William Francis Mellen and Helen Elizabeth Carpenter

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Husband William Francis MELLEN ¹

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         Born: 1836 - Mississippi 2 3
         Died: 13 Jan 1889 - Orleans Parish, Louisiana 3
       Buried: 

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       Father: William Pepperell MELLEN (1806-1864) 4
       Mother: Sarah Carpenter LEWIS (1812-1870) 5

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     Marriage: Abt 1858

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Events in his life were:

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• Occupation, Attorney, 1880

• Census, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 1880

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Wife Helen Elizabeth CARPENTER ⁶

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          AKA: Fanny
         Born: Abt 1841 6
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Charles MELLEN ⁶

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         Born: 1859 - Mississippi 6
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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2 M Delos Carpenter MELLEN

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         Born: 3 Aug 1859
         Died: 23 Feb 1933 - Louisiana
       Buried: Feb 1933 - Natchez Cemetery, Adams Co, Mississippi

       Spouse: Corinne CASTELLANOS (1863-1909)
         Marr: 23 Nov 1887 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

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General Notes (Husband)

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1880 New Orleans Parish, LA Census p 250
MELLEN, W F boarder 44 Miss Ire Ire
Fanny wife/boarder 40 Miss Miss Miss
Charles boarder 21 Miss Miss Miss

Was he married twice? Is this a son or a stepson or an unrelated individual?

1860 MELLEN WILLIAM F. Adams County MS 088 Natchez City Federal Population Schedule MS 1860 Federal Census Index MS54055023
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.

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1 Genforum, Wehling, Martin.

2 1850 Adams Co, MS Census (http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ms/adams/1850/), Vol. 69, ED 48, Sheet 11.

3 Orleans Parish Death Index, Book 94, page 554.

4 1860 Adams Co, MS Census, Natchez fam # 104 6/19/1860.

5 Family History Library Catalog.

6 1880 Orleans Parish, Louisiana Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp).