11, 1859, Marks was formally received as a member of the RLDS movement without rebaptism. Alongside Zenas Gurley, he presided over the conference in April 1860, wherein Marks aided Gurley in ordaining Joseph Smith III as president of the high priesthood in the newly incorporated Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. According to Joseph Smith III in March 1863, "a revelation was received directing the church to call and ordain William Marks to be a Counselor to the President of the church, in order that the Quorum [of the First Presidency] might be more perfectly prepared to discharge the duties devolving upon it." This revelation was presented to the April 1863 General Conference of the RLDS Church and canonized as Doctrine and Covenants Section 115. Marks' ordination took place at the same conference, joining Joseph Smith III and Jason W. Briggs in the RLDS First Presidency. In 1866, Marks was appointed to the committee to receive manuscripts from Joseph Smith’s widow, Emma Smith Bidamon, and print the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. Marks was first counselor in the First Presidency of the Reorganized Church until his death in Plano, Illinois on May 22, 1872. A marked grave bearing his name is located in the Shabbona Grove Cemetery at Shabbona Grove, DeKalb, Illinois, adjacent to that of his wife Rosannah Robinson Marks, who died on October 18, 1862. Marks had married a second time in 1866 to Julia Ann Durfee, who survived him. External links William Marks arrest warrant, MSS 366, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University Notes References 1792 births 1872 deaths American Latter Day Saint leaders American Latter Day Saints American leaders of the Community of Christ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) members Converts to Mormonism Doctrine and Covenants people Leaders in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) Members of the First Presidency (Community of Christ) Nauvoo, Illinois city council members Religious leaders from Vermont