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Henry MELLEN

Male 1757 - 1809  (52 years)


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  1. 1.  Henry MELLEN was born in 1757 in , , Massachusetts, USA; died in 1809 in , , New Hampshire, USA.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. William Pepperell MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1806 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Nov 1864 in , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1864 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    2. 3. John P MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Mar 1797 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.
    3. 4. Henry Orlando MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1798 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1835 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    4. 5. Martha Wentworth MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1800 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Mar 1838.
    5. 6. Eliza Hovey MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1802 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1843.
    6. 7. George Washington Frost MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jun 1804 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1875.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Pepperell MELLENWilliam Pepperell MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born in 1806 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Nov 1864 in , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; was buried on 12 Nov 1864 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, 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]

    Children:
    1. 8. Grenville MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Mar 1843 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 1 Jun 1862 in Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA; was buried on 3 Jun 1862 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA.
    2. 9. Martha Eleanor MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Sep 1832 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    3. 10. William Francis MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Feb 1836 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Jan 1889 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Jan 1889 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    4. 11. Sarah Lewis MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Dec 1837 in , , Mississippi, USA; died in Oct 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    5. 12. Albert Moore MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jan 1840 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 18 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 19 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
    6. 13. Mary Peyton MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1845 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Jun 1904 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; was buried on 8 Jun 1904 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    7. 14. Thomas Lewis MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Jun 1849 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 23 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA; was buried on 24 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA.
    8. 15. John Prentiss MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Nov 1852 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 8 Mar 1911 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    9. 16. Frederick K MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1855 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 21 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 22 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  2. 3.  John P MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born on 21 Mar 1797 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in Deceased.

  3. 4.  Henry Orlando MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born on 22 Jun 1798 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1835 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  4. 5.  Martha Wentworth MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born on 9 Dec 1800 in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 Mar 1838.

    Martha married Richard TIBBITS on 22 Oct 1822. Richard (son of Richard S TIBBITS and Sarah FROST) was born on 25 Apr 1790 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 19 Jul 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. George TIBBITS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1825; died in Deceased.

  5. 6.  Eliza Hovey MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born on 17 Jun 1802 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1843.

    Notes:

    She died in 1843 after the birth of twin sons.

    Eliza married Adolphus Eugene WATSON on 8 Oct 1835 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Adolphus (son of Benjamin Marston WATSON) was born about 1797; died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  George Washington Frost MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born on 28 Jun 1804 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1875.

    Other Events:

    • Fact: 1841

    Notes:

    An Unrecorded Winslow Homer Lithograph
    David Tatham
    American Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter, 1987) , pp. 75-76
    "is a portrait of the Boston chemist George Washington Frost Mellen (1804-1875), a prominent if some- what eccentric figure in the New England ..."

    ..."He was flamboyantly eccentric, if not mad."...

    ..."Henry B. Stanton, Random Recollections (New York: Harper, 1887), 70."

    Occupation:
    Chemist

    Fact:
    Wrote "An Argument On The Unconstitutionality Of Slavery", Boston: Saxton & Pierce



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Grenville MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 6 Mar 1843 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 1 Jun 1862 in Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA; was buried on 3 Jun 1862 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 18. William Henry MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point 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. 19. Grenville MELLEN, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Dec 1862; died in 1882 in , St. Mary, Louisiana, USA.

  2. 9.  Martha Eleanor MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 10 Sep 1832 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1856 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Notes:

    (Research):ALLEN CANNON married MARTHA MELLEN 23 Dec 1870 Lowndes MS

    Martha married Dr Virgil Flourney Philip ALEXANDER on 2 Oct 1851 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. Virgil was born about 1827; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Albert Moore ALEXANDER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1852 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died before 1873 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    2. 21. Sarah Lewis ALEXANDER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1854 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died before 1875.
    3. 22. Martha Eleanor ALEXANDER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1856 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died before 1877 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  3. 10.  William Francis MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 12 Feb 1836 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Jan 1889 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; was buried on 14 Jan 1889 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1860, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 88, HH# 661
    • Census: 1870, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; pg 202 (9B), fam #2458
    • Census: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; ED 10, pg 55 (250C)

    Notes:

    Mellen, William F., Capt. Co. H, 25th La. Inf. En. _. Roll to June 30, 1862, Present or absent not stated. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Harrodsburg, Ky., _, 1862. Sent to Vicksburg. Miss., from Louisville, Ky., via Cairo, Ill., Dec. 5, 1862, for exchange. Exchanged near Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 22, 1862. Rolls from Dec., 1862, to June, 1863, Absent, wounded at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862, home in Natchez, Miss., on sick furlough. Roll July and Aug., 1863, Absent, on detached service at Monroe, La., Supernumerary Officer. Rolls from Sept., 1863, to April, 1864, Absent, detailed in Iron and Nitre Dept., Trans. Miss., S. O. No. 101, order Gen. Smith. Roll May 1 to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent, detailed in conscripting service by order Gen. Smith, July 1, 1864, unfit for field service. Roll Sept. 1, 1864. to Feb. 28, 1865, Absent, relieved from field by order of Lt. Gen. Smith, and on duty in Conscript Bureau, in Trans. Miss. Dept., have no copy of order. On Roster dated March -, 1865, Enlisted into Confed. service March 12, 1862. Elected Capt., March 17, 1862. Roll March and April, 1865, Absent, retired from field service.

    There is a letter dated May 27, 1875, from Jefferson Davis in Memphis, Tennessee, to William F Mellen, in which Davis discourses over the topic of General Sherman's accusation that Davis was complicit in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Davis says that he was not involved and that Sherman obviously accused him because doing such a terrible thing would not have been out of the question for a man like Sherman.

    (Research):[Could this be Grenville Jr.? Grenville Charles Mellen? Delos Charles Mellen?
    Louisiana Births
    Mellen Julia Charles Lizzie Schellang F W 02/19/1896 106 717]

    Census:

    N L Carpenter M 54 Vermont
    Julia A Carpenter F 52 New York
    Helen E Carpenter F 18 Mississippi
    A D Carpenter M 18 Mississippi
    J N Carpenter M 13 Mississippi
    Francis Carpenter F 10 Mississippi
    Wm F Mellen M 24 Mississippi
    Helen Mellen F 21 Mississippi

    Census:

    Willliam F Mellen M 34 Mississippi
    Helen E Mellen F 31 Mississippi
    Delos C Mellen M 11 Mississippi
    William is a lawyer, $13,000/$3,000

    Census:
    North Julia Street, fam# 25
    MELLEN, W F boarder 44 Miss Ire Ire
    Fanny wife/boarder 40 Miss Miss Miss
    Charles boarder 21 Miss Miss Miss
    William and Charles are attornies and the family is boarding with L V McFarlan. "Charles" is probably Delos. A neighbor works for the cotton market.

    William married Helen Elizabeth CARPENTER on 16 Sep 1858 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. Helen (daughter of Nathaniel Loomis CARPENTER and Julia A ???) was born on 16 Jul 1839; died on 18 Dec 1906; was buried on 19 Dec 1906 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Delos C MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1859; died on 23 Feb 1933 in , , Louisiana, USA; was buried in Feb 1933 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  4. 11.  Sarah Lewis MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 13 Dec 1837 in , , Mississippi, USA; died in Oct 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Sarah married Joseph Montgomery STOWERS on 30 May 1860 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. Joseph (son of Caleb STOWERS) was born in 1824 in , , Mississippi, USA; died in 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Caleb Z STOWERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1861 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died after 1909.
    2. 25. Joseph Montgomery STOWERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1862 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1863 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    3. 26. Ellen Lewis STOWERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Oct 1864 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 3 Aug 1905 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 4 Aug 1905 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  5. 12.  Albert Moore MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 9 Jan 1840 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 18 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 19 Jun 1878 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: 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]

    Children:
    1. 27. Eula Buford MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1866 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 12 Dec 1941 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 13 Dec 1941 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
    2. 28. Pearla Lewis MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1869 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 1 Mar 1911 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 2 Mar 1911 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
    3. 29. Iva MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1871; died in 1875.
    4. 30. Ouida MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jul 1873 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Dec 1930 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 8 Dec 1930 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

  6. 13.  Mary Peyton MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in Sep 1845 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Jun 1904 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; was buried on 8 Jun 1904 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; ED 133, pg 10A

    Notes:

    Census:
    District 9, Ward 13
    Frederick T Cobb Head M 30 Sep 1869 New Jersey
    Sarah E Cobb Wife F 26 Mar 1874 Mississippi 2/2 children
    Sarah E Cobb Dau F 3 May 1897 New Jersey
    Mary M Cobb Dau F 7/12 Oct 1899 New Jersey
    Mary P Mason M-in-l F 54 Sep 1845 Mississippi 1/1 children
    Charles M Mason B-in-l M 24 May 1876 Mississippi
    Frederick is a bookkeeper at a bank and Charles is a school teacher.

    Mary married Austin Fleetwood ALEXANDER on 3 Oct 1861 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA. Austin was born about 1840; died about 1867 in , Bolivar, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. William Mellen ALEXANDER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Feb 1864 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in Jan 1865 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    2. 32. Austin Fleetwood ALEXANDER, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in Jun 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Mary married Samuel Alfred MASON on 30 Jul 1868 in , , Mississippi, USA. Samuel (son of Joseph Palmer MASON) was born on 21 Sep 1833 in , , Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Feb 1881 in , , Mississippi, USA; was buried on 19 Feb 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Alice MASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1870 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 30 Sep 1870 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    2. 34. Samuel Alfred MASON, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1871 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 11 Apr 1872 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    3. 35. Joseph Palmer MASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Dec 1872 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 12 May 1873 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    4. 36. Sarah Eleanor MASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Mar 1874 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1945 in , , New Jersey, USA; was buried in 1945 in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, USA.
    5. 37. Charles Meeks MASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1876 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1927 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; was buried in 1927 in Hillside, Union, New Jersey, USA.
    6. 38. Samuel Alfred MASON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1878 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1882.

  7. 14.  Thomas Lewis MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 10 Jun 1849 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 23 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA; was buried on 24 Aug 1908 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; ED 49, pg 34C
    • Occupation: 1882, Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA; Methodist preacher

    Notes:

    Census:
    1880 Natchez, Adams, Mississippi
    ED 49, pg 34C East Commerce Street
    Thomas Mellon Self M 31 Mississippi
    Elanora Mellon Wife F 31 Kentucky
    Carroll Mellon Dau F 7 Mississippi
    Elanora Mellon Dau F 5 Mississippi
    Anna Mellon Dau F 2 Mississippi
    William A Perry F-in-l M 65 Kentucky
    Caroline Perry M-in-l F 63 Ohio
    Nancy Bird Servant F 70 Virginia
    Thomas is a lawyer and William is a dentist.

    Thomas married Mary Eleanor PERRY on 16 Jul 1872. Mary (daughter of William Alexander PERRY and Caroline Brown LEE) was born on 14 Nov 1849 in , Henry, Kentucky, USA; died in 1931; was buried in 1931 in Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Carol Frances MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Apr 1873 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Jun 1934 in Donora, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 14 Jun 1934 in Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA.
    2. 40. Eleanor Perry MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jun 1875 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in Deceased.
    3. 41. Anna A MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Feb 1878 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1968; was buried in 1968 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA.
    4. 42. Frederic Davis MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Dec 1882 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 29 Aug 1957 in Oktoc, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 1957 in Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA.
    5. 43. Perry Pepperell MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Nov 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 8 Nov 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 9 Nov 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.
    6. 44. Leonora Lewis MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1886 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1971; was buried in 1971 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA.

  8. 15.  John Prentiss MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 28 Nov 1852 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 8 Mar 1911 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

    Notes:

    New Orleans Marriage Records
    Groom Bride Date Call # Pg
    Mellen, John P Barker, Julia A. 11/03/1873 VEC 678 68

    John married Julia Augusta BARKER on 3 Nov 1873 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Julia was born in 1857 in , , Illinois, USA; died on 19 Aug 1933 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. Pierre Augustus MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1876 in , , Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.
    2. 46. Delos C MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jul 1879 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.
    3. 47. George Prentiss MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1881 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.
    4. 48. George J MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1882 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 29 Oct 1909 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    5. 49. Henry J MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jun 1883 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.

  9. 16.  Frederick K MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1855 in , , Mississippi, USA; died on 21 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 22 Aug 1862 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Notes:

    Fred and grandson William were long ignored as part of this family group.


  10. 17.  George TIBBITS Descendancy chart to this point (5.Martha2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1825; died in Deceased.

    Notes:

    Richard died young and George was raised by a family named Merrill.



Generation: 4

  1. 18.  William Henry MELLENWilliam Henry MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (8.Grenville3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 50. Bobby MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1884; died before 1900.
    2. 51. William Henry MELLEN, Jr  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Aug 1885 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died on 9 Jun 1887 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    3. 52. Helena Pearl MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1886 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died on 31 Oct 1910 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA; was buried on 2 Nov 1910 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
    4. 53. Mable MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1886 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died before 1900.
    5. 54. Grenville Stanford MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1888 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died on 12 Mar 1960 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA; was buried on 15 Mar 1960 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA.
    6. 55. John MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1890 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; died in 1890 in Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
    7. 56. Marie Evadne MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1893 in Keltys, Angelina, Texas, USA; died on 16 Jun 1977 in Dickinson, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Jun 1977 in Dickinson, Galveston, Texas, USA.
    8. 57. Leona Lucille MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Mar 1896 in Keltys, Angelina, Texas, USA; died on 27 Aug 1994 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 1994 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
    9. 58. Elizabeth Callista MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1897 in Keltys, Angelina, Texas, USA; died on 16 Apr 1992 in Madisonville, Madison, Texas, USA; was buried on 18 Apr 1992 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
    10. 59. Earl MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1901 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA; died in 1901 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA.
    11. 60. Myrl Joseph MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Mar 1902 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; died on 6 Jun 1972 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; was buried on 8 Jun 1972 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
    12. 61. Roy Joseph MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Apr 1905 in Batson, Hardin, Texas, USA; died on 6 Jul 1998 in Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA; was buried on 9 Jul 1998 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA.
    13. 62. Vernon Paul MELLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Feb 1908 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, USA; died on 28 Feb 1986 in Houston, Harris, Texas, USA; was buried in Mar 1986 in Dickinson, Galveston, Texas, USA.

  2. 19.  Grenville MELLEN, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (8.Grenville3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 13 Dec 1862; died in 1882 in , St. Mary, Louisiana, USA.

  3. 20.  Albert Moore ALEXANDER Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martha3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 20 Jul 1852 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died before 1873 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  4. 21.  Sarah Lewis ALEXANDER Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martha3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 27 Feb 1854 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died before 1875.

  5. 22.  Martha Eleanor ALEXANDER Descendancy chart to this point (9.Martha3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1856 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died before 1877 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  6. 23.  Delos C MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 3 Aug 1859; died on 23 Feb 1933 in , , Louisiana, USA; was buried in Feb 1933 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; ED 20, pg 14A
    • Census: 1910, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; ED 1319, pg 12B

    Notes:

    Another stone at the Dunlieth Plantation, died 8/20/1931?

    If this birth year is correct, why isn't he on the 1860 census?

    Census:
    Ward 3, Precinct 3, Barrone Street
    Delos C Mellen Boarder M 40 May 1860 Mississippi m. 12 yrs
    Corinne Mellen Boarder F 38 Apr 1862 Louisiana 3/3 children
    Grenville Mellen Boarder M 12 Aug 1888 Louisiana
    Marion Mellen Boarder M 10 Mar 1890 Louisiana
    Wlliam T Mellen Boarder M 8 Oct 1892 Louisiana
    Delos is a lawyer and the family is boarding with Theodore Grimwald.

    Census:
    Ward 22, Central Park West
    Delos C Mellen Head M 50 Mississippi
    Joseph Casbelleanos B-in-l M 29 Louisiana
    William F Mellen Son M 20 Louisiana
    Marian Mellen Daughter F 18 Louisiana
    Annie Arnold Servant F 43 Germany
    Delos is a cotton broker and he is widowed. Joseph is a singer at the concert hall. The kids don't work or go to school.


  7. 24.  Caleb Z STOWERS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sarah3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in May 1861 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died after 1909.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, , Jefferson, Mississippi, USA; ED 88, pg 12A
    • Census: 1910, , Jefferson, Mississippi, USA; ED 78, pg 11B

    Notes:

    Census:
    He is 39, single, and a farmer, born May 1861 in Mississippi.

    Census:
    He is still single, age 49, and a farmer.


  8. 25.  Joseph Montgomery STOWERS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sarah3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in May 1862 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1863 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  9. 26.  Ellen Lewis STOWERS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sarah3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 11 Oct 1864 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 3 Aug 1905 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 4 Aug 1905 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; ED 48, pg 14D

    Notes:

    Census:
    She is living with her Aunt Mary P Mason's family.

    Buried:
    She is buried with her parents at their home, Smilie Plantation.


  10. 27.  Eula Buford MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 2 Oct 1866 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 12 Dec 1941 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 13 Dec 1941 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

  11. 28.  Pearla Lewis MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 13 Apr 1869 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 1 Mar 1911 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 2 Mar 1911 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    The 1870 census shows her to be 11 years old. Her death certificate gives her birth as 13 Apr 1869 and her tombstone has 15 Mar 1870.

    Buried:
    Tom signed her death certificate.


  12. 29.  Iva MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1871; died in 1875.

  13. 30.  Ouida MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (12.Albert3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 6 Jul 1873 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 6 Dec 1930 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried on 8 Dec 1930 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.

    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.


  14. 31.  William Mellen ALEXANDER Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 19 Feb 1864 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in Jan 1865 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  15. 32.  Austin Fleetwood ALEXANDER, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in Jan 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in Jun 1867 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  16. 33.  Alice MASON Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in Jan 1870 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 30 Sep 1870 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  17. 34.  Samuel Alfred MASON, Jr Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 27 Feb 1871 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 11 Apr 1872 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  18. 35.  Joseph Palmer MASON Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 15 Dec 1872 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 12 May 1873 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA.

  19. 36.  Sarah Eleanor MASON Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in Mar 1874 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1945 in , , New Jersey, USA; was buried in 1945 in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

    Notes:

    A daughter, Sarah Eleanor Mason Cobb, compiled this paper.
    "Children of Charles Mellen and Harriet A Fiske Mellen:
    1 - Charles Pepperrell Mellen, born August 20, 1862
    2 - Elizabeth Rollins Mellen, born February, 1864
    3 - Herbert Farries Mellen, born December 8, 1866
    4 - Susan Nichols Mellen, born January 18, 1868
    5 - William Fiske Mellen, born July 10, 1870"


  20. 37.  Charles Meeks MASON Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 7 May 1876 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1927 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA; was buried in 1927 in Hillside, Union, New Jersey, USA.

    Notes:

    founder and dean of the New Jersey Law School


  21. 38.  Samuel Alfred MASON Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 14 May 1878 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1882.

  22. 39.  Carol Frances MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 27 Apr 1873 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Jun 1934 in Donora, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 14 Jun 1934 in Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA; ED 90, pg 13A

    Notes:

    Census:
    Ward 4
    Carol Mellen Head F 26 Apr 1873 Mississippi
    Annie Mellen Sister F 22 Feb 1878 Mississippi
    Leonora Mellen Sister F 14 Jan 1886 Mississippi
    Carol is a school teacher.


  23. 40.  Eleanor Perry MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 19 Jun 1875 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in Deceased.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1920, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; ED 232, pg 10B

    Notes:

    I lost them after the 1920 census.

    Census:
    Assembly District 64 Sunset Blvd
    Elinor P M Sneed Head F 44 Mississippi
    Archibald Sneed Jr Son M 21 Mississippi
    Mellen Perry Sneed Son M 19 Mississippi
    Carroll A Sneed Son M 17 Mississippi
    Elinor is widowed and she and Mellen are actors in Motion Pictures. Archie is a gasoline engineer and Carrol is an electrical engineer.


  24. 41.  Anna A MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in Feb 1878 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1968; was buried in 1968 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 8 Jun 1900, Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA; ED 90, pg 13A
    • Census: 1910, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA; ED 111, pg 10A
    • Census: 1920, Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA; ED 48, pg 1B
    • Census: 1930, Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA; ED 10, pg 3B
    • Census: 1940, Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA; ED 24-33, pg 21

    Notes:

    Census:
    Ward 4
    Carol Mellen Head F 26 Apr 1873 Mississippi
    Annie Mellen Sister F 22 Feb 1878 Mississippi
    Leonora Mellen Sister F 14 Jan 1886 Mississippi
    Carol is a school teacher.

    Census:
    Ward 9
    Anna A Mellen Head F 32 Miss
    Eleanor P Mellen Mother F 62 Kentucky 6/5 children
    Marianne Sneed Niece F 3 Miss
    Anna is a stenographer for the Forestry Service.

    Census:
    Ward 1
    Frank L Godfrey Head M 36 Kansas
    Leonora M Godfrey Wife F 33 Mississippi
    Eleanor P Miller M-in-l F 72 Kentucky
    Anna Miller S-in-l F 41 Mississippi
    Frank is a director at an oil company, Anna is an unemployed stenographer.

    Census:

    Frank L Godfrey Head M 46 Kansas
    Leonora Godfrey Wife F 47 Mississippi
    Anna Mellen S-in-l F 51 Mississippi
    Elanor Mellen M-in-l F 82 Kentucky

    Census:
    She is 62, still single, lives on West Maple Street and is a social studies teacher at the Junior High.


  25. 42.  Frederic Davis MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 8 Dec 1882 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 29 Aug 1957 in Oktoc, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 1957 in Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, , Hinds, Mississippi, USA; ED 57, pg 12A
    • Census: 1910, , Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA; ED 95, pg 20B
    • Military: 12 Sep 1918, Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA
    • Census: 1930, , Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA; ED 53-5, pg 2A

    Notes:

    "Historical sketches of Oktibbeha county (Mississippi) by Thomas Battle Carroll, edited and amended by Benjamin Butts. Alfred William Garner, and Frederic Davis Mellen."

    Census:
    Beat 1, Millsaps College in what is now Jackson, Mississippi.
    Fred is 16 and attending school.

    Census:
    Fred is a college instructor at Mississippi A & M in Starkville. He is 27 and still single, living on campus. This school is now commonly known as Mississippi State University.

    Military:
    draft registration only. He is a teacher at the A & M College and married to Frances Rice Mellen. He is tall and slender with brown eyes and black hair.

    Census:
    Beat 1
    Frederic D Mellen Head M 47 Mississippi
    Frances M Mellen Wife F 45 Mississippi
    Frederin F Mellen Son M 18 Mississippi
    Arthur R Mellen Son M 17 Mississippi
    William P Mellen Son M 14 Mississippi
    Mary E Mellen Dau F 11 Mississippi
    Nancy H Mellen Dau F 9 Mississippi
    Fred is still a college teacher.


  26. 43.  Perry Pepperell MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 6 Nov 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; died on 8 Nov 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA; was buried on 9 Nov 1881 in Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA.

    Notes:

    Des Moines?


  27. 44.  Leonora Lewis MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born in Jan 1886 in , Adams, Mississippi, USA; died in 1971; was buried in 1971 in Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 8 Jun 1900, Sherman, Grayson, Texas, USA; ED 90, pg 13A

    Notes:

    Census:
    Ward 4
    Carol Mellen Head F 26 Apr 1873 Mississippi
    Annie Mellen Sister F 22 Feb 1878 Mississippi
    Leonora Mellen Sister F 14 Jan 1886 Mississippi
    Carol is a school teacher.


  28. 45.  Pierre Augustus MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 15 Sep 1876 in , , Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.

    Other Events:

    • Military: 12 Sep 1918, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Notes:

    Military:
    draft registration only. He is tall and slender with brown eyes and hair. He is a watchman for the Illinois Central Railroad at the Stuysen (Stutzen?) Dock.


  29. 46.  Delos C MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 3 Jul 1879 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.

  30. 47.  George Prentiss MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 23 Jun 1881 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.

  31. 48.  George J MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 26 Jun 1882 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died on 29 Oct 1909 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Obituary: Nov 1909, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; newspaper

    Notes:

    Obituary:

    Mellen - on Friday Oct 29 1909 at 8:15 p.m. George J Mellen second youngest son of Julia A Barker and John P Mellen aged 27 years 4 months and 3 days a native of New Orleans.


  32. 49.  Henry J MELLEN Descendancy chart to this point (15.John3, 2.William2, 1.Henry1) was born on 20 Jun 1883 in , Orleans, Louisiana, USA; died in Deceased.


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