Grenville MELLEN

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]

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.

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:

• 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]

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]

Notes:

Fact:
Continental Congress member

George married Margaret WEEKES in 1774. Margaret (daughter of Capt Joshua WEEKES and Comfort HUBBARD) was born in Apr 1728 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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

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]