Grenville MELLEN b. 6 Mar 1843 Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA d. 1 Jun 1862 Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1843 - 1862 (19 years)

Name	Grenville MELLEN [1]
Born	6 Mar 1843	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	1860	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
fam #104
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	5 May 1861	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
	Co. G, 12th Mississippi Infantry
	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	1 Jun 1862	Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA [4]
	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]
Buried	3 Jun 1862	Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA
	Address: Oakwood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia
Person ID	I6335	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	19 Dec 2020

Father	William Pepperell MELLEN, b. 1806, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA , d. 7 Nov 1864, , Chicot, Arkansas, USA (Age 58 years)
Mother	Sarah Carpenter LEWIS, b. 26 Nov 1812, *Sleepy Hollow, Adams, Mississippi, USA , d. 22 Feb 1870, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA (Age 57 years)
Married	16 Jun 1831	Washington, Adams, Mississippi, USA [5, 6]
Family ID	F1438	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Victorine Angerona TAYLOR, b. 6 Mar 1843, , , Louisiana, USA , d. Deceased

Married 19 Jul 1858 Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, USA [7]

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

Children

	1. William Henry MELLEN, b. 8 Sep 1859, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA , d. 2 Jun 1925, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)
	2. Grenville MELLEN, Jr, b. 13 Dec 1862, d. 1882, , St. Mary, Louisiana, USA (Age 19 years)

Last Modified 18 Aug 2016

Family ID F866 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Mellen, William Henry OR Mellen, Grenville
We are unsure which grandfather he is but judging by his clothes and the woman's, I believe these two photos to be Granville and Victorine.

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]

Sources

[S275] Death Certificate, Mellen, William Henry #21831.
Grenville Mellen
[S4] 1850 Adams MS, pg 14, 225/217.
age 7
[S589] Wehling, Martin, (Genforum post), Grenville Mellen.
[S589] Wehling, Martin, (Genforum post), Grenville Mellen.
6 Mar 1843, Natchez, MS
[S299] Family History Library Catalog, (FamilySearch.org), Sarah Carpenter Lewis.
to William Pepperell Mellen
Family History Library Catalog
www.familysearch.org
[S418] Mellen House, The, William Pepperell Mellen.
to Sarah Carpenter Lewis, 16 Jun 1831, Washington, MS
[S536] St Helena Parish Marriage Index 1809-1933, (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/vitals/marriages/index/m-indx.txt), M.
Grenville Mellen to Victorine Angerona Jones, 17 Jul 1858