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MEMORIAL MONUMENT
Submitted by Shelly Hobbs
Unfamiliar with The Mountain Meadow Masscure? Go Here
On May 1, 1857, a wagon train consisting of about 142 pioneer men, women and children departed Arkansas for California. The entire wagon train, except for some small children, was massacred by Paiute Indians and a body of Mormon men disguised as Indians. The Wagon Train is said to have assembled in Carroll Co, AR, but it has been suggested that many of the families who assembled were from Marion Co. or had close family ties with Marion Co families. Does anyone have any family history of these pioneers?
Sep 22, 2002: Shelly writes: "My husband Jerry is the great=grandson of Sara Frances Baker who at the time of the Mountain Meadows Massacure was 3 years old. She was also the last living survivor of the mass., at the time of her death her name was Sara Frances Mitchell. She died in 1947, my husband has the complete history of this mass from the Arkansas archives. We enjoyed your site very much. Feel free to contact us if you would like more information.
A Monument has been erected in Utah in honor of these families. Please look over the names found on the monument and see if any of them are yours.
The inscription on the Mountain Meadows Memorial that was dedicated on September 15, 1990:
between September 7 and 11, 1857,
a company of more than 120 Arkansas emigrants
led by Captain John T. Baker and Captain Alexander Fancher
was attacked while en route to California.
This event is known in history as the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Those believed to have been killed at or near the Mountain Meadows were:
William Allen Aden, 19
William Fancher, 17
George W. Baker, 27
Mary Fancher, 15
Manerva A. Beller Baker, 25
Thomas Fancher, 14
Mary Lovina Baker, 7
Martha Fancher, 10
Wards of George and Manerva Baker:
Sarah G. Fancher, 7
Melissa Ann Beller, 14
Margaret A. Fancher, 7
David W. Beller, 12
James Mathew Fancher, 25
John T. Baker, 52
Frances "Fanny" Fulfer Fancher
Abel Baker, 19
Robert Fancher, 19
John Beach, 21
Saladia Ann Brown Huff
William Cameron, 51
William Huff
Martha Cameron, 51
Elisha Huff and two other sons
Tillman Cameron, 24
John Milum Jones, 32
Isom Cameron, 18
Eloah Angeline Tackitt Jones, 27
Henry Cameron, 16
and Daughter
James Cameron, 14
Newton Jones
Martha Cameron, 11
Lawson A. McEntire, 21
Larkin Cameron, 8
Josiah (Joseph) Miller, 30
William Cameron's niece, Nancy, 12
Matilda Cameron Miller, 26
Allen P. Deshazo, 20
James William Miller, 9
Jesse Dunlap, Jr., 39
Charles R. Mitchell, 25
Mary Wharton Dunlap, 39
Sarah C. Baker Mitchell, 21
Ellender Dunlap, 18
John Mitchell, Infant
Nancy M. Dunlap, 16
Joel D. Mitchell, 23
James D. Dunlap, 14
John Prewit, 20
Lucinda Dunlap, 12
William Prewit, 18
Susannah Dunlap, 12
Milum L. Rush, 28
Margerette Dunlap, 11
Charles Stallcup, 25
Mary Ann Dunlap, 9
Cynthia Tackitt, 49
Lorenzo Dow Dunlap, 42
Marion Tackitt, 20
Nancy Wharton Dunlap, 42
Sebron Tackitt, 18
Thomas J. Dunlap, 17
Matilda Tackitt, 16
John H. Dunlap, 16
James M. Tackitt, 14
Mary Ann Dunlap, 13
Jones M. Tackitt, 12
Talitha Emaline Dunlap, 11
Pleasant Tackitt, 25
Nancy Dunlap, 9
Armilda Miller Tackitt, 22
America Jane Dunlap, 7
Richard Wilson
William M. Eaton
Solomon R. Wood, 20
Silas Edwards
William Wood, 26
Alexander Fancher, 45
And the Others
Eliza Ingrum Fancher, 32
Who are Unknown
Hampton Fancher, 19
Other Names Associated With the Caravan Included:
(George D.?) Basham (Charles H.?) Morton Family (Tom?) Farmer Poteet Family (Thomas?) Hamilton Poteet Brothers (James C.?) Haydon (John Perkins?) Reed (David?) Hudson (Alf?) Smith Lafoon Family (Mordecai?) Stevenson
The following children survived and were returned to their families in northwest Arkansas in September, 1859:
Children of George and Manerva Baker: Daughters of Peter and Saladia Huff: Mary Elizabeth, 5 Nancy Saphrona, 4 Sarah Frances, 3 Son of John and Eloah Jones William Twitty, 9 months Felix Marion, 18 months Daughters of Jesse and Mary Dunlap: Children of Josh and Matilda Miller: Rebecca J., 6 John Calvin, 6 Louisa, 4 Mary, 4 Sarah E., 1 Joseph, 1 Daughters of Lorenzo and Nancy Dow: Sons of Pleasant and Armilda Tackitt: Prudence Angeline, 5 Emberson Milum, 4 Georgia Ann, 18 months William Henry, 19 months Children of Alexander and Eliza Fancher: At least one other surviving child is Christopher "Kit" Carson, 5 believed to have remained in Utah Triphenia D., 22 months
This memorial erected September 1990 by the State of Utah and the families and friends of those involved and those who died
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