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Husband: Grenville MELLEN (1)
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   Birthdate: 6 Mar 1843 - Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA (2,3)
  Death date: 1 Jun 1862 - Fair Oaks Station, Henrico, Virginia, USA (3)
      Buried:
      Father: William Pepperell MELLEN (1806-1864) (4)
      Mother: Sarah Carpenter LEWIS (1812-1870) (5)
    Marriage: 19 Jul 1858                 Place: Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, USA (6)
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   Wife: Victorine Angerona TAYLOR (3)
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   Birthdate: 1841 - , , Louisiana, USA (7)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
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Children
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1  M  William Henry MELLEN (8,9,10)
   Birthdate: 8 Sep 1859 - Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA (11,12)
  Death date: 2 Jun 1925 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (10)
      Buried: 3 Jun 1925 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (10)
     Address: Evergreen Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas
      Spouse: Marie Elisee MOUTON (1867-1921) (8,13,14)
  Marr. Date: 8 Feb 1883 - Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA (15,16)
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2  M  Grenville MELLEN Jr (3)
   Birthdate: 13 Dec 1862 (17)
  Death date: 1882 - , St. Mary, Louisiana, USA
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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Death Notes: Husband - Grenville MELLEN
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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
CJ Merrick
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]

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General Notes: Husband - Grenville MELLEN
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"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]

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General Notes: Wife - Victorine Angerona TAYLOR
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She was the adopted daughter of Thomas L Jones of Natchez. I don't know if her birth name
is Taylor or if she was married previously; if she was, she must have been very young. I
believe her names lies somewhere between the two names in the marriage records. She was
probably just plain Lucinda Taylor who dreamed of having a glamourous name such as
Victorine Angorone; she was a teenager, after all, and orphaned.

One must assume that, after Grenville's untimely death, Vicky took her sons back to
Louisiana where William Henry later met Lizzie. She probably remarried and chose to use
her husband's name for the boys. William doesn't resurface until 1900 in Galveston County,
Texas, married and with children.

Last Modified: 25 Jul 2015

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Sources
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    1. Death Certificate, Mellen, William Henry #21831.  Grenville Mellen.
    2. 1850 Federal Census, Mississippi, Adams, pg 14, 225/217.  age 7.
    3. Genforum, Wehling, Martin.
    4. 1860 Federal Census, Mississippi, Adams, Natchez fam # 104 6/19/1860.
    5. Family History Library Catalog.
    6. St Helena Parish Marriage Index 1809-1933
         (http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/sthelena/vitals/marriages/index/m-indx.txt).
    7. 1860 Federal Census, Mississippi, Adams, family #104.  age 18, Louisiana.
    8. Rickert, Irene Pearl. Personal interview
    9. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 146, pg 2A.  Wm H.
    10. Death Certificate, Mellen, William Henry #21831.
    11. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 146, pg 2A.  age 61, Sep 1859,
         Mississippi.
    12. Death Certificate, Mellen, William Henry #21831.  8 Sep 1859, Natchez,
         Mississippi.
    13. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 146, pg 2A.  Lizzie Mellen.
    14. Louisiana, Births and Christenings, 1811-1830; 1854-1934 (FamilySearch.org),
         Mouton, Marie Elisee.
    15. International Genealogy Index (FamilySearch.org).
    16. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 146, pg 2A.  m. 17 yrs.
    17. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Galveston, ED 146, pg 2A.  m. 17 yrs.

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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY.

I've relied heavily on other people for this family.