"Yours in the bond of the covenant,
"Signed William Marks."
WILLIAM MARKS SENT BY THOMPSON TO LOCATE A GATHERING PLACE.
The following appears in the "Harbinger and Organ" of Dec. 10th, 1853:
"St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 24, 1852.
"Brother Thompson:—I embrace this opportunity to drop a few lines to you to let you know of our whereabouts. I arrived here with Brother Childs and on the 22nd of this month, found Brother Stephens and the most of his family sick; and he is not able to go with us. From what we can learn of the surrounding country here we think is will be very difficult to obtain a suitable LOCATION FOR THE SAINTS TO GATHER TO, near this place on account of the high price of land. We have agreed to start from here tomorrow morning to go north, probably to the Bluffs. * * * We shall write you again as soon as we find a location. * * *
"Signed William Marks."
MARKS CHANGES AGAIN AND JOINS JOHN E. PAGE'S ORGANIZATION.
The year 1855 finds him in a religions organization with John E. Page and others. (History of the Reorganized Church, Vol. 3, 724.)