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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.
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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.
Louisa Dunlap [Linton] (1853-1926)
- Louisa was born on November 10, 1853 in
Arkansas to
Jesse Dunlap, Jr.
and Mary Wharton Dunlap, the 9th
of ten children. In the Mountain Meadows Massacre, her parents and the
seven oldest siblings were all killed. Four year-old Louisa, along with
her six year-old sister,
Rebecca, and one year-old sister,
Sarah Elizabeth, were
spared due to their ages. 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. Louisa grew up to marry James M. Linton on
December 15, 1875 and the couple had three children. Somewhere along the
line, they moved to Muskogee,
Oklahoma, where Louisa died on May 2, 1926.
 Rebecca J. Dunlap
[Evans] (1851-1839) - Rebecca was born on June 4, 1851 in Johnson
County,
Arkansas to Jesse Dunlap, Jr.
and Mary Wharton Dunlap, the 8th
of ten children. In the Mountain Meadows Massacre, her parents and the
seven oldest siblings were all killed. Six year-old Rebecca, along with
her four year-old sister,
Louisa, and one year-old sister,
Sarah Elizabeth, were
spared due to their ages. 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. Rebecca grew up to marry John Wesley Evans
on November 30, 1874. The couple then moved to Calhoun County,
Arkansas
where they lived until December 15, 1895. They had five children. Later,
they moved to Drew County,
Arkansas.
Rebecca died on August 4, 1914.
Sarah Elizabeth Dunlap [Lynch]
(1856-1901) - Sarah was born on August 13, 1856 in Mulberry,
Arkansas
to Jesse Dunlap, Jr.
and Mary Wharton Dunlap, the
youngest of ten children. In the Mountain Meadows Massacre, her parents
and the seven oldest siblings were all killed. One year-old Sarah was shot
in the arm during the massacre, but survived, along with her sisters, six
year-old
Rebecca and four year-old
Louisa, who were spared due to their
ages. 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. After their rescue, there were allegations that the girls
had been neglected and that
Sarah Elizabeth
Dunlap's blindness was a direct
result of the negligent care. Young
Sarah never recovered the full use of her arm and due to her very bad
eyes, attended
the blind school in Little Rock,
Arkansas
until she she graduated.
 During
the years following their recovery in
Utah by U.S. Army Captain James
Lynch, the officer would often visit the survivors, who all had fond
memories of the man. When the Dunlap women heard that Captain Lynch was
seriously ill, the women were concerned, and Sarah Dunlap, wrote to him,
offering to come help him and be his nurse. In the meantime, Lynch's
health improved but the correspondence continued. The couple were married
on December 30, 1893, when the groom was 74 and the bride 37. Lynch ran a
store in Woodberry,
Arkansas and Sarah taught Sunday school. They
eventually moved to Hampton,
Arkansas where Sarah died in 1901. Lynch died
in 1910 and was buried next to his wife
in the Hampton Church of Christ
Cemetery in Calhoun County,
Arkansas.
Mary M. Wharton Dunlap (1818-1857) -
Nancy Jane Wharton was born in
Tennessee in 1818. However, by the time she married
Jesse Dunlap, Jr. on March, 1828,
she was living in
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, who happened to be
married to Mary's sister, joined the John T. Baker train in Marion County,
Arkansas. 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.
Nancy Jane Wharton Dunlap
(1815-1857) - Nancy Jane Wharton was born in Tennessee in 1815.
However, by the time she married Lorenzo Dow Wharton in 1839, she 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. Nancy, her husband, and all of their children,
with the exception of five year-old Prudence
and 18 month old, Georgia Ann were
killed.
Prudence Angeline Dunlap
(1852-1918) - Born on January 9, 1852 in Jackson,
Arkansas, to
Lorenzo Dow Dunlap and
Nancy Jane Wharton Dunlap, the
seventh of eight children. In the Mountain Meadows Massacre, her parents
and six of her siblings were killed. Only five year-old
Prudence, and her 18 month-old
sister, Georgia Ann, were spared. The
two sisters were separated, with Prudence
residing with the Sam Jakes family of 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.
Prudence married Claiborne Hobbs
Koen on December 31, 1874. The couple soon moved to the Central
Texas
community of Caradan, where they raised their children. She died on
November 5, 1918 in Mills County,
Texas.
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