Charles C Rich
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| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| February 12, 1849 – November 17, 1883 | |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| February 12, 1849 – November 17, 1883 | |
| Reason | Reorganization of First Presidency, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards were ordained on the same day to fill four vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.</ref> |
| Reorganization at end of term |
John W. Taylor ordained |
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Charles Coulson Rich August 21, 1809 Campbell County, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | November 17, 1883 (aged 74) Paris, Idaho Territory, United States |
| Resting place | Paris Cemetery 42°12′47″N 111°24′27″W / 42.2131°N 111.4075°W |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah D.Pea Eliza Ann Graves Sarah J. Peck Harriet Sargent Mary A. Phelps Emeline Grover |
| Children | 51, including: Joseph C. Rich |
| Parents | Joseph and Nancy Rich |
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Charles Coulson Rich (August 21, 1809 – November 17, 1883) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He led one of the first groups of Mormon pioneers west under the leadership of Brigham Young, from Illinois after Joseph Smith's murder.
Rich was chosen and served as an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) under Brigham Young after the Church settled in Utah Territory. President Young asked Charles Coulson Rich to open up San Bernardino, CA. for settlement in 1850, and Bear Lake Valley, UT and ID, in 1863. Charles Coulson Rich founded many communities in Bear Lake Valley, (in both Utah and Idaho) including Paris, Montpelier, Fish Haven, Ovid, Georgetown, St. Charles, Bloomington, Bennington, Wardboro, Dingle, Pergram, Glencoe (the previous in Idaho) and Garden City, Meadowville, and Laketown (Utah).
Rich was born in 1809 in Campbell County, Kentucky, to Joseph Rich and Nancy O'Neal. As an adult he reached six feet, 4 inches in height, and was considered a tall man for the time period. Rich was baptized into the early Latter Day Saint church by George M. Hinkle in 1832, after having been taught by Lyman Wight in 1831.
In 1838, Rich married Sarah D. Pea (of Looking Glass Prairie, Illinois), whom he had previously proposed to by letter, the two never having met. Rich followed the church's principle of plural marriage, taking six wives and fathering a total of 51 children.
Because several prominent LDS leaders like Rich owned slaves, Brigham Young had the Utah territorial legislature pass the Act in Relation to Service in 1852, legalizing the slavery of African Americans and Native Americans in the territory.
In 1863, Rich led a party of early Mormons to colonize parts of southeastern Idaho, which at the time was thought to be part of Utah Territory. The communities of Paris and Geneva, Idaho, as well as some other neighboring towns, were under his direction. Rich died in Paris in 1883 at the age of 75, after suffering several debilitating strokes. His daughter, Ada May Rich, became the mother of Laraine Day, who became an actress.
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