Mary Lovina Baker was the oldest daughter of George Washington Baker and
Minerva Ann Beller, born abt. 1851 in Crooked Creek Township, Carroll
County, Arkansas. She was named Lovina for her maternal grandmother,
Martha Lovina (Wilburn) Beller, and was called "Vina". Vina and her
family departed from Milum Springs (also called Caravan Springs and
Beller's Stand) in Carroll County in April 1857 with "The Baker Train",
which was under the leadership of her paternal grandfather, Captain John
Twitty Baker. During the Massacre, her younger sister, Martha Elizabeth
"Betty" Baker, said she saw Vina being led over a ridge by some men. Vina,
her parents, George Washington and
Minerva Ann (Beller) Baker, her
uncles Abel Baker and David W. Beller, her
aunt Melissa Ann Beller, and her grandfather
John Twitty Baker, all died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Her
three younger siblings,
Martha Elizabeth Baker, Sarah Frances Baker, and William Twitty Baker,
survived the Massacre and were returned to their paternal grandmother,
Mary A. (Ashby) Baker, in 1859.
Mary Lovina Baker was 7 years old when she died.
© 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
MARY LOVINA BAKER, 7
*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
MARY LOVINA BAKER
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