Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21
CHARLES 6, RICH.

Beginning today and continuing
over Sunday and Monday, the one hun.
dredth anniversary Of the birth Of
the late Charles c. Rich will be
commemorateds lin Paris, Idaho, by a
reunion of the Rich family from all
parts of the country. Invitations.
beautifully printed in gilt letters and.
containing the program for the three
days and picture of Charles G. Rich,
have been issued togEthose most in-5
|terested
i'hts morning at 10 O'Clock the gath
ertng assembled in the stake taberna-5
Gle where addresses of welcome, re-
sponses, speeches, and music took up,
The whole morning. After this the
company assembled in the First ward
nan for the banquet. Atg4 O'clock the
descendants of the esteemed Church
leader again met in HI the taber-.
ne q! where short addresses are
ne1ng given by members of the
family There will also be al
genealogical report, music, recita-
tons, etc. In the evening con-
cert Will be gi*en in the tabernacle
On sunday special commemorationl
services will be held in the taberna-
Gle, a II o'clock and 2 O'clock The
reunion will end on Monday with an
excursion to Fish Haven. on the Bear
lake, and a dance in the evening.
from IS to 10 O'clock. q
CHARLES GouLsEN RICH.
Charles coulsen Rich died at his
residence, Paris, Bear Lake county,
Idaho, November II. 1883, at the age
of,a74 years and three months. after
a long life8of usefulness in the Church
or Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
dating from the year 1882. when he
was baptized with his her mother
and sister Minerva. Hew the son Of
Joseph Rich and Nancy O'Neal, and
was born. August 81. 1 500 In Camp
bell county. Kentucky. Shortly after
his birth his father sold out and nov
ed to Switzerland county, Indiana,
where he purchased a small farm. In
1929 his father sold his farm and
moved to TazWell county, illinois, To-
eating on Farm creek. 1t was at this
place that Charles G. Rich first heard
the GOSPEL message through the visit
of Lyman Wight and John Carroll
to thai neighborhood. He believed
their message, though he did not ac-
cept it until next year when Elders
George NJ. Hinclle and Daniel!
Cathcart from Missouri raised up a
branch in that vicinity. In May, the
month following his baptism, he went
~ 5hiItlttilu III CON- pdIly win sLeDeuees
Coltrin and Solomon WiXon to-
visit IL Joseph Smith. On the
way they called at the Danville
church, in Fountain county, Indiana,
where Charles c. Rich was ordained
an elder. In company with Solomon
Wixom. one of those who ordained
him. he commenced preaching the
Gospel, arriving in Kirkland in June,
1882. He stayed there until August
when he went home and thereafter
spent a great deal of his time in the
ministry with signal success. He was
a member Of lions camp. and was
ordained high priest April IL, 1895.
under the hands of Hyrum and John
Smith. He was ordained member of
the quorum of twelve apostles February
12,1S49, and later in the same, year
went to California. where the rancho
of San Bernardino was purchased as
temporary gathering place for resi-
dents from Australia and the Pacific.
III 1857 he returned to Salt Lake
City, and in 1860 he was called on a,
mission to England where he was as
ISOLATED with Elders George @. Cannon
and A. NJ. Lyman in the presidency
of the churches of Europe. He went
to Bear Lake valley in 1853, and
settled In Paris, where he was instru-.
mental to a great extent In building
up that country. on October "a. 1880
he was stricken with paralysis. from
which he everrecovered until the end
came in 1889.