Charles Coulson Rich was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as an apostle of LDS church. He was baptized by George M. Hinkle in 1832, after having been taught by Lyman Wight in 1831. In 1838 he married Sarah D. Pea whom he had previously proposed to by letter, the two having never before met. Rich was a leader in Caldwell County, Missouri and fought in the Battle of Crooked River in 1838. After the expulsion of the Latter Day Saints from Missouri, Rich settled in Nauvoo, Illinois where he was made an original member of the Council of Fifty. He also served as a member of the Nauvoo High Council, and as a brigadier and major general in the Nauvoo Legion. Brigham Young appointed Rich a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 12 February 1849. Rich followed the church's principle of plural marriage, taking six wives in all and fathering 51 children.

Privileges Better Appreciated By Absence, Etc

Remarks by Elder Charles C. Rich, Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, June 14, 1857

Volume 4, discourse 65, pages 353-354

Sufficiency of the Gospel, Etc

Remarks by Elder Charles C. Rich, Delivered at the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, Wednesday Afternoon, October 7, 1857

Volume 5, discourse 49, pages 296-300

Present Opportunities, Etc

Remarks by Elder Charles C. Rich, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 6, 1862

Volume 10, discourse 21, pages 90-95

Building the Temple, Etc

Remarks by Elder Charles C. Rich, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, April 7, 1863

Volume 10, discourse 36, pages 160-163

Labor To Build Up The Kingdom

Remarks by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, April 8th, 1867

Volume 12, discourse 2, pages 3-5

Guard Against Temptation, Etc

Discourse by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered at the Adjourned Semi-Annual Conference of the Church or Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, October 11, 1874

Volume 17, discourse 27, pages 169-172

The Gathering, Etc

Remarks by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered at the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Tuesday Morning, April 6, 1875

Volume 17, discourse 47, pages 357-360

Saints Should Be Whole-Hearted, Etc

Discourse by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Saturday Afternoon, May 12, 1877

Volume 19, discourse 4, pages 26-30

Expectations Deferred, Etc

Discourse by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered at a Conference Held in Paris, Idaho, Nov. 11, 1877

Volume 19, discourse 28, pages 161-168

Blessing the Result of Obedience, Etc

Discourse by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered at the Quarterly Conference Held in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho, Feb. 10, 1878

Volume 19, discourse 38, pages 249-258

No Salvation in Ignorance, Etc

Discourse by Elder Charles C. Rich, delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, June 30, 1878

Volume 19, discourse 53, pages 371-376