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Dr Robert Sidney Mellett

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Birth	:	22 Mar 1826 Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	2 Aug 1885 Stateburg, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	High Hills Baptist Church Cemetery, Stateburg, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate	:	33.9851990, -80.5343280
Description	:	Although Dr. Robert S. Mellett died in 1885, this obituary, written by Col. James D. Blanding, was reprinted by request of relatives: "Dr. Robert Sidney Mellett died on the 2nd of August, 1885, at his residence, five miles above Stateburg, in Sumter County. of heart disease, from which he had been suffering for more than a year. Dr. Mellett was the youngest son of Peter Mellett and was born in the Jordan neighborhood on the 22nd of March 1826. He received his Academical education in the town of Sumter, had taken one course of medical... Read More	Although Dr. Robert S. Mellett died in 1885, this obituary, written by Col. James D. Blanding, was reprinted by request of relatives: "Dr. Robert Sidney Mellett died on the 2nd of August, 1885, at his residence, five miles above Stateburg, in Sumter County. of heart disease, from which he had been suffering for more than a year. Dr. Mellett was the youngest son of Peter Mellett and was born in the Jordan neighborhood on the 22nd of March 1826. He received his Academical education in the town of Sumter, had taken one course of medical lectures in Philadelphia, and was completing his medical education in Charleston when he volunteered in 1846 as a private of the Sumter Company A, of the Palmetto Regiment, and with his Company served in the fights around and during the seige of Vera Cruz and its surrender--in the capture of Alverado, Jalapa, Perote and Puebla. In the summer of 1847 General Scott having determined to advance upon the City of Mexico, the sick of the whole army were left in Puebla with a small garrison under the command of Col. Childs. Dr. Mellett was left as hospital steward with the sick of the Palmetto regiment numbering over 200 men, and there stood that remarkable seige by the Mexican forces for nearly 2 months being often without water which could only be obtained by daily sallies in which he and all convalescents were compelled to take part, and rendered himself very popular with the men. The Mexican war ended, Dr. Mellett returned home and was soon graduated in medicine at the Medical College of Charleston. He married Sarah Ann, daughter of the late Captain Wm. Wheeler and settled first in Sumter, afterwards in Jordan, and then above Stateburg, in the practice of his profession, which he successfully continued till his death. When the late civil war broke out, he was the only resident physician in a large scope of territory where there were some of the largest plantations in the state, and being urged by his neghbors and planters along the Wateree River, he considered it his duty to remain and attend to the wives and children and slaves of so many who were in service. Dr. Mellett was a man of fine physical frame. Frank and genial in his manners, warm and kind-hearted by nature, he ever sympathized with the sick and suffering, and was generous to a fault. Many years since he connected himself with the High Hills Baptist church, and leaves his widow and four sons and two daughters surviving him, who have the reasonable assurance that having well discharged his duties as husband, father, soldier, citizen and man, he has gone to a better and happier world." --An Old Comrade --reprinted in The Sumter Herald, March 22, 1934

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Dr Robert Sidney Mellett's memorial is located at: High Hills Baptist Church Cemetery, Stateburg, Sumter County, USA.
When did Dr Robert Sidney Mellett death?
Dr Robert Sidney Mellett death on 2 Aug 1885 in Stateburg, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 33.9851990
Longitude: -80.5343280

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Sarah Ann Wheeler Mellett

(1830 - 1887)

Siblings

William Eldridge Mellett

(1818 - 1858)

LTC Francis Marion Mellett

(1822 - 1893)

Children

Infant Son Mellette

(1850 - 1850)

Martha Ellen Mellett Allen

(1855 - 1928)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. High Hills Baptist Church Cemetery
Stateburg, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9851990, -80.5343280

2. High Hills AME Church Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9851670, -80.5321210

3. High Hill Baptist Church
Dalzell, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9849450, -80.5306550

4. Thomas Sumter Memorial Park
Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9869003, -80.5175018

5. Springbank Baptist Church Cemetery
Dalzell, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9980270, -80.5114170

6. Ellison Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9583570, -80.5373800

7. Hooper Cemetery
Stateburg, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9553330, -80.5351670

8. Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery
Stateburg, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9529340, -80.5319160

9. Long Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
Dalzell, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9952740, -80.4940580

10. Wayman AME Chapel Cemetery
Stateburg, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9493670, -80.5293090

11. Wayman Chapel Cemetery
Stateburg, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9493529, -80.5288466

12. Atkinson Cemetery
Horatio, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0015460, -80.5732360

13. Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery
Dalzell, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0143630, -80.4887390

14. Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery
Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0428610, -80.5395700

15. Dinkins Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0441890, -80.5342420

16. Willow Grove Cemetery
Rembert, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0295500, -80.5829400

17. Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
Rembert, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0479290, -80.5384560

18. Cherryvale Plantation Cemetery
Cherryvale, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9627130, -80.4632250

19. Spann Family Cemetery
Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9930200, -80.4525500

20. Saint Michael AME Church Cemetery
Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9324850, -80.4788530

21. Providence Southern Methodist Cemetery
Dalzell, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0299050, -80.4598550

22. Saint Luke's AME Church Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9636190, -80.4448110

23. Singleton Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9452500, -80.4533500

24. Saint Lukes Cemetery
Sumter, Sumter County, USA
Coordinate: 33.9747009, -80.4408035