Leonard Rich (1800 – 1868) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the seven Presidents of the Seventy. Rich was born in Connecticut in 1800 and was a farmer. In 1833, he baptized Truman Angell,[1] architecht of the Salt Lake Temple. In 1834, the high council rebuked him for "breaking the Word of Wisdom and selling revelations at exorbitant prices."[2] That same year he was part of Zion's Camp.
In January 1837, Rich signed the new constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society.[3] On April 6 of that year, he and other presidents of the Seventy who were ordained high priests prior to their call were released. That fall, he dissented from the church[4] and in December the church excommunicated him.[5]
In 1845, Reuben McBride reported that Rich was a leader of rioters who broke into and took possession of the Kirtland Temple.[6]
Footnotes
- ^ Angell, Truman O. (1967). Kate Carter (ed.). Our Pioneer Heritage (10 ed.). p. 196.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|accessyear=,|origmonth=,|accessmonth=,|month=,|chapterurl=,|origdate=, and|coauthors=(help) - ^ B. H. Roberts (ed.). "Minutes of February 12, 1834". History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. pp. 2:25-27.
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- ^ B. H. Roberts (ed.). History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. pp. 1:405.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|accessyear=,|origmonth=,|accessmonth=,|month=,|chapterurl=,|origdate=, and|coauthors=(help) - ^ Quinn, D. Michael (1994). Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (2 ed.). Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates. p. 574.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|accessyear=,|origmonth=,|accessmonth=,|month=,|chapterurl=,|origdate=, and|coauthors=(help) - ^ B. H. Roberts (ed.). History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News. pp. 7:484.
Apostates...have broken into the House of the Lord, and taken possession of it, and are trying to take possession of the church farm.
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