He noted that he "buried one wife and two children as martyrs to our holy religion, since they died through extreme suffering for the want of the common comforts of life.

In June 1841, in Philadelphia, apostle George A. Smith sought him out and encouraged him to complete his preparations and sail with Hyde in two days time.

The majority of the Latter Day Saints, under the direction of Brigham Young, rejected Page's claim, but retained him in his position with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

[citation needed] Page was then called to serve in the Council of Fifty in 1845[4] to help plan and facilitate the church's move to the Rocky Mountains.

[4] After urging the Latter Day Saints to follow James J. Strang as leader of the church,[3] Page was excommunicated on June 26, 1846.

[citation needed] After leaving the church, Page worked on the Strangite periodical Zion's Reville as editor in 1847.

[4] Although Page was an apostle under Joseph Smith and President of the Quorum of the Twelve under Strang, he eventually came to reject both leaders as "fallen prophets".