Mountain Meadows Massacre
UPDATE April 19, 2004
It has been reported by Dave Sperling who has just returned from the monument site that it is now standing upright and looks real nice.
The full story of the Mountain Meadow Massacre has been told in a number of publications. A wagon train of families, many of whom were from Boone and surrounding counties, were on their way to California when they were attacked and killed at Mountain Meadows.
This monument - the newest one - is presently lying on its face due to a small earthquake and the freeze/thaw cycles in the location which allowed the improperly constructed monument to be damaged. Plans are underway to replace the monument and the historic area around it.
Please visit the Mountain Meadows Association for the latest news and plans afoot as of May 21, 1999!!!!
To Remarks at Dedication of New Monument
Mountain Meadows Monument
This is the Inscription of the Mountain Meadows Memorial in Utah. This memorial marks the burial site for some of those killed in the Mountain Meadows Massacre in September 1857:
The Baker-Fancher Party camped at Mountain Meadows, a well-known stopping place along the Old Spanish Trail.
IN MEMORIAM
In the valley below, between September 7 and 11, 1857, a company of more
than 120 Arkansas emigrants led by Capt. John T. Baker and Capt. Alexander
Fancher was attacked while en route to California. This event is known as
the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Those believed to have been killed at or near Mountain Meadows were:
William Allen Aden, 19
George W. Baker, 27
Manerva A. Beller Baker, 25
Mary Lovina, 7
Wards of George and Manerva Baker
Melissa Ann Beller, 14
David W. Beller, 12
John T. Baker, 52
Abel, 19
John Beach, 21
William Cameron, 51
Martha Cameron, 51
Tillman, 24
Isom, 18
Henry, 16
James, 14
Martha, 11
Larkin, 8
William Cameron's niece, Nancy, 12
Allen P. Deshazo, 20
Jesse Dunlap, Jr. 39
Mary Wharton Dunlap, 39
Ellender, 18
Nancy M., 16
James D., 14
Lucinda, 12
Susannah, 12
Margerette, 11,
Mary Ann, 9
Lorenzo Dow Dunlap, 42
Nancy Wharton Dunlap, 42
Thomas J., 17
John H. 16
Mary Ann, 13
Talitha Emaline, 11
Nancy, 9
America Jane, 7
William M. Eaton
Silas Edwards
Alexander Fancher, 45
Eliza Ingrum Fancher, 32
Hampton, 19
William, 17
Mary 15,
Thomas, 14
Martha, 10
Sarah G., 8
Margaret A., 7
James Mathew Fancher, 25
Frances "Fanny" Fulfer Fancher
Robert Fancher, 19
Saladia Ann Brown Huff
William
Elisha
Two other sons.
John Milum Jones, 32
Eloah Angeline Tackitt Jones, 27
Daughter
Newton Jones,
Lawson A. McEntire, 21
Josiah (Joseph) Miller, 30
Matilda Cameron Miller, 26
James William, 9
Charles R. Mitchell, 23
John Prewit, 20
William Prewit, 18
Milum L. Rush, 28
Charles Stallcup, 25
Cynthia Tackitt, 49
Marion, 20
Sebron, 18
Matilda, 16
James M., 14
Jones M., 12
Pleasant Tackitt, 25
Amilda Miller Tackitt, 22
Richard Wilson
Solomon R. Wood, 26
John Mitchell, aged 2 mos. or 2 years
Others Unknown
Other names associated with the caravan included:
Basham
Farmer
Hamilton
Haydon
Hudson
Laffoon Family
Morton Family
Poteet family
Poteet brothers
Reed
Smith Stevenson
The following children survived and were returned to their families in
northwest Arkansas in September 1859:
Children of George and Manerva Baker
Mary Elizabeth, 5
Sarah Frances, 3
William Twitty, 9 months
Daughters of Jesse and Mary Dunlap
Rebecca J.,6
Louisa, 4
Sarah E., 1
Daughters of Lorenzo Dow and Nancy Dunlap
Prudence Angeline, 5
Georgia Ann, 18 months
Children of Alexander and Eliza Fancher
Christopher "Kit" Carson, 5
Triphenia D., 22 months
Daughter of Peter and Saladia Huff
Nancy Saphrona, 4
Son of John Milum and Eloah Jones
Felix Marion, 18 months
Children of Jos. and Matilda Miller
John Calvin, 6
Mary, 4
Joseph, 1
Sons of Pleasant and Armilda Tackitt
Emberson Milum, 4
William Henry, 19 months
At least one other survivor remained in Utah