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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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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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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