Show CHARLES 0 KIOH nich lr it is with unfeigned regret that we now chronicle the death of another great man in israel namely that of apostle charles C rich who died at his residence at paris pari 1 idaho idalio november 17 1883 at p m apostle rich ha hm been prostrated for a long time from tho the effects of a paralytic stroke his death has not riot been al altogether to gether unexpected but th the blow now that it has fallen is felt to ba nevertheless for lie was a man truly beloved by the whole church of latter day saints and many others who are not of their faith he ile was one of the firm of the church of the living god and one among the many who have borno borne the heat and borthen of the day and has labored bard hard handlong iong long and traveled extensively to preach and establish at homo home and in foreign lands the gospel of the tile son of god which has been restored to the earth again 0 io in this last dispensation he ile wai a man of large experience plain outspoken but kind and fatherly atherly to his people over whom he watched with genuine paternal solicitude licit ude his instructions were very practical and always related to the everyday every day temporal as well wal I 1 as spiritual duties and services the tile following brief biographical sketch will bo be read with deep interest by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance charles coulsen rich was the only son son of joseph rich and nancy oneal he ile was born august 1809 in campblell lel county state of kentucky shortly after his father moved to switzerland county indiana where he lie purchased a email all farm which had bad to be cleared A portion of the timo time his father was in the employ of the government building block houses and performing various labors necessary for tho the protection of the settlers settlers against the indians who were at that time very troublesome to tho the thinly populated settlements of indiana he ile C C rich commenced ploughing sloughing hing when eight years of age he usually went to school three months in ill the year working on the farm the remainder of his time in 1829 hii father sold his farm and moved west to illinois arriving in tazwell county illinois october r ath his father wintered at pleasant grove and in the spring moved and took up a claim on tho the waters of farm creek he ile C C rich euga engaged ed and taught school through the winter and in tho the spring ho he made rails to fence forty acres of land and hia his f father broke twenty acres of land and raised sufficient to sustain the family in august 1830 he lie returned to the state of indiana to collect some money and returned to illinois in in i october ad and purchased 80 acres of land which secured their improvements august 1831 lyman wight and john carroll preached the gospel e in that neighborhood which lio lie believed at the time but was not then baptized as mcarn wiil wight t and carroll remained but a few day days and passed on to missouri which place was designated as zion by the lati ter day saints shortly after two I 1 elders geo M and daniel cathcart from missouri ri commenced preaching and laisiu raising up a it branch in his vicinity and 0 on n the day lay of april 1832 his father joseph rich and mother nancy rich and sister manurvia Manur vea and himself were baptized by george ill M hinckly and confirmed by kv said elders at tho the waters edge 1 shortly after hii eldest sister artemesia wixom and second sister jane ann were baptized may ath same year he lie started started in company with zebedee coltrin and solomon wixom for kirtland ohio to visit tho the prophet joseph smith they called a few days at the danville church not far from tho tile wabash also at shawn creek branch on the cast side odthe of tho wabash in fountain county indiana at which place 0 0 rich was ordained an E elder ader under the hands of zebedee coltrin an and d solomon Wi whom itom bro s e rich and wixom were appointed to travel together and preach the go gospel af at tor ter visiting and ind preaching in many places on oil their way they arrived at kirtland about the of june bro rich making his home at father smiths in a day ilay or two bar af ter the prophet joseph and sidney rigdon returned from their mission to zion it was at that time that bro rich mado made his first aduain tance with the prophet he ile remained in Kirtland until about the of august during this time attending many meetings and councils ho ile left kirtland for home about aug ast ast 1st and landed at rising sun indiana where ho be rem remained ined till the tile let of oct visiting his friends and relatives in the vicinity where w here lie was brought brou glit up he ile was 11 quite bite sick a portion of the tile time while here and was divinely healed to the of his friends ho ile arrived at his home in illinois on oil the 2 alth of october he ile remained at home duri during n the remainder of fall and winter preaching to the saints in the country countr y round about and wherever the do door or was opened he ile continued contin tied visiting the branches of the church which he presided over until the ofray of may 1834 when he be started with bros lyman wight hyrum smith and arid the michigan brethren Bic thren to redeem zion they joined the main camp 0 on n tho tile ath of june and on the they were organized and bro rich was appointed captain of the michigan brethren ho ile endured and served faithfully until he lie receive received ed an all honorable rable discharge and recommend to return homo home and look after t r the welfare of the church he ile started for home on the 2nd and of july and arrived at his fathers house 0 on the he continued at home and antl in the country round about preaching until the of october during luring this time lie baptized his undo landon rich and wife and others and arid with brother wixom made a short preaching tour towards the rapid rapids visiting on their return the crow creek branch where they were threatened with a mob who stoned the housed 1 abo they y were w ere preaching I 1 in and made other demonstrations ho ile continued at intervals laboring in in in the ministry until april 1835 when he be went on a mission to the north part of the state at dupage cook county he lie assisted in in baptizing several and organized a branch he ile visited different dif diffie Terent rent set tle clements ments on fox river damage ollain alpo ako chicago preaching ling wherever an opportunity presented its itself self on oil the I 1 eth of june ho be started for home where ho lie arrayed on the he ile remained at home until the irth of september Sep during luring which time he baptized sed his grandmother mo therl ann rich ho lie then took a mission to fulton schuyler and adams counties illinois with brother solomon wixom preached about thirty times baptized five persons organized a email branch bran cli held two public debates wit with hithe the methodists and made many friends he ile left for home preaching several times on the pray way and arrived nov 3rd ard where ho remained and labored in the regions 1 round about until jan 26 1836 1830 when he lie in company with levi P tomlinson started for kirtland on a mission traveling through the towns of mackinaw stouts grove bloomer grove big grove danville eugene terre haute green river branch orleans livona and greenville arriving at new albany indiana march 1836 holding 30 mec meetings tings 2 debates and traveling miles on oil foot he ile left albany and went to louisville ky and took steamer for rising sun ind where ho lie landed on oil tile of march arch ho ile remained veiling hh friends and relatives in switzerland county ind and boone county ky until april 3rd ard during which time lie held beld 10 meetings 0 he ile also whited the branch 0 of f the church I 1 in cincinnati on oil the ath took passage on oil he steamer fremont for wellsville alitt lc below pitts 1 burgh landed 2 saturday Satu at arday 16 ruay aili passed through li new lisbon arriving at kirtland ohio on the of 01 april at 10 am the tile high council met at 3 p m same day he lie wan was ordained a high ariett under the hands of hyrum and jphn smith ho ile remained in kirtland attending meetings and visiting with the br brethren ethrell making his homo home while in kirtland Kirt and lund with bro hyrum smith on the of may blay in in company with wm wilt 0 dark clark he lie started on a mission fo to the east and south traveling through trumbull county ohio abero they held 10 meetings one debate and baptized 9 0 persons bridgewater on the ohio river cincinnati and other BP places where meetings were held and on the IM went to big bone springs boone county kentucky remained in boone and adjoining counties kentucky and arid switzer land and adjoining counties indiana holding 51 meetings 4 debate debates and baptizing 5 persons started for home ou on the of sept going down the ohio to the mouth then up the mississippi to st louis then thence coup up illinois river to pekin arrived at home on the ath of october on oil the of october he lie started in company with lyman wight for missouri to buy land and nov I 1 ast 1st st went to Oal haldwell dwell county where lie bought 80 acres of land of mr odell three miles south of far par west and arid entered 80 acres more on oil the started home where lie arrived dec ath he ile spent the winter ot of 1836 v 7 i preaching 0 in and adjoining counties and baptized quite a num her ber he ile was appointed by the branch of the tile church in tazwell county to pur purchase chase land for them in accordance with a revelation given to the saints on oil the subject which ho lie immediately attended to also bought more land for his father and himself on february 11 1837 charles C rich was united in marriage tu to sarah D pea at far par west missouri ais george 31 hinkle officiated he ile took a prominent part with the saints in zions camp he ile was second in command at the battle battit of crooked river in which david W patten was killed ho ile was also also fired at b by y bogard the methodist preacher while under the conduct of the flag of truce at the time of the murder of joseph and hyrum smith hc lie was in the state of for joseph charles 0 rich was a member of the tile elih high council and the city council of nauvoo he was also a brigadier general in the nauvoo legion le 1 ion he left the last named city february 13 1846 for the W cst ho he presided over the saints at mount pisgah the ensuing win winter ho ile left there march 1847 for winter quarters and on juno ho lie started for salt lake city arriving arri ying there october 3 of the same kame year in the fall of the bame year he be was appointed first counselor to john smith then president of the salt lake stake of zion on the of february 1849 he lie ordained a member of the quorum of the twelve apostles on the ath of october of the same year apostle rich started on a mission to california he ile returned home nov fth 1850 on march 16 1851 ho he again left in company with amasa lyman on a mission to the tile golden state taking part of his family with him bina they arrived near sail benardino june the object of this mission in part was to establish a temporary gathe gathering riu place for the latter day saints arriving from australia the sandwich islands and other places they n negotiated L the purchase of the Rane rancho of san bernard ino containing twenty miles square to thi this s place the company moved and commenced settlement and cultivation of the laud it is now the city and county of san bernardino and is about sixty miles from los an geles on oil april 16 1857 lian hc again ain left california and arrived in salt lake city in june of the same year he ile remo removed removed veI his family during the exodus apostle rich was at fort bridger and echo canyon durin time of the difficulties and aasc assisted isted gen D wells in those times lu in may alay 1860 in company with apostle A M lyman he lie went on a mission to england 11 he ile returned home again in 1862 during this mission lie was with elders geo Q cannon and lyman in ili the presidency of tile churches in europe in the spring of 1863 lie went to bear lake lako valley and settled in paris ho ile has continued to reside there from that time to his demise he ile has with others been the means of building many nourishing settlements net ts in that region he ile served fi several everal terms i in I 1 I 1 the tile legislative assembly and filled other important positions of public trust on sunday october 1880 apostle rich was smitten with paralysis from which ho be never recovered he suffered long and patiently until saturday november ai at pm death put an end to his afflictions thus has bas passed to hii bis silent homo home another of gods noblemen but it cau can bo be said of him as it was olabel of abel ho he being dead yet he be his ilia good works testify of and live 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