Charles Coulson Rich Jr.

Brief Life History of Charles Coulson

When Charles Coulson Rich Jr. was born on 2 September 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Coulson Rich, was 35 and his mother, Sarah DeArmon Pea, was 29. He married Jane Susanna Stock on 27 August 1865, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Planktown, Cass Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 8 June 1890, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Coulson Rich Jr.
1844–1890
Jane Susanna Stock
1846–1925
Marriage: 27 August 1865
Charles Coulson Rich III
1866–1954
Don Carlos Rich
1868–1869
Joseph Edwin Rich
1870–1935
Sarah DeArmon Rich
1872–1953
John Stock Rich
1874–1951
Libbie Jane Rich
1875–1962
Arthur Adams Rich
1877–1961
Ada May Rich
1880–1982

Sources (21)

  • Charles O Rich, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Charles Coulson Rich II, "Find A Grave Index"
  • C C Rich in entry for Jane Stack Rich, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.

English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .

English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES COULSON RICH II

            Charles Coulson Rich II was born 2 September 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois to Charles Coulson and Sarah DeArmon Pea Rich. It was a very difficult time for the Church of Jesus Christ of …

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