The Baker/Fancher Wagon Train consisted of more than 150 men, women and children. Only 17 survived, all under the age of 7. The Mormons believed that children became “adult” at the age of 8. It is speculated that they wanted no “adult” survivors who could give credible testimony to the heinous crimes committed.
The following is a list of the children who were taken back to Arkansas 2 years after the massacre:
Children of George and Manerva Baker
Martha Elizabeth “Betty” Baker, 5
Sarah Frances “Sallie” Baker, 3
William Twitty Baker, 9 months
Daughters of Jesse and Mary Wharton Dunlap
Rebecca J. Dunlap, 6
Louisa Dunlap, 4
Sarah E. Dunlap, 1
Daughters of Lorenzo and Nancy Wharton Dunlap
Prudence Angeline Dunlap, 5
Georgia Ann Dunlap, 18 months
Children of Alexander and Eliza Fancher
Christopher “Kit” Carson Fancher, 5
Triphenia D. Fancher, 22 months
Daughter of Peter and Saldia Huff
Nancy Saphrona Huff, 4
Son of John Milum Jones and Eloah Tackitt Jones
Felix Marion Jones, 18 months
Children of Josiah Miller and Matilda Cameron Miller
John Calvin, 6
Mary, 4
Joseph , 1
Sons of Pleasant and Armilda Miller Tackitt
Emberson Milum, 4
William Henry, 19 months
William Twitty Baker was my mother, Shirley Alexander’s, grandfather. To think that if he hadn’t have lived we would not be here is just amazing.
By: Regina Batia on March 13, 2013
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Hi Regina. We have a LOT of your family in our group! We’d love to have you join our organization. We are extremely active and constantly working to honor and remember our families who died at Mountain Meadows.
By: trooper7 on August 16, 2015
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Twitty Baker is my great grandfather…my grandmother was Ruby Baker his daughter…have never actively been part of the groups as I really did not know of the history until I was grown…
By: Louis Nicoletti on August 26, 2019
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My grandsons are Fanchers, I think they are descendants of Christopher Carson Fancher, the only surviving Fancher male.
By: Jim Phipps on February 13, 2018
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Do you guys realize that the wagon in front of the Mormon church belonged to our great great great grandfather there are pictures of it on ansectry.com ?
By: Joey dooling on May 15, 2018
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In front of the Church who murdered you relatives, what is your wagon diong there??
should it not be mounted at the memorial. It is an original, priceless!
Where are all the other wagons and goods, rifles, household items etc, that were distributed amongst the perpetrators? apparently the Indians were also stiffed getting nothing of the spoil.
By: Drew Ford on January 23, 2020
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Why didn’t the surviving children leave LDS as soon as they came of age? I would have.
By: Libby Esther Berman on April 2, 2019
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I remember reading if a young male survivor with a surname of Beers.
By: Renee L. Waring on April 3, 2019
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Twitty Baker is my great grandfather…my Grandmother is Ruby Baker his daughter…I would like to get more info as I really was never informed about all this until I was grown…like some info about the organization and such…thanks…
By: Louis Nicoletti on August 26, 2019
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Where is the Beers child listed? He was dropped off at an old mans cabin after the massacre. I believe my GGG Grandfather Robert Beer and his family were on that train. Where are they listed?
By: Renee Louise Waring on November 29, 2019
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Prudence Angeline Dunlap was my great grandmother. I am visiting the site for the first time in September 2020. I’m planning on taking a picture of my her and taking pictures at the memorial. The movie “September Dawn” brought tears to my eyes as I couldn’t imagine the fear she went through.
By: Sandy Raushenberger on August 15, 2020
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