Susannah Dunlap was one of the twin daughters of Jesse Dunlap, Jr. and Mary M. Wharton, born abt. 1845 in Arkansas. She, along with her parents, and of 6 of her 9 siblings, were killed on 11 September 1857 in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. With her twin sister, Lucinda, the two girls were reported to have been killed after the other Arkansas Emigrants had already been murdered because they had run into the hills and hid in the bushes. Susannah Dunlap was 12 years old when she died.
Susannah Dunlap was one of the twin daughters of Jesse Dunlap, Jr. and Mary M. Wharton, born abt. 1845 in Arkansas. She, along with her parents, and of 6 of her 9 siblings, were killed on 11 September 1857 in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. With her twin sister, Lucinda, the two girls were reported to have been killed after the other Arkansas Emigrants had already been murdered because they had run into the hills and hid in the bushes. Susannah Dunlap was 12 years old when she died.
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
SUSANNAH DUNLAP, 12
*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.
Family Members
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Jesse Dunlap
1818–1857
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Mary Wharton Dunlap
1818–1857
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Ellender Dunlap
1839–1857
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Nancy M. Dunlap
1840–1857
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James D Dunlap
1843–1857
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Lucinda Dunlap
1845–1857
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Margarette Dunlap
1846–1857
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Mary Ann Dunlap
1848–1857
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Rebecca Jane Dunlap Evins
1851–1914
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Louisa Dunlap Linton
1853–1926
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Sarah E. Dunlap Lynch
1856–1901
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