Dr. Robert Sidney MELLETTE

1826 - 1885  (59 years)

• Name	Robert Sidney MELLETTE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	22 Mar 1826	in the Jordan neighborhood, Sumter District, South Carolina   [3, 5, 6]
  Baptism	9 Dec 1855	Baptized by Reverend W. D. Ries   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Medical College of Charleston
  MILI	In 1846 he volunteered as a private in Sumter Company A of the Palmetto Regiment in which he served during the Mexican War.  [7]
  Occupation	Doctor
  Religion	High Hills Baptist  [5]
  _UID	8730403D6FE343DAADD9167BC342A5FF6373
  Death	2 Aug 1885	at his home near Stateburg, South Carolina   [8]
  Burial	Old Pitts Cemetery, Sumter County, South Carolina   [9]
  Person ID	I7246	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Peter /MELLETT MELLET, IV or V,   b. 1785, Camden District, South Carolina d. 27 Feb 1841, probably on Mellet land on Loring Mill Road, Sumter District, South Carolina. (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Nancy Ann JONES,   b. Abt 1790   d. Abt 1835 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1817	South Carolina   [10]
  _UID	0F0C73B8966F4BED81BA0C090AB982C9E109
  _UID	0F0C73B8966F4BED81BA0C090AB982C9E109
  Family ID	F10656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann WHEELER,   c. 6 Oct 1850, Baptized by Reverend Samuel Furman d. 4 Dec 1887 (Age ~ 37 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1849  [11]
  	by Rev. Noah Graham by Rev. Noah Graham
  _UID	73CF68A0B94545D090028D36DD6AB4762340
  _UID	73CF68A0B94545D090028D36DD6AB4762340
  Children	1. unknown girl or boy MELLETTE,   b. 30 Jul 1850, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 30 Jul 1850, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 0 years)   2. Mary Catherine MELLETTE,   b. 24 Jan 1852, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 21 Apr 1876 (Age 24 years)   3. Elbert Bland MELLETTE,   b. 5 Feb 1854, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. Dec 1889 (Age 35 years)   4. Elizabeth Wallace MELLETTE,   b. 16 Dec 1855, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 27 Aug 1857, Jordan Community, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 1 year)   5. Martha Ellen “Aunt Mattie” MELLETTE,   b. 17 May 1857, Jordan Community, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 18 Oct 1928 (Age 71 years)   6. Sarah Ann MELLETTE,   b. 12 Oct 1859, Rafting Creek, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 8 Nov 1884 (Age 25 years)   7. Robert Lee MELLETTE,   b. 28 Jul 1861, Rafting Creek, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 22 Jun 1862 (Age 0 years)   8. William Wheeler MELLETTE, Sr.,   b. 4 Mar 1863, Rafting Creek, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 23 Apr 1931, at his home, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 68 years)   9. James Pitts MELLETTE,   b. 24 May 1865, Rafting Creek, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 15 Apr 1890 (Age 24 years)   10. Peter Furman MELLETTE,   b. 28 Jun 1868   d. 21 Mar 1936 (Age 67 years)   11. Emma Austin MELLETTE,   b. 1888   d. 1902 (Age 14 years)   12. Laura Weston MELLETTE   d. 28 Dec 1888
  Family ID	F11061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2003

  
  

• Notes

  It is said that he received a medal for meritorious service. [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Roll 222. [S9] Cassie Nichols, 346. [S267] Elizabeth Gadsden Lee Girardeau. [S356] Page 5. [S2374] Interview Shirley Cockerill. [S9] Cassie Nichols, 346, 353. [S9] Cassie Nichols, page 353. [S9] Cassie Nichols, 353. [S1995] Interview with Moye Mellette Tillman. [S339] Line of Descent for Arthur Whiteford James. [S250] Marriage and Death Notices from THE SUMTER BANNER.