John Mitchell was the
infant son of Charles Roark Mitchell
and Sarah C. Baker, born abt. 1857
in Marion County, Arkansas.
John Mitchell is believed to be the child mentioned
in Dan MacFarland's account of the Massacre - "I have said that all of the
small children were put into the wagons; that was wrong, for one little
child, about 6 months old, was carried in its father's arms, and it was
killed by the same bullet that entered its father's breast. It was shot
through the head." John Mitchell, along with both of his parents, and his
paternal uncle Joel Dyer Mitchell, died in
the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. He was the grandson of
Captain John Twitty Baker, who also died
in the Massacre.
© 2008 A.C. Wallner for the
Mountain Meadows Association. All rights reserved
Inscription:
IN MEMORIAM
IN THE VALLEY
BELOW BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 7 AND 11, 1857, A COMPANY OF MORE THAN 120
ARKANSAS EMIGRANTS LED BY CAPT. JOHN T. BAKER AND CAPT. ALEXANDER
FANCHER WAS ATTACKED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA. THIS EVENT IS
KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
JOHN MITCHELL, INFANT
*Please note that the names of the victims of the 1857 Mountain Meadows
Massacre that appear here are those who we have personally researched and
verified as actual victims. In some cases this list will differ from the
names that were inscribed on the 1990 Monument on Dan Sill Hill.
Leave
virtual flowers - MMA FIND A GRAVE
MEMORIAL
FOR
JOHN MITCHELL
