Wives
Grant was the last of the LDS Church presidents to practice plural marriage. He married a first time in 1877 and then twice more in 1884. By the time he became President of the Church only one of his wives, Augusta, was still alive.
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Famous quotes containing the word wives:
“That’s right, son. That’s why I keep my hat on, so my horns don’t show. Why I’ve got more wives than Solomon hisself. At least that’s what folks around here say. And if they don’t say it, they, they think it.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)
“There will be a world of water shed
Upon the parting of your wives and you.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“...it is decidedly an advantage to American homes that so many of the wives and mothers have served as teachers before becoming house-directors. ...”
—Anna C. Brackett (1836–1911)