Albert Moore MELLEN

1840 - 1878  (38 years)

• Name	Albert Moore MELLEN  [1]
  Born	9 Jan 1840	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  pg 251, fam #3094
  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
  Died	18 Jun 1878	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA   [3]
  Buried	19 Jun 1878	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
  	Address: Oakland Cemetery Dallas County Dallas County, Texas
  Obituary	20 Jul 1878	Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
  Lafayette Advertiser
  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.
  Person ID	I6342	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2016

  
  

  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   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Frances CHAMBERLAIN,   b. 25 Oct 1843, , , Louisiana, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1915, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. Eula Buford MELLEN,   b. 2 Oct 1866, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 12 Dec 1941, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)   2. Pearla Lewis MELLEN,   b. 13 Apr 1869, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1911, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 41 years)   3. Iva MELLEN,   b. 1871,   d. 1875  (Age 4 years)   4. Ouida MELLEN,   b. 6 Jul 1873, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F7091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S589] Wehling, Martin, (Genforum post), Albert Moore Mellen. [S4] 1850 Adams MS, Vol. 69, ED 48, Sheet 11. [S589] Wehling, Martin, (Genforum post), Albert Moore Mellen. 18 Jun 1878 [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