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Christopher Carson “Kit” Fancher

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Christopher Carson “Kit” Fancher

Birth
Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Death
1873 (aged 20–21)
Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Christopher "Kit" Carson Fancher and his younger sister were two of 17 surviving children of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in UT, 9/11/1857. They were the children of Capt. Alexander and Eliza Ingram Fancher, who were slain in the massacre along with 118 brave souls on the Fancher-Baker wagon train on their way from AR to CA. He suffered much from what he had witnessed as a 5 year old and died young taking his own life.
Christopher "Kit" Carson Fancher and his younger sister were two of 17 surviving children of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in UT, 9/11/1857. They were the children of Capt. Alexander and Eliza Ingram Fancher, who were slain in the massacre along with 118 brave souls on the Fancher-Baker wagon train on their way from AR to CA. He suffered much from what he had witnessed as a 5 year old and died young taking his own life.


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