Marie Evadne MELLEN

Other Events:

• Name: Bee-Bee Mellen

Notes:

On the 1900 Census, there is a CARR family next door but no Grafton. However, the father is Water.

Marie married Grafton Walter CARR in 1910 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA. Grafton was born on 20 Sep 1890 in , Galveston, Texas, USA; died on 13 Dec 1970 in Texas City, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 15 Dec 1970 in Dickinson, Galveston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Allie Mae CARR was born about 1912; died in Deceased.

Other Events:

• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Port Bolivar, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 146, pg 2A
• Census: 1910, Port Bolivar, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 58, pg 2B
• Census: 1920, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; ED 47, pg 13A
• death certificate: 2 Jun 1925, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; Mrs E J Fivel

Notes:

gina,
william henry mellen was the son of grenville mellen, who was in turn a son of william pepperrell mellen, who came south from dover, nh as don correctly states. grenville, born mar 6 1843, married very young (he was very tall for his age), had two children, volunteered in the confederate army, and was killed at the battle of seven pines in 1862. grenville had two sons, so william henry had a brother named grenville. i believe this brother grenville is the grenville who lived on the mississippi gulf coast. [Martin Wehling]

(Research):1870 New Orleans, Orlean, Louisiana
pg 7, (124B) f/d #66/76
Saml Turner M 48 Virginia
Blanch Turner F 24 Louisiana
William H Turner M 10 Mississippi
Grenville Turner M 8 Mississippi
Louisa White F 21 Louisiana

Census:
Precinct 8
Mellen, Wm H head W M Sep 1859 40 M 17 MS MS MS RR laborer Rents
Lizzie wife W F Sep 1849 30 M 17 LA LA LA 13/5
Pearl dau W F Nov 1886 13 S LA MS LA
Granville son W M Oct 1888 11 S LA MS LA
Evadney dau W F Dec 1893 6 S TX MS LA
Leona dau W F Mar 1895 5 S TX MS LA
Lizzie dau W F Sep 1897 2 S TX MS LA

Census:

W H Mellen Head M 51 Mississippi m 27 yrs
Elizabeth Mellen Wife F 42 Louisiana 8/8 children
Evadne Mellen Dau F 17 Texas
Leona Mellen Dau F 15 Texas
Myrl Mellen Dau F 7 Texas
Elizabeth Mellen Dau F 12 Texas
Roy Mellen Son M 6 Texas
Vernon Mellen Son M 2 Texas
Grenville Mellen Son M 1 Texas
(Grenville Rickert)
William was a conductor for the steam railroad.

Census:
Ward 7
William Mellen Head M 61 Mississippi
Elizabeth Mellen Wife F 53 Louisiana
Leona Mellen Dau F 23 Texas
Myrl Mellen Son M 17 Texas
Roy J Mellen Son M 14 Texas
Vernon P Mellen Son M 10 Texas
Irene Rickert G-dau F 14 Texas
Florence L Rickert G-dau F 12 Texas
Grenville Rickert G-son M 10 Texas
William is an electrical engineer, Myrl is a clerk with the railroad and Nonie is a stenographer with the railroad.
All three of Helena's children are with their grandparents for this enumeration.

death certificate:
Lizzie lived at 1509 - 21st Street, Galveston.

William married Marie Elisee MOUTON on 8 Feb 1883 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Jean Jacques MOUTON and Marie Emilite BERAUD) was born on 22 Jan 1867 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 17 Nov 1921 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Nov 1921 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Lizzie Mouton

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; fam #104
• Military: 5 May 1861, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; Co. G, 12th Mississippi Infantry

Notes:

"William Pepperrell Mellen (1806-1864) and his wife Sarah Carpenter Lewis (1812-1870) had 9 children: Martha Eleanor (1832-1856), William Francis (1836-1889), Sarah Lewis (b. 1837), Albert (1840 - 1878), Grenville (1843-1862), Mary Peyton (1845-1904), Thomas Lewis (1849-1908), John Prentiss (b.1852), and Frederic (b.1855)
"Grenville married Victorine Angerona Jones Taylor July 19, 1858, in Greenburg, Louisiana. They had the two sons (William Henry, 1859, and Grenville (Jr.), 1861) before Grenville (Sr.) volunteered.
"by the Mellen House in Mobile i assume you mean the Mellen House in Natchez; i have never been there so i don't know what kind of records they have. my information is from Thomas Lewis Mellen's notes (he was one of my great-grandfathers)
"Who is Fred K?
"Sarah Carpenter Lewis' parents were Archibald Lewis (b. 1773 in Sheffield, MA) and Eleanor Thornton Sappington (b. about 1778 in Hagerstown, MD but raised in Nashville, TN; her father was Mark Brown Sappington." (Martin Wehling]
"Grenville (son of William Peperrell and father of our William Henry) actually had 2 marriages the same day, one to Victorine Anger Jones and one to Lucinda Jones Taylor, both on July 17, 1858." [Chestine Box]

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 [daughter-in-law]
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 [grandson]

Military:

Sgt., Co. G, 12th Mississippi Infantry. When: May 5, 1861; Where: Natchez, Adams Co., MS. Period 1 year. Company Muster Rolls: Feb. 1862 present. Died June 1, 1862 in Richmond, VA. from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines May 31, 1862. His widow Victoria Angerona Mellen filed claims in Adams Co., MS. She received $202.36. He married Victoria Angerona Taylor July 19, 1858 in Louisiana. They had two children William Henry Mellen b: 1859, d: 1925; Grenville Mellen b: 1862, d: 1883. His occupation Student studying Medicine in Harvard Mass. in 1861 when the war broke out.

Died:
Personally appeared before me Charles F. Merrick Esq a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Victoria A. Mellen and William P. Mellen and make oath that the said Victoria is the widow of the late Grenville Mellen, a Sergeant in the original, and a private in the latter organization of the Natchez Fencibles, known and designated as Company B and afterward as G in the 12th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of "Seven Pines" near Richmond, on the 31 May (1862) last.
/s/ V. A. Mellen
W P Mellen, Witness
Sworn to and Suscribed
before me this 8th day of
Sept AD1862
CJMerrick
Justice of the Peace

The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond. [Wikipedia]

Grenville married Victorine Angerona TAYLOR on 19 Jul 1858 in Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, USA. Victorine was born on 6 Mar 1843 in , , Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• 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.

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

Other Events:

• Name: John Mouton
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; ED 23, pg 2 (431B)
• Census: 8 Jun 1900, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; ED 43, pg 12A

Notes:

PROPERTY OWNERS TOWN OF RAYNE: 1890, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Mouton, Geo C. Dr.
Mouton, J. J.
Mouton, Jean

Juror List 1893, Acadia Parish
Mouton, Jean - page 1

The 1900 Census gives his birthdate as Aug 1841.

Census:
Vermilionville, Madison Road?
Jean Jacques Mouton Self M M W 36 LA Farmer LA LA
Emilie Mouton Wife M F W 33 LA Keeping H. LA LA
Joseph B. Mouton Son S M W 14 LA At School LA LA
Marie E. Mouton Dau S F W 13 LA At Home LA LA
Marie C. Mouton Dau S F W 10 LA At Home LA LA
Leonis Mouton Dau S F W 8 LA At Home LA LA
Florence Mouton Dau S F W 7 LA LA LA
Ivani Mouton Dau S F W 5 LA LA LA
Leopold Mouton Son S M W 2 LA LA LA

Census:
Lafayette Township
Mouton, Beraud head W M Jan 1866 34 M 12 LA LA LA RR brakeman Rents
Edia wife W F Dec 1866 33 M 12 LA LA LA 5/3
Labbe son W F Sep 1888 11 S LA LA LA
Emily dau W F May 1895 5 S LA LA LA
George son W M May 1893 2 S LA LA LA
John fath W M Aug 1841 58 M 35 LA LA LA 8/8

Jean married Marie Emilite BERAUD on 4 Aug 1864 in Grand Coteau, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Joseph BERAUD and Felicienne DEJEAN) was born on 21 Jan 1846 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died after 1889 in , , Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Emilie Beraud

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]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, , Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
• Census: 1860, , Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

Notes:

Census:

MOUTON, A E 42 Farm $44,800
ROUSSEAU, W A 36 f
Joseph A 19
Pierre J 16
Onesime R(?) 14
Ambroise 10
J J 7
Ortanse 5 f

Census:

Antoine E. Mouton 52
M. Goderot 46 (Rousseau, W A)
Ambroise 20
J. Jacques 18
H. Godorot 15 (Hortense)

Antoine married Marie Magdeleine Godorot ROUSSEAU on 16 Apr 1828 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Marie (daughter of Jean Jacquez ROUSSEAU and Celeste DUPRE) was born on 27 Apr 1813 in , St. Landry, Louisiana, USA; died on 17 Jun 1861 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Godorot? from Rousseau. Initials W A.

Other Events:

• Census: 9 Oct 1850, , St. Landry, Louisiana, USA; pg 28 (14B), d/f #283/320
• Census: 21 Sep 1860, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA; pg 181 (885), d/f #1167/1167
• Obituary: 28 Dec 1879, Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA; Opelousas Courier

Notes:

Tombstone inscription: Ici repose Joseph Beraud, ne le 11 Juin 1809, decede le 14 Decembre 1878.

There are two young girls at the Sacred Heart Convent on the 1850 census, ages 12 and 13.

Census:

Joseph Beraud M 40 Louisiana
Emelie Beraud F 4 Louisiana
Thomas Beraud M 3 Louisiana
Albert Beraud M 1 Louisiana
Josephis a planter, worth $22k.

Census:

Joseph Beraud Male 50 Lafayette
Emilie Beraud Female 13 Lafayette
Elizabeth Mills Female 17 Vermillion P.
Florian LeBourjois Male 27 St James
Alida Beraud Female 23 Lafayette [LeBourjois?]
Florian LeBourjois Male 2/12 St Landry
Joseph is a planter with real value of $35,500 and personal $135K. Florin is a manager.


Obituary:

Died - On Bayou Teche, in this parish, Dec 14, 1878, Mr Joseph Beraud, in his seventieth Year.
[Bayou Teche is about 7 miles east of Opelousas and runs all the way to Morgan City where it joins the Atchafalaya River.

Joseph married Felicienne DEJEAN on 2 Dec 1844 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. Felicienne was born in 1813 in , St. Martin, Louisiana, USA; died before 1851 in , , Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]