My 3rd Great Grandmother was Sophia Moles “George” Addison; She was the Widow of Joseph Addison of Charleston; Sophia became Rev. James Harry Mellard 2nd wife 5 Nov 1822 married in Charleston SC.
By his first wife, Ann Rumph, he had 5 children, Mrs. Sophie Addison, they had 5 children. And by Ms. Rachel M Rumph his 3rd wife, whom he married May 2 1837, he had one child.
He was also appointed one of the first trustees of La Grange College, chartered in 1830 as the first college in Alabama.
Per The Rumph and Frederick families, genealogical and biographical : James H Mellard, was a Little man,thin and pale, but very wiry and full of pluck and energy.
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My 3rd Great Grandmother was Sophia Moles “George” Addison; She was the Widow of Joseph Addison of Charleston; Sophia became Rev. James Harry Mellard 2nd wife 5 Nov 1822 married in Charleston SC.
By his first wife, Ann Rumph, he had 5 children, Mrs. Sophie Addison, they had 5 children. And by Ms. Rachel M Rumph his 3rd wife, whom he married May 2 1837, he had one child.
He was also appointed one of the first trustees of La Grange College, chartered in 1830 as the first college in Alabama.
Per The Rumph and Frederick families, genealogical and biographical : James H Mellard, was a Little man,thin and pale, but very wiry and full of pluck and energy.