After Smith's assassination in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27,1844, Bennett surprised many by returning briefly to Mormonism and joining forces first with Sidney Rigdon and then with James Strang--two of several Mormons contending for leadership of the movement.
Bennett surprised many by returning briefly to Mormonism and joining forces first with Sidney Rigdon and then with James Strang--two of several Mormons contending for leadership of the movement. This was after Smith's assassination in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27,1844.