MARKS DROPPED FROM HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF NAUVOO STAKE.
WILLIAM MARKS was dropped from his position as President of the Nauvoo Stake at a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, held October 7, 1844. (T. & S., Vol. 5, 692.) The whole Church voted NOT to sustain him, excepting two votes. This action was taken because he supported the claims of Sidney Rigdon as guardian of the Church.
On December 9th, 1844—Nauvoo, Illinois, he acknowledged his error in the following: