William Pepperell MELLEN

1806 - 1864  (58 years)

• Name	William Pepperell MELLEN  [1]
  Born	1806	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Abt 1826
  	Phillips Exeter Academy
  Occupation	1837	, , Mississippi, USA
  	state legislator
  Census	1841	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  1841 MELLEN WILLIAM P. Adams County MS No Township Listed State Census Index MS4258654
  Property	10 Dec 1841
  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	1850	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  pg 14, 225/217
  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
  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
  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
  Occupation	, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  	county coroner
  Occupation	Abt 1862	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  	editor for the Natchez Courier
  Military	Captain of Militia
  Died	7 Nov 1864	, Chicot, Arkansas, USA   [4, 5]
  	Address: Bayou Macon Chicot County Chicot County, Arkansas
  Buried	12 Nov 1864	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  	Address: Natchez City Cemetery Adams County Natchez, Mississippi
  Obituary	7 Oct 1868	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  Natchez Courier
  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."
  Person ID	I2807	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	Henry MELLEN,   b. 1757, , , Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1809, , , New Hampshire, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Martha Wentworth FROST,   b. 8 Nov 1769, New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 11 Jan 1835, Saco, York, Maine, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1791
  Family ID	F1439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Grenville MELLEN,   b. 6 Mar 1843, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 1 Jun 1862, Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA  (Age 19 years)   2. Martha Eleanor MELLEN,   b. 10 Sep 1832, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1856, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA  (Age 23 years)   3. William Francis MELLEN,   b. 12 Feb 1836, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. 13 Jan 1889, , Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 52 years)   4. Sarah Lewis MELLEN,   b. 13 Dec 1837, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. Oct 1867, , Adams, Mississippi, USA  (Age 29 years)   5. Albert Moore MELLEN,   b. 9 Jan 1840, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1878, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA  (Age 38 years)   6. Mary Peyton MELLEN,   b. Sep 1845, , Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 6 Jun 1904, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA  (Age ~ 58 years)   7. Thomas Lewis MELLEN,   b. 10 Jun 1849, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1908, Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 59 years)   8. John Prentiss MELLEN,   b. 28 Nov 1852, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 8 Mar 1911, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 58 years)   9. Frederick K MELLEN,   b. 1855, , , Mississippi, USA ,   d. 21 Aug 1862, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA  (Age 7 years)
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F1438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Mellen, William Pepperell Jack's 4th great grandfather, William Pepperell Mellen. He lived in Natchez, Mississippi, and fled to Texas during the Civil War. He was caught by the Northern Army and imprisoned in Arkansas where he died about 1864.

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] 1860 Adams, MS, family #104. Wm P Mellen [S299] Family History Library Catalog, (FamilySearch.org), William Pepperell Mellen. 1806, Dover, New Hampshire Family History Library Catalog www.familysearch.org [S418] Mellen House, The, William Pepperell Mellen. 1806 Mellen House, The, (http://www.mellenhouse.com/), "Electronic," http://www.mellenhouse.com/Natchez_history3.htm, Date. [S299] Family History Library Catalog, (FamilySearch.org), William Pepperell Mellen. Family History Library Catalog www.familysearch.org [S133] Arnett, Danielle Trube, William Pepperell Mellen. "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" [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