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Charles Coulsen Rich (August 21,
1809–November 17, 1883) (commonly known as
Charles C. Rich) was the 21st apostle of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Born in Campbell County, Kentucky to Joseph and
Nancy O. Neil Rich.  He was baptized into the
early Mormon church in 1832.  In 1838 he married
Sarah D. Pea.

He was a leader in Caldwell County, Missouri and
fought in the Battle of Crooked River.  His log
house is the only structure to have survived from
the Mormon period 1836-38 in Caldwell County. 
After the expulsion from Missouri, Rich settled in
Nauvoo, Illinois where he was made an original
member of the Council of Fifty.

After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr., Rich sided
with Brigham Young and migrated to what became
Utah with the main body of the church.  Young made
Rich a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
on 12 February, 1849.

Rich followed the church's principal of plural
marriage, taking six wives in all and siring a
total of 51 children.  Rich led a party of early
Mormons to colonize Idaho.  He died there in 1883
at the age of seventy-five.

==External Resources==
* http://www.farwesthistory.com Rich's house in
Caldwell County, Missouri is preserved by the Far
West Cultural Center
*
http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/richcc1
.htm Grandpa Bill's G.A. Pages

==References==
* The Deseret Morning News:  2005 Church Almanac,
Salt Lake City, UT.

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 title= Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
 years= February 12, 1849–November 17, 1883
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 before=Ezra T. Benson |
 after= Lorenzo Snow |

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