History of Charles Coulson Rich.

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History of Charles Coulson Rich.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487588

Biographical sketch of an early Mormon leader. Mentions connection with important historical events in Mormon history, 1830-1865.

8 pp. : WPA typescript.

Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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Rich, Charles C. (Charles Coulson), 1809-1883

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Charles Coulson Rich was born on August 21, 1809, in Campbell County, Kentucky. He was instructed in the Mormon faith by Lyman Wight and baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by George M. Hinckle in 1832. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea, the first of his six wives. Rich lived in Calfwell County, Missouri, and fought in the Battle of Crooked River. He and his family later settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where Rich was made a member of the Council of Fifty and served in the Na...