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Allen P. DeShazo (1837-1857) - Born about 1827 to Jeams DeShazo and
Nancy Turbyville, Allen's family were neighbors of John T. Baker in
Carroll County,
Arkansas. DeShazo decided to go with the caravan, taking
with him seventeen head of cattle, and his personal possessions, estimated
to have been worth about $300. Allen, who was traveling without any other
family members, was killed in the massacre.
Jesse Dunlap, Jr. (1818-1857) - Born
on March 14, 1818 to Jesse Dunlap, Sr. and Mary Williams Dunlap in Warren,
County, Tennessee, Jesse married Mary M. Warton on March 1, 1828 in
Madison County,
Arkansas. The couple had 10 children, including Ruth Ellenor, Nancy Rachel, James D., Lucinda, Susannah,
Marguerette, Mary Ann,
Rebecca,
Louisa, and
Sarah Elizabeth. In April,
1857, the family, along with Jesse's brother Lorenzo's family, joined the
John T. Baker train in Marion County,
Arkansas. Jesse's family traveled
with 9 oxen, 30 head of cattle, 2 horses, provisions and cash that were
valued at more than $2,100 at the time. In the massacre, the entire family
was killed, with the exception of the three youngest daughters,
Rebecca,
Louisa, and
Sarah Elizabeth. The three girls were placed in the Mormon
family of
Jacob Hamblin, in Santa Clara,
Utah. However, after two years,
they were rescued and returned to Carrollton,
Arkansas, where they were
raised by their uncle, James Dunlap.
Georgia Ann Dunlap [McWhorter]
(1855-1920) - Born on February 1, 1855 in
Arkansas to
Lorenzo Dow Dunlap and
Nancy Jane Wharton Dunlap,
Georgia was the youngest of eight children. In the Mountain Meadows
Massacre, her parents and six of her siblings were killed. Only she and
her five year-old sister, Prudence
survived. The two sisters were separated, with Georgia with the Joseph
Smith family in Cedar City,
Utah. When the girls were rescued, they
were returned to Marion County, where they resided with William C.
Mitchell, a friend of Lorenzo Dunlap's. Georgia married George Marshal
McWhorter in on March 19, 1875 and the couple had four children. They
moved to
Texas somewhere along the line. Georgia died on September 22,
1920 in Dallas,
Texas.
Lorenzo Dow Dunlap (1815-1857) - He
was born in Stokes County, North Carolina on February 21, 1815, to Jesse
Dunlap, Sr. and Mary Williams Dunlap. However, by the time he married
Nancy Jane Wharton in 1839, he was living in
Arkansas. The couple had
eight children, including Thomas, John, Mary Ann, Talitha, Nancy, America
Jane, Prudence, and
Georgia Ann Dunlap.
In
April, 1857, the Dunlaps joined the John T. Baker Company to travel to
California from Marion County,
Arkansas. The family was traveling with
four oxen, 12 head of cattle and other supplies, valued at about $920.00
at the time. Lorenzo and his wife, Nancy Jane Wharton Dunlap, as well as
their children, Thomas, John, Mary Ann, Talitha, Nancy, and America Jane
were all killed in the massacre. However, five year-old
Prudence and 18 month old,
Georgia Ann were spared due their age.
Prudence was placed with the Sam
Jakes family of Cedar City and Georgia Ann
with the Joseph Smith family, also of Cedar City. When the girls were
rescued, they were returned to Marion County, where they resided with
William C. Mitchell, a friend of Lorenzo Dunlap's.
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