Charles Coulson Rich

1809 - 1883  (74 years)

• Name	Charles Coulson Rich
  Birth	21 Aug 1809	Big Bone, Campbell, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Nov 1883	Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I89	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Phelps,   b. 6 Aug 1829, Peoria, Tazewell, Illinois d. 17 Apr 1912, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1845	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois   [4]
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2015

  
  

• Notes

  A major early Mormon, appointed in 1849 to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Organizer of multiple settlements in Utah, Idaho, and California. Subject of two books, Leonard J. Arrington, Charles C. Rich: Mormon General and Western Frontiersman (1974) by Leonard J. Arrington, the pre-eminent modern historian of Mormonism, and Charles Coulson Rich: Pioneer Builder of the West (1936) by John Henry Evans.

  
  

• Sources

  [S386] familysearch.org. [S384] The Utah History Encyclopedia., state only. [S384] The Utah History Encyclopedia. [S383] "Pioneers of San Bernardino", City of San Bernardino Library.