The Mountain Meadows Massacre
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: From -
Shelly Hobbs - My husband Jerry is the great grandson of Sara Frances Baker who at the time of the Mountain Meadows Mass. 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. At the bottom of the page is a link to a site that tells the story of the Massacre and the web address for the Lost Meadows Massacre Home Page
The inscription on the Mountain Meadows Memorial that was dedicated on September 15, 1990:
IN MEMORIAM
In the valley below,
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:
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William Allen Aden, 19 |
William Fancher, 17 |
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George W. Baker, 27 |
Mary Fancher, 15 |
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Manerva A. Beller Baker, 25 |
Thomas Fancher, 14 |
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Mary Lovina Baker, 7 |
Martha Fancher, 10 |
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Wards of George and Manerva Baker: |
Sarah G. Fancher, 7 |
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Melissa Ann Beller, 14 |
Margaret A. Fancher, 7 |
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David W. Beller, 12 |
James Mathew Fancher, 25 |
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John T. Baker, 52 |
Frances "Fanny" Fulfer Fancher |
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Abel Baker, 19 |
Robert Fancher, 19 |
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John Beach, 21 |
Saladia Ann Brown Huff |
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William Cameron, 51 |
William Huff |
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Martha Cameron, 51 |
Elisha Huff and two other sons |
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Tillman Cameron, 24 |
John Milum Jones, 32 |
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Isom Cameron, 18 |
Eloah Angeline Tackitt Jones, 27 |
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Henry Cameron, 16 |
and Daughter |
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James Cameron, 14 |
Newton Jones |
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Martha Cameron, 11 |
Lawson A. McEntire, 21 |
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Larkin Cameron, 8 |
Josiah (Joseph) Miller, 30 |
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William Cameron's niece, Nancy, 12 |
Matilda Cameron Miller, 26 |
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Allen P. Deshazo, 20 |
James William Miller, 9 |
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Jesse Dunlap, Jr., 39 |
Charles R. Mitchell, 25 |
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Mary Wharton Dunlap, 39 |
Sarah C. Baker Mitchell, 21 |
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Ellender Dunlap, 18 |
John Mitchell, Infant |
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Nancy M. Dunlap, 16 |
Joel D. Mitchell, 23 |
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James D. Dunlap, 14 |
John Prewit, 20 |
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Lucinda Dunlap, 12 |
William Prewit, 18 |
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Susannah Dunlap, 12 |
Milum L. Rush, 28 |
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Margerette Dunlap, 11 |
Charles Stallcup, 25 |
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Mary Ann Dunlap, 9 |
Cynthia Tackitt, 49 |
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Lorenzo Dow Dunlap, 42 |
Marion Tackitt, 20 |
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Nancy Wharton Dunlap, 42 |
Sebron Tackitt, 18 |
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Thomas J. Dunlap, 17 |
Matilda Tackitt, 16 |
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John H. Dunlap, 16 |
James M. Tackitt, 14 |
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Mary Ann Dunlap, 13 |
Jones M. Tackitt, 12 |
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Talitha Emaline Dunlap, 11 |
Pleasant Tackitt, 25 |
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Nancy Dunlap, 9 |
Armilda Miller Tackitt, 22 |
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America Jane Dunlap, 7 |
Richard Wilson |
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William M. Eaton |
Solomon R. Wood, 20 |
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Silas Edwards |
William Wood, 26 |
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Alexander Fancher, 45 |
And the Others |
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Eliza Ingrum Fancher, 32 |
Who are Unknown |
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Hampton Fancher, 19 |
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Other Names Associated With the Caravan Included:
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(George D.?) Basham |
(Charles H.?) Morton Family |
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(Tom?) Farmer |
Poteet Family |
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(Thomas?) Hamilton |
Poteet Brothers |
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(James C.?) Haydon |
(John Perkins?) Reed |
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(David?) Hudson |
(Alf?) Smith |
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Lafoon Family |
(Mordecai?) Stevenson |
The following children survived and were returned to their families in northwest Arkansas in September, 1859:
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Children of George and Manerva Baker: |
Daughter of Peter and Saladia Huff: |
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Mary Elizabeth, 5 |
Nancy Saphrona, 4 |
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Sarah Frances, 3 |
Son of John and Eloah Jones |
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William Twitty, 9 months |
Felix Marion, 18 months |
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Daughters of Jesse and Mary Dunlap: |
Children of Josh and Matilda Miller: |
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Rebecca J., 6 |
John Calvin, 6 |
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Louisa, 4 |
Mary, 4 |
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Sarah E., 1 |
Joseph, 1 |
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Daughters of Lorenzo and Nancy Dow: |
Sons of Pleasant and Armilda Tackitt: |
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Prudence Angeline, 5 |
Emberson Milum, 4 |
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Georgia Ann, 18 months |
William Henry, 19 months |
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Children of Alexander and Eliza Fancher: |
At least one other surviving child is believed to have remained in Utah. |
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Christopher "Kit" Carson, 5 |
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Triphenia D., 22 months |
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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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