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JOHN MITCHELL

*VICTIM OF THE 1857 MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE*
 


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.

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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.
 

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