The Known Victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre...
In Memoriam
In 1990, Stewart Lee Udall penned the
following poem:
(click on the picture to open it)
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:
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 |
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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: | Daughter of Peter and Saladia Huff: |
| Mary Elizabeth, 5 (s/b Martha Elizabeth) | 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 Dunlap: | 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 believed to have remained in Utah. |
| Christopher "Kit" Carson, 5 | |
| 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