Background
H., Patrick Mell, was born on July 19, 1814 in Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia, United States. Son of Benjamin and Cynthia (Sumner) M.
clergyman university chancellor
H., Patrick Mell, was born on July 19, 1814 in Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia, United States. Son of Benjamin and Cynthia (Sumner) M.
Attended Amherst Colonel, 1833-1835.
14 children. School teacher, West Springfield, Connecticut, 1835-1836. Principal high school, East Hartford Connecticut, 1836-1837. Teacher, Perry’s Mill in Tatnall County, Ryall’s in Montgomery County (both Georgia), 1837-1839.
Principal classical and English school, Oxford, 1839-1841.
Joined Baptist Church, 1832, licensed to preach, 1839. Professor ancient languages
Mercer College, 1841-1855. In charge of Baptist congregation, Greensboro, Georgia, 1842-1852, Bairdstown, Georgia, 1852-1862, Antioch, Georgia, 1862-1888.
Professor ancient languages
U. Georgia, 1856-1860, vice chancellor 1860-1872, chancellor, 1878-1888. Served as volunteer in Confederate Army.
Married Lurene Howard Cooper, June 29, 1840. Married second, Eliza Elizabeth Cooper, December 24, 1861.