Sarah E. Lynch

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Sarah was the youngest daughter of Jesse and Mary Wharton Dunlap. She and her two older sisters were three of 17 survivors of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in UT on 9/11/1857, where over 120 brave souls were slain. She was married to Capt. James Lynch, one of the soldiers who helped return her and the other surviving children to Carroll Co., AR. Sarah suffered greatly in her life because of this tragedy, losing her sight and the use of one arm, everyday reminders of what she witnessed even though so young.

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Sarah Elizabeth Dunlap [Lynch] (1856-1901) - Sarah was born on August 13, 1856 in Mulberry, Arkansas to Jesse Dunlap, Jr. and Mary Wharton Dunlap, the youngest of ten children. In the Mountain Meadows Massacre, her parents and the seven oldest siblings were all killed. One year-old Sarah was shot in the arm during the massacre, but survived, along with her sisters, six year-old Rebecca and four year-old Louisa, who were spared due to their ages. The three girls were placed in the Mormon family of Jacob Hamblin, in Santa Clara, Utah. However, after two years, they were rescued and returned to Carrollton, Arkansas, where they were raised by their uncle, James Dunlap. After their rescue, there were allegations that the girls had been neglected and that Sarah Elizabeth Dunlap's blindness was a direct result of the negligent care. Young Sarah never recovered the full use of her arm and due to her very bad eyes, attended the blind school in Little Rock, Arkansas until she she graduated. Captain James Lynch During the years following their recovery in Utah by U.S. Army Captain James Lynch, the officer would often visit the survivors, who all had fond memories of the man. When the Dunlap women heard that Captain Lynch was seriously ill, the women were concerned, and Sarah Dunlap, wrote to him, offering to come help him and be his nurse. In the meantime, Lynch's health improved but the correspondence continued. The couple were married on December 30, 1893, when the groom was 74 and the bride 37. Lynch ran a store in Woodberry, Arkansas and Sarah taught Sunday school. They eventually moved to Hampton, Arkansas where Sarah died in 1901. Lynch died in 1910 and was buried next to his wife in the Hampton Church of Christ Cemetery in Calhoun County, Arkansas.

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Weekly Stockton Democrat

Date: June 12 1859

Newspaper published in: Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA

THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE -- A slip from the Los Angeles ‘Vineyard’ office, of May 30th, contains the following:

The following is a list of the children saved from the massacre at the Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory, Sept. 10th, 1857, and collected by Jacob HAMILTON, at the request of Dr. FORNEY, Superintendent of Indian affairs:

Fourteenth, Fifteenth & Sixteenth -- 3 sisters, who have remained at Jacob HAMLIN’s since the massacre; their names are Rebecca, Louisa and Sarah DUNLAP.

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