Ouida MELLEN

Other Events:

• death certificate: 6 Dec 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; H M Boyd

Notes:

Her death certificate lists William Boyd as her father.

death certificate:
This is probably Harold, he lived at the same address as Ouida.

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 251, fam #3094
• Obituary: 20 Jul 1878, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; Lafayette Advertiser

Notes:

Census:

Albert Mellen 30 M W Retail grocer Mississippi
Fanny C Mellen 27 F W Louisiana
Eula B Mellen 4 F W Mississippi
Pearla S Mellen 11 F W Mississippi

Obituary:
A MAN OF NERVE
The recent death of Mr. Albert Mellen at Dallas, Texas, recalls a striking incident of the war of the rebellion. Albert Mellen was a man of nerve. He was taken prisoner by the federal army at Vicksburg in 1864, when he was 24 years of age. He was ordered out for fortification work, under a negro guard. He claimed exemption as a prisoner, and refused to go. A squad of negro soldiers, under a white lieutenant, was sent to coerce him with bayonets. He looked a moment at the squad, and saw that they meant to impale him if he did not obey the order. His situation demanded quickness and decision. He seized a hatchet lying near - as Virginius snatched a knife from the butcher's stall - and suddenly kneeling down on the floor of his prison laid out his left arm, and with two brave strokes severed his hand completely from the arm. He then rose and shook the bleeding stump in the face of the lieutenant. He did not go to the fortification. He beat the lieutenant and his negroes, and what is more, he never regretted the act. which made him a permanent cripple.

Albert married Mary Frances CHAMBERLAIN. Mary (daughter of William Maitland CHAMBERLAIN and Mary Naomi BUFORD) was born on 25 Oct 1843 in , , Louisiana, USA; died on 17 Sep 1915 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Sep 1915 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Fanny Chamberlain
• Census: 1880, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; ED 55, pg 48D
• Census: 1900, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; ED 111, pg 13A
• Census: 1910, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; ED 75, pg 5A
• death certificate: 17 Sep 1915, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; Mrs R J Horton
• Obituary: 18 Sep 1915, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas News

Notes:

Census:
Cedar Spring Street
Fannie Mellen Self F 35 Louisiana
Ella Mellen Dau F 13 Mississippi Eula
Bearn Mellen Dau F 11 Mississippi Pearl
Yonda Mellen Dau F 6 Mississippi Ouida
This must be a copy of the original census.

Census:
Ward 7
C D Merrick Head M 41 Jun 1858 Kentucky m. 11 yrs
Perla Merrick Wife F 31 Mar 1869 Mississippi 0/0 children
Fanny Mellen M-in-l F 57 Oct 1842 Louisiana 4/3
None of them are working.

Census:
Ward 10 Peabody Avenue
William B Boyd Head M 45 England m. 11 yrs
Ouida Boyd Wife F 36 Mississippi 3/3 children
Mary H Boyd Dau F 18 Texas
Maitland Boyd Son M 10 Texas
Harold Boyd Son M 7 Texas
Pearla Boyd Son M 2 Texas
Francis Mellen M-in-l F 54 Louisiana
William is a stationary engineer and was naturalized in 1881.

death certificate:
Eula lived in Dallas.

Obituary:

Mrs. Mary Frances Mellen, 71 years old, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. J. Horton, 4194 Travis Street. Funeral service will be held at the house at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. J. H. Taylor officiating. The burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Two daughters survive Mrs. Mellen, Mrs. Horton and Mrs. W. B. Boyd. There are eight grandchildren.

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]

William married Mary Naomi BUFORD. Mary was born about 1818 in , , South Carolina, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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 ... "

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]