William Francis MELLEN

1836 - 1889  (52 years)

• Name	William Francis MELLEN  [1]
  Born	12 Feb 1836	, , Mississippi, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  pg 88, HH# 661
  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	1870	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  pg 202 (9B), fam #2458
  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	1880	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  ED 10, pg 55 (250C)
  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.
  Died	13 Jan 1889	, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4, 5]
  Buried	14 Jan 1889	Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
  	Address: Natchez City Cemetery Adams County Natchez, Mississippi
  Person ID	I6340	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   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F1438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Elizabeth CARPENTER,   b. 16 Jul 1839,   d. 18 Dec 1906  (Age 67 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1858	, Adams, Mississippi, USA   [8]
  Children	1. Delos C MELLEN,   b. 3 Aug 1859,   d. 23 Feb 1933, , , Louisiana, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F2708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S589] Wehling, Martin, (Genforum post), William Francis Mellen. [S4] 1850 Adams MS, Vol. 69, ED 48, Sheet 11. [S479] Orleans Parish Death Index, Book 94, page 554. Mellen William Francis 52 yrs - W 01/13/1889 [S1018] Cemetery, Natchez, Adams, MS, William Francis Mellen. [S479] Orleans Parish Death Index, Book 94, page 554. Mellen, William Francis 52 yrs W 01/13/1889 [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 [S1104] Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911, (FamilySearch.org), Mellen, William F. to Helen E Carpenter