie Johnson Smith - extended life story "
( https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/32231218 )

He was justifiably proud of his numerous ancestors and reltives who had filled high Church offices. Yet he abhorred nepotism and once at a stake meeting was heard to whisper that if one more Smith were presented for office, he intended to walk out. Just then his name was announded as a counselor in the Salt Take's Young Men Mutual Improvement Association. George Albert again was surprised by a call and felt anxiety about too many Smiths occupying Church office when in October 1903 he was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was not advised of the call before hand and was not even present at the meeting. The nepotism issue weighed heavily with him because there were five Smiths among the twenty-six General Authorities. He feared that his father, who was then in the Twelve, had infuenced the call. Assured this was not so, he later received spiritual confirmation that the call had come by divine inspiration through the prophet.

from "SMITH, George Albert "
( http://www.josephsmithsr.com/sophronia/ ... ephsmithsr )