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Charles Coulson Rich (August 21, 1809 – November 17, 1883) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of Restorationism religious denominations and adherents who follow at least some of the Teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr....
 and served as an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Rich was born in Campbell County, Kentucky
Campbell County, Kentucky

Campbell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1795. As of 2000, the population was 88,616. Its county seats are Newport, Kentucky, and Alexandria, Kentucky....
 to Joseph and Nancy O'Neal Rich. He was baptized into the early Mormon
Mormon

Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , which is commonly called the Mormon Church....
 church in 1832. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea.

Rich was a leader in Caldwell County, Missouri
Caldwell County, Missouri

Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. , the population was 8,969. Its county seat is Kingston, Missouri. The county was organized in 1836 as a haven for the Mormons....
 and fought in the Battle of Crooked River
Battle of Crooked River

The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish between Latter Day Saint forces and Missouri state militia unit from southeast of Elmira, Missouri in Ray County, Missouri under the command of Samuel Bogart....
. His log house is the only structure from the Mormon period in 1836-38 in Caldwell County, Missouri to have survived.






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Charles Coulson Rich (August 21, 1809 – November 17, 1883) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of Restorationism religious denominations and adherents who follow at least some of the Teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr....
 and served as an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Rich was born in Campbell County, Kentucky
Campbell County, Kentucky

Campbell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1795. As of 2000, the population was 88,616. Its county seats are Newport, Kentucky, and Alexandria, Kentucky....
 to Joseph and Nancy O'Neal Rich. He was baptized into the early Mormon
Mormon

Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , which is commonly called the Mormon Church....
 church in 1832. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea.

Rich was a leader in Caldwell County, Missouri
Caldwell County, Missouri

Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. , the population was 8,969. Its county seat is Kingston, Missouri. The county was organized in 1836 as a haven for the Mormons....
 and fought in the Battle of Crooked River
Battle of Crooked River

The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish between Latter Day Saint forces and Missouri state militia unit from southeast of Elmira, Missouri in Ray County, Missouri under the command of Samuel Bogart....
. His log house is the only structure from the Mormon period in 1836-38 in Caldwell County, Missouri to have survived. After the LDS expulsion from Missouri, Rich settled in Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. Although the current population is just 1,063 , and it is difficult to reach over secondary highways in a remote corner of Illinois, Nauvoo attracts large numbers of visitors for its historic importance and its religious significance to members of both the The Churc...
 where he was made an original member of the Council of Fifty
Council of Fifty

The Council of Fifty was a Latter Day Saint quorum established by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844 to symbolize and represent a future theocracy or theodemocracy "Kingdom of God" on the earth ....
.

After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith, Jr.

Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s....
, Rich followed the leadership of Brigham Young
Brigham Young

Brigham Young was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the President of the Church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death....
 and the surviving Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He and his family migrated to what became Utah
Utah

The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
 with the main body of the church. In October 1848 Charles C. Rich was made the president of the Salt Lake Stake.

Brigham Young appointed Rich a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 12 February 1849.

Rich helped form a Latter-day Saint settlement in San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. San Bernardino's estimated population, as of 2006, is 205,010....
. However, this settlement attracted many people who wanted to get away from the leaders of the church. The faithful members were called home in 1857 at the time of the Utah War
Utah War

The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition or Buchanan's Blunder, was an armed dispute between Latter-day Saint settlers in Utah Territory and the United States federal government....
.

In the early 1860s, Rich served as president of the British Mission of the church.

Rich followed the church's principle of plural marriage
Plural marriage

Historically, one of the defining characteristics of much of the early Latter Day Saint movement was the doctrine and practice of polygyny , a type of polygamy....
, taking six wives in all and fathering 56 children. Rich led a party of early Mormons to colonize parts of southeastern Idaho. The communities of Paris and Geneva, Idaho, as well as some other neighboring towns, were under his direction. He died there in 1883 at the age of seventy-five.

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