Margaret A. Fancher was one of the twin daughters of Captain Alexander and Elizabeth (Ingram) Fancher, born 1848 - 1849, probably in Carroll County, Arkansas. She, her parents, her twin sister Sarah G., and 5 of her other siblings, died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah Territory. She was 8 years old when she died.
Margaret A. Fancher was one of the twin daughters of Captain Alexander and Elizabeth (Ingram) Fancher, born 1848 - 1849, probably in Carroll County, Arkansas. She, her parents, her twin sister Sarah G., and 5 of her other siblings, died in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah Territory. She was 8 years old when she died.
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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
MARGARET A. FANCHER, 7*
*This is an error on the Monument, Margaret A. Fancher was 8 years old when she died.
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