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Note for: Sarah Daniel, 1829 - 1889 Index

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This Information Obtained From: Page 98 THE FANCHER FAMILY, by William Hoyt Fancher, Danbury, Conn. - James Franklin "Frank" Kirkman www.1857massacre.com

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Note for: Alexander Richard Fancher, 22 APR 1830 - 9 SEP 1915 Index

Occupation:
     Date:   1854
     Place:   Landowner

Occupation:
     Date:   1854
     Place:   Hill county tax assessor and county commissioner several terms.

Event:
     Type:   Member
     Place:   Free Mason

Event:
     Type:   Member
     Place:   Odd Fellow

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Note for: Henry Clay Fancher, 21 FEB 1832 - FEB 1914 Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Farmer

Occupation:
     Place:   Minister of the Church of Christ

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Note for: James Alexander Polk Fancher, 26 FEB 1841 - 13 JUN 1912 Index

Alias:   White /Polk/

Education:
     Place:   Cumberland Institute

Event:
     Type:   Veteran
     Place:   Served in the Civil War as a private in Co. K, 16th Tennessee Regiment, CSA, and Co. F, Third U. S. Infantry

Event:
     Type:   POW
     Place:   Rock Island, Illinois

Event:
     Type:   Member
     Place:   Mason

Religion:
     Place:   Presbyterian

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Note for: Margaret A. Fancher, 1849 - 11 SEP 1857 Index

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     Massacre survivor. Information below is on the web site of the compiler of this genealogy James Franklin "Frank" Kirkman, http://1857massacre.com:
Murdered in Cold Blood by Mormons, in Mountain Meadows, Utah. See list of cold blooded Mormon Killers that also plundered the train leaving the bodies stripped of their clothing lying in the meadow for the wolves and vutures to feed upon.
LIST OF SHOOTERS AND CLUBBERS
     AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
     September 7-11, 1857

The following list of participants has been gleaned from writings of Anna Jean Backus, R.N. Baskin, Will Bagley, Juanita Brooks, Sally Denton, John D. Lee, J.R. Dunn, William Wise, William Secrest, Captain James Lynch and others. It continues to be validated by cross-referencing between recognized historians.
Most historians agree that 50-60 Mormons were involved in the actual killing of the wagon train members. In his confessions, John D. Lee stated that there were 54 men directly involved in the massacre. The list of 52 participants in Lee's confessions must be given priority over others who wrote about it later on. Other testimony and research helps to validate Lee's list but much of the later research was corrupted by many years of lying, folklore, and misinformation. * equals commissioned and non-com officers. ? equals private rank.

Key:
Arrest warrant – those individuals listed in Marshall Stokes arrest warrant
Backus _ names gleaned from Anna Jean Backus' book “Mountain Meadows Witness.”
Bagley- names gleaned from Will Bagley's book ‘Blood of the Prophets.”
Baskin – names gleaned from R.N. Baskin's “Reminiscences of Early Utah.”
Brooks – names gleaned from Juanita Brooks book “Mountain Meadows Massacre.”
Denton – names gleaned from Sally Denton's book “American Massacre.”
Dunn – names gleaned from J.R. Dunn's book “Massacres of the Mountains.”
Gibbs – names from Josiah Gibb's book “Mountain Meadows Massacre.”
Lee – names identified by John D. lee in his confessions “Mormonism Unvailed.”
Lynch - name from testimony of Captain James Lynch regarding Rebecca Dunlap's observations.
Secrest – outlaw Charles Wilkins identified by William Secrest in “True West.”
Shirts – names crosschecked with Iron County Militia roster for September 10, 1857 in “A Trial Furnace: Southern Utah's Iron Mission.”
Wise – names gleaned from William Wise's book “Massacre at Mountain Meadows.”

1. ?Adair, George Jr. (Bagley) (Lee) (Arrest warrant) (Shirts)
2. < [endif]> *Allen, Ira (Lee) (Wise) (Backus) (Shirts)
3. < [endif]> *Arthur, Benjamin (Lee) (Wise) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
4. *Bateman, William (Bagley) (Lee) (Gibbs) (Wise) (Backus) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
5. ?Cartwright, Thomas (Lee) (Shirts)
6. ?Clark, John W. (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
7. ?Clews, Joseph (Lee) (Shirts)
8. < [endif]> *Curtis, Ezra (Lee) (Shirts)
9. ?Durfey, Jabez (Lee) (Shirts)
10. *Edwards, William (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
11. *Freeman, Columbus (Lee) John (Shirts)
12. *Hamblin, Oscar (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
13. ?Hatch, Ira (Bagley) (Wise) (Dunn) (Shirts)
14. < [endif]> *Hawley, George (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
15. < [endif]> *Hawley, William (Bagley) (Lee) (refused to take part in shooting; he was tied to a wagon wheel during massacre by officers of Mormon Militia) (Shirts)
16. < [endif]> *Harrison, Richard (Lee) (Wise) (Shirts)
17. *Higbee, John (Bagley) (Lee) (Arrest warrant) (Gibbs) (Wise) (Backus) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
18. ?Hopkins, Charles (Bagley) (Lee) (Baskin) (Wise) (Shirts)
19. *Humphreys, John (Lee) (Shirts)
20. < [endif]> *Hunter, George (Lee) (Backus) (Shirts)
21. *Jacobs, Swen (Lee) (Shirts)
22. ?Jacobs, John (Lee) (Shirts)
23. < [endif]> *Johnson, Nephi (Bagley) (Lee) (Wise) (Denton) (Shirts)
24. ?Jukes, Samuel (Lee) (Arrest warrant) (Shirts)
25. ?Klingensmith, Philip (Bagley) (Lee) (Arrest warrant) (Gibbs) (Baskin) (Wise) (Backus) (Denton) (Shirts)
26. ?Knight, Samuel (Bagley) (Lee) (Gibbs) (Backus) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
27. ?Leavitt, Dudley (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
28. < [endif]> *Lee, John D. (Bagley) (Lee) (Arrest warrant) (Baskin) (Wise) (Backus) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
29. *Loveridge, Alexander (Lee) (Shirts)
30. *Matthews, James (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
31. ?Magnum, John (Lee) (Shirts)
32. < [endif]> *McFarland, Daniel (Bagley) (Lee) (Gibbs) (Wise) (Denton) (Shirts)
33. < [endif]> *McFarland, John (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
34. < [endif]> *McMurdy, Samuel (Bagley) (Lee) (Wise) (Backus) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
35. < [endif]> *Pearce, Harrison (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
36. ?Pearce, James (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
37. *Pollock, Samuel (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)
38. < [endif]> *Shirts, Carl (Bagley) (Lee) (Wise) (Backus) (Shirts)
39. *Slade, William Sr. (Bagley) (Lee) (Backus) (Shirts)
40. ?Slade, William Jr. (Lee) (Shirts)
41. ?Smith, Joseph (Lee) (Shirts)
42. *Spencer, George (Bagley) (Dunn) (Shirts) (young schoolteacher whose conscience so bothered him that he wasted away and died from guilt over his involvement) (Shirts)
43. < [endif]> *Stewart, William (Bagley) (Lee) (Gibbs) (Wise) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
44. *Stratton, Anthony (Lee) (Shirts)
45. *Taite, William (Lee) (Shirts)
46. ?Tullis, David (Bagley)(Lynch) (Shirts)
47. *Ure, John (Bagley) (Lee) (Backus ) (Shirts)
48. *Weston, John (Lee)
49. *White, Joel (Bagley) (Lee) (Baskin) (Wise) (Dunn) (Denton) (Shirts)
50. ?White, Samuel (Brooks) (Lee) (Shirts)
51. ? Wilden, Alexander (Lee) (Arrest warrant)
52. < [endif]> ?Wilden, Elliott (Lee)
53. *Wiley, Robert (Lee) (Wise) (Shirts)
54. *Willis, John (Bagley) (Backus) (Shirts)
55. ?Young, William (Bagley) (Lee) (Shirts)

Planners, Schemers, Shakers, and Masterminds of Mountain Meadows Massacre:
When assessing blame for the massacre, one must never forget the schemers and planners who lacked the guts to do their own dirty work (very much like Iraq) but eager to set forth plans for others. Those are:

     Brigham Young (Governor, Prophet & much, much more) (Bagley) (Dento
     George A. Smith (second in command to Brigham, Apostle, instigated violence in Southern Utah,) (Bagley) (Wise) (Backus) (Denton)
     William Dame (gave “decoy and exterminate” order) (Bagley) (Gibbs) (Baskin) (Wise) (Dunn) (Denton)x
     Isaac Haight (local firebrand who instigated massacre.) (Bagley) (Denton) (Arrest warrant) (Lee) (Gibbs) (Baskin) (Wise) (Backus) (Dunn )x
     Jacob Hamblin ( set up wagon train to camp at massacre site; falsely charged Government for getting children from Indians) (Lee) (Wise) (Backu
     Other names associated with responsibility for massacre:
     Cook, Richard (Brooks)- there is not a clear reading on this man.
     Knight, ______ (Lee) Lee shows a second Knight in his list but unclear about involvement.
     Wells, Daniel - commander of Nauvoo Legion; Wells was heavily involved in the cover-up; controlled first Lee trial.
     Wilkins, Charles (Secrest) - an outlaw who was captured in California. True West Magazine writer William Secrest listed him as a participant in massacre.
     Wood, George B. (Bagley) - leader in militia; killed a Cedar City schoolteacher who showed too much interest in massacre; was sent to prison; was excommunicated at same time as Lee and Haight. It is not clear that he was at the actual massacre or whether he was excommunicated for murdering the woman or participating in massacre.

     This list was researched and prepared by Dr. Burr Fancher.

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Note for: Sam Regal Fancher, 31 DEC 1921 - Index

Alias: Blue Dick /Abe/

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Note for: Lily May Pharris, 20 APR 1922 - Index

Alias: /Dude/

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Note for: Sam Hugh Pharris, 4 JUN 1920 - 14 NOV 1990 Index

Alias: /Dick/

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Note for: Denton Bolinger, - Index

Alias: /Jr.\Tooter/

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Note for: James Roscoe Butler, - Index

Alias: /Rusty/

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Note for: Susan Eliza Crump, 22 FEB 1845 - 11 APR 1884 Index

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