Allen P. Deshazo was the second son of James R. Deshazo and
Nancy Turbeville, born abt. 1835 in Hickman County, Tennessee. The Deshazo
family resided in Hickman County for more than twenty years before
purchasing land in Carroll County, Arkansas in 1854. Allen P. Deshazo
departed for California in April 1857 with "The Baker Train" from
Milum
Springs (also called Caravan Springs and Beller's Stand), Carroll County,
Arkansas. His older sister, Sarah Elizabeth (Deshazo), was married to John
Henry Baker, a son of Captain John Twitty Baker, who was the wagon master
of "The Baker Train". He may have acted as a drover on the trip west. He
had with him 16 to 17
head of cattle, his violin, and some clothing. Depositions regarding the
possessions that Allen P. Deshazo had with him when he departed from
Carroll County were given by Hugh A. Torrence, Lorenzo D. Rush, and his
father, James R. Deshazo.
(A cabinet maker by trade, Allen P.
Deshazo's father was later murdered at his home in Carroll County by
bushwhackers in 1863, during the Civil War.) Allen P. Deshazo was single,
and 20 years old when he died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in
Utah.
© 2008 A.C. Wallner for the
Mountain Meadows Association. All rights reserved
Inscription:
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 IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
ALLEN P. DESHAZO, 20
*Please note that the names of the victims of the 1857 Mountain Meadows
Massacre that appear here are those who we have personally researched and
verified as actual victims. In some cases this list will differ from the
names that were inscribed on the 1990 Monument on Dan Sill Hill.
Leave
virtual flowers - MMA FIND A GRAVE
MEMORIAL
FOR
ALLEN P. DESHAZO
