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