Charles C. Rich, Mormon General and Western Frontiersman

• Author(s): Leonard J. Arrington,
• Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
• Pages: 386
• ISBN_10: 0842510516
  ISBN_13: 9780842510516
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Religious , Religion / Christianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) ,

Description:... Biography of Charles Coulson Rich (1809-1883), son of Joseph Rich and Nancy O'Neal and grandson of Thomas and Ann Rich. He became a Mormon convert in 1832, became " ... a leader of Mormon defensive forces in Missouri, Illinois and Utah; a leader of colonizing parties in Iowa, Idaho and California." He became a member of the Council of Twelve and was active in politics in both Idaho and Utah. He was born in Kentucky and died in Paris (near Bear Lake), Idaho.