1836 - 1889 (52 years)
Generation: 1
1. | William Francis MELLEN was born on 12 Feb 1836 in , , Mississippi, USA (son of William Pepperell MELLEN and Sarah Carpenter LEWIS); died on 13 Jan 1889 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Jan 1889 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Other Events:
- Census: 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 88, HH# 661
- Census: 1870, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 202 (9B), fam #2458
- Census: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; ED 10, pg 55 (250C)
Notes:
Mellen, William F., Capt. Co. H, 25th La. Inf. En. _. Roll to June 30, 1862, Present or absent not stated. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Harrodsburg, Ky., _, 1862. Sent to Vicksburg. Miss., from Louisville, Ky., via Cairo, Ill., Dec. 5, 1862, for exchange. Exchanged near Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 22, 1862. Rolls from Dec., 1862, to June, 1863, Absent, wounded at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, home in Natchez, Miss., on sick furlough. Roll July and Aug., 1863, Absent, on detached service at Monroe, La., Supernumerary Officer. Rolls from Sept., 1863, to April, 1864, Absent, detailed in Iron and Nitre Dept., Trans. Miss., S. O. No. 101, order Gen. Smith. Roll May 1 to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent, detailed in conscripting service by order Gen. Smith, July 1, 1864, unfit for field service. Roll Sept. 1, 1864. to Feb. 28, 1865, Absent, relieved from field by order of Lt. Gen. Smith, and on duty in Conscript Bureau, in Trans. Miss. Dept., have no copy of order. On Roster dated March -, 1865, Enlisted into Confed. service March 12, 1862. Elected Capt., March 17, 1862. Roll March and April, 1865, Absent, retired from field service.
There is a letter dated May 27, 1875, from Jefferson Davis in Memphis, Tennessee, to William F Mellen, in which Davis discourses over the topic of General Sherman's accusation that Davis was complicit in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Davis says that he was not involved and that Sherman obviously accused him because doing such a terrible thing would not have been out of the question for a man like Sherman.
(Research):[Could this be Grenville Jr.? Grenville Charles Mellen? Delos Charles Mellen?
Louisiana Births
Mellen Julia Charles Lizzie Schellang F W 02/19/1896 106 717]
Census:
N L Carpenter M 54 Vermont
Julia A Carpenter F 52 New York
Helen E Carpenter F 18 Mississippi
A D Carpenter M 18 Mississippi
J N Carpenter M 13 Mississippi
Francis Carpenter F 10 Mississippi
Wm F Mellen M 24 Mississippi
Helen Mellen F 21 Mississippi
Census:
Willliam F Mellen M 34 Mississippi
Helen E Mellen F 31 Mississippi
Delos C Mellen M 11 Mississippi
William is a lawyer, $13,000/$3,000
Census:
North Julia Street, fam# 25
MELLEN, W F boarder 44 Miss Ire Ire
Fanny wife/boarder 40 Miss Miss Miss
Charles boarder 21 Miss Miss Miss
William and Charles are attornies and the family is boarding with L V McFarlan. "Charles" is probably Delos. A neighbor works for the cotton market.
William married Helen Elizabeth CARPENTER on 16 Sep 1858 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. Helen (daughter of Nathaniel Loomis CARPENTER and Julia A ???) was born on 16 Jul 1839; died on 18 Dec 1906; was buried on 19 Dec 1906 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Delos C MELLEN was born on 3 Aug 1859; died on 23 Feb 1933 in , , Louisiana, USA; was buried in Feb 1933 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
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Generation: 2
2. | William Pepperell MELLEN was born in 1806 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (son of Henry MELLEN and Martha Wentworth FROST); died on 7 Nov 1864 in , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1864 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Other Events:
- Occupation: , Adams, Mississippi, USA; county coroner
- Education: Abt 1826; Phillips Exeter Academy
- Occupation: 1837, , , Mississippi, USA; state legislator
- Census: 1841, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
- Property: 10 Dec 1841
- Census: 1850, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 14, 225/217
- Occupation: Between 1850 and 1860, , , Mississippi, USA; attorney
- Residence: Between 1860 and 1864, , , Texas, USA
- Census: 19 Jun 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; family #104
- Occupation: Abt 1862, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; editor for the Natchez Courier
- Obituary: 7 Oct 1868, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; Natchez Courier
Notes:
Here's the only picture of your great grandfather that we've been able to locate.
I don't think he was a northern sympathizer in the least. As the editor of the
local newspaper, he was probably highly opinionated and supportive of the southern cause.
Your grandfather didn't flee to TX until Natchez was threatened by Northern troops. When
the city leaders decided to surrender the city, rather than face the destruction that so
many other southern cities experienced, your grandfather appears to have been one of the
opponents of that surrender. Our research indicates that he was captured (by Northern
troops) in Texas and died in a prisoner of war camp, located in Arkansas.
Hope this is helpful.
Jamey Boudreaux
Military:
Captain of Militia
Census:
1841 MELLEN WILLIAM P. Adams County MS No Township Listed State Census Index MS4258654
Property:
Patentee Land Office Doc. Date Base Line TWP Rng Sec Acres
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21307 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 15 159.8500
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21308 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 14 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21308 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 14 282.1800
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21309 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 17 320.0800
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21310 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 21 160.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21311 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 13 136.6000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21312 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 27 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21312 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 27 166.4400
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21313 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 28 319.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21314 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 20 80.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21315 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 7 317.6400
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21316 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 18 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21316 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 18 158.7500
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21318 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 33 0.0000 Assignee of Nicholas Gray
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21318 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 33 0.0000
William P Mellen Mt Salus 21318 1840/12/10 Choctaw 18N 5W 33 306.3600
Census:
MELLEN, William P. head 44 NH lawyer $40,000
Sarah C. wife 37
Martha E. dau 17
Wm. F. son 14
Sarah L. dau 12
Albert son 10
Grenville son 7
Mary P. dau 4
Thos. L. son 1
Census:
MELLEN, Wm. P. head 53 NH lawyer $10,000/40,000
Sarah C. wife 47 MS
Sarah L. dau 22 MS
Grenville son 17 MS student of medicine
Victoria dau 18 LA
Mary P. dau 14 MS
Thomas L. son 11 MS
John P. son 7 MS
Fred K. son 5 MS
Wm H. son 10/12 MS
Obituary:
A Eulogy on William Pepperrell Mellen
"William Pepperrell Mellen - Past Grand Master Mason of the state of Mississippi, born at Dover, New Hampshire July 18th, 1806. Delivered before a lodge of sorrow held by the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, at St Louis, Missouri September 18th, 1868. By Giles M Hillyez, 33rd. Grand Minister of the State.
"His ancestors were English, reaching by his mother's side to the earliest settlers of New England. He settled in 1825 at Natchez and engaged at once in mercantile pursuits, but abandoned them in 1932 for a literary and professional career. In 1833 he began the publication of the Natchez Courier, a paper still in existence. He represented the City of Natchez in the state legislature up to 1838.
"He married a Southern woman and a family of nine children surrounded them.
"In July of 1863 our illustrious brother left Natchez, anticipating its occupancy by Northern Troops. Returning from Texas in 1864, when on the Bayou Macon in Chicou County, Arkansas, he was stricken and died November 7th, 1864. In 1866 his remains were taken to Natchez where he lies at rest in the cemetery on the very brow of the grand Mississippi River."
William married Sarah Carpenter LEWIS on 16 Jun 1831 in Washington, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Sarah (daughter of Archibald LEWIS and Eleanor Thornton SAPPINGTON) was born on 26 Nov 1812 in *Sleepy Hollow, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 22 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Sarah Carpenter LEWIS was born on 26 Nov 1812 in *Sleepy Hollow, Adams, Mississippi, USA (daughter of Archibald LEWIS and Eleanor Thornton SAPPINGTON); died on 22 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Children:
- Grenville MELLEN was born on 6 Mar 1843 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 1 Jun 1862 in Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA; was buried on 3 Jun 1862 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA.
- Martha Eleanor MELLEN was born on 10 Sep 1832 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
- 1. William Francis MELLEN was born on 12 Feb 1836 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Jan 1889 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Jan 1889 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
- Sarah Lewis MELLEN was born on 13 Dec 1837 in , , Mississippi, USA; died in Oct 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
- Albert Moore MELLEN was born on 9 Jan 1840 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 18 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 19 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Mary Peyton MELLEN was born in Sep 1845 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Jun 1904 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; was buried on 8 Jun 1904 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
- Thomas Lewis MELLEN was born on 10 Jun 1849 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 23 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA; was buried on 24 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA.
- John Prentiss MELLEN was born on 28 Nov 1852 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 8 Mar 1911 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Frederick K MELLEN was born in 1855 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 21 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 22 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
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Generation: 3
4. | Henry MELLEN was born in 1757 in , , Massachusetts, USA (son of Rev John MELLEN and Rebecca PRENTISS); died in 1809 in , , New Hampshire, USA. Other Events:
- Education: 1784
- Occupation: 1785
Notes:
Education:
Harvard University, B. A.
Occupation:
Lawyer
Henry married Martha Wentworth FROST on 18 Dec 1791. Martha (daughter of George FROST and Margaret WEEKES) was born on 8 Nov 1769 in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Jan 1835 in Saco, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Martha Wentworth FROST was born on 8 Nov 1769 in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of George FROST and Margaret WEEKES); died on 11 Jan 1835 in Saco, York, Maine, USA. Notes:
"Copy of a letter written by Martha W. Frost Mellen to her son, William P. Mellen of Natchez, Mississippi. Exact Spelling. This and other letters are in the possession of Frederic D. Mellen of Murray, Kentucky. (1934):
My dear Son,
It has pleased God to suffer our enemies once more to brake us up as a family, but I trust in the goodness and mercy of God that it will be for the benefit and happiness of your excellent Brother to draw his attachment from an undeserving object-which was the only thing that could reconcile me for his leaving Dover. Our breaking up house keeping. I fondly hoped to have seen all my dear children in their native place. I am sorry you did not all come last summer how glad I should have been to have seen your wife and little cherub & my dear daughter Ann and her dear children to all of whom I ... "
Children:
- 2. William Pepperell MELLEN was born in 1806 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Nov 1864 in , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1864 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
- John P MELLEN was born on 21 Mar 1797 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
- Henry Orlando MELLEN was born on 22 Jun 1798 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1835 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
- Martha Wentworth MELLEN was born on 9 Dec 1800 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Mar 1838.
- Eliza Hovey MELLEN was born on 17 Jun 1802 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1843.
- George Washington Frost MELLEN was born on 28 Jun 1804 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1875.
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6. | Archibald LEWIS was born in 1773 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (son of Daniel LEWIS and Mary FAIRCHILD); died in Deceased. Archibald married Eleanor Thornton SAPPINGTON on 18 Dec 1800 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Dr Mark Brown SAPPINGTON and Rebecca BOYCE) was born in 1782 in Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland, USA; died on 6 Oct 1863 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Eleanor Thornton SAPPINGTON was born in 1782 in Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland, USA (daughter of Dr Mark Brown SAPPINGTON and Rebecca BOYCE); died on 6 Oct 1863 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. Children:
- 3. Sarah Carpenter LEWIS was born on 26 Nov 1812 in *Sleepy Hollow, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 22 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1870 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
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Generation: 4
8. | Rev John MELLEN was born on 14 Mar 1722 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of Henry MELLEN and Abigail PRATT); died on 4 Jun 1807 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Other Events:
- Education: 1741
- Occupation: Aft 1741
- Occupation: Between 19 Dec 1744 and 14 Dec 1778
- Occupation: 11 Feb 1784
Notes:
a descendant of Richard Mellon (d. 1694) nine children 1750-1766
Education:
Harvard College
Occupation:
Pastor, Second Precinct Church
Occupation:
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Occupation:
Hanover, Massachusetts
John married Rebecca PRENTISS on 30 Nov 1749 in , , Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Rev John PRENTISS) was born about 1728; died in Deceased in , , Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Rebecca PRENTISS was born about 1728 (daughter of Rev John PRENTISS); died in Deceased in , , Massachusetts, USA. Children:
- 4. Henry MELLEN was born in 1757 in , , Massachusetts, USA; died in 1809 in , , New Hampshire, USA.
- Prentice MELLEN was born about 1751; died in 1840.
- Rebecca MELLEN was born on 16 Apr 1754 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 May 1800 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA.
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11. | Margaret WEEKES was born in Apr 1728 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (daughter of Capt Joshua WEEKES and Comfort HUBBARD); died in Deceased. Children:
- 5. Martha Wentworth FROST was born on 8 Nov 1769 in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Jan 1835 in Saco, York, Maine, USA.
- George FROST was born about 1775 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
- John FROST was born in 1776 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
- Mary FROST was born about 1777 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
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12. | Daniel LEWIS was born in 1747 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA; died before 1850. Daniel married Mary FAIRCHILD on 26 Aug 1772 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Moses FAIRCHILD and Susannah BOSWORTH) was born on 1 Apr 1751 in , , Connecticut, USA; died in 1803 in , Washington, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Mary FAIRCHILD was born on 1 Apr 1751 in , , Connecticut, USA (daughter of Moses FAIRCHILD and Susannah BOSWORTH); died in 1803 in , Washington, Mississippi, USA. Notes:
Marriages:
Spouse: Daniel Lewis Marriage: 26 Aug 1772 Place: MA
Spouse: Richard Carpenter Marriage: 1779 Place: LA
Spouse: George Matthews Marriage: aft 1780 Governor of GA 1793-1796
Spouse: John B Peyton Marriage: aft 1782
Children:
- 6. Archibald LEWIS was born in 1773 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA; died in Deceased.
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14. | Dr Mark Brown SAPPINGTON was born about 1748 in , Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA; died in Deceased. Other Events:
- Residence: Abt 1780, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Mark married Rebecca BOYCE. Rebecca was born about 1753 in , Baltimore, Maryland, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Rebecca BOYCE was born about 1753 in , Baltimore, Maryland, USA; died in Deceased. Children:
- 7. Eleanor Thornton SAPPINGTON was born in 1782 in Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland, USA; died on 6 Oct 1863 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
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