Victorine Angerona TAYLOR

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• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; fam #104

Notes:

She was the adopted daughter of Thomas L Jones of Natchez. I don't know if her birth name is Taylor or if she was married previously; if she was, she must have been very young. I believe her names lies somewhere between the two names in the marriage records. She was probably just plain Lucinda Taylor who dreamed of having a glamourous name such as Victorine Angorone; she was a teenager, after all, and orphaned.

One must assume that, after Grenville's untimely death, Vicky took her sons back to Louisiana where William Henry later met Lizzie. She probably remarried and chose to use her husband's name for the boys. William doesn't resurface until 1900 in Galveston County, Texas, married and with children.

Census:
Victoria is listed as the 18 year old daughter of William Pepperell Mellen. She's actually a daughter-in-law.

Family/Spouse: TAYLOR. was born about 1840; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Victorine married Grenville MELLEN on 19 Jul 1858 in Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, USA. Grenville (son of William Pepperell MELLEN and Sarah Carpenter LEWIS) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
I, Victoria A. Mellen, of the City of Natchez, Adams County, in the State of Mississippi Do hereby appoint Albert G. Brown of the Confederate Senate my attorney in fact and depute him for me and in my stead to Receive and receipt for all moneys coming To me as [amass] of [this] or payments or otherwise. As the widow of Grenville Mellen Late of Company B, or G. (Natchez Fencibles) Of the 12th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers Witness my hand and seal at Natchez this 8th day of Sept AD1862.
V. A. Mellen

1. William Henry MELLEN was born on 8 Sep 1859 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 2 Jun 1925 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 3 Jun 1925 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
2. Grenville MELLEN, Jr was born on 13 Dec 1862; died in 1882 in , St. Mary, Louisiana, USA.