Captain Elias McMellen (b. 1839-11-16 - d. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Unknown, but after 1902) was a bridge-maker and Captain in the Union Army. The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. ^[1]

McMellen's wife’s name was Annie E. Wenditz (Nov. 13, 1841-April 1, 1899). They were married on 21 Sep 1865 and had the following children: Ella, Sara (also known as Sadie), Joseph, Walter and James. ^[2] Their home for many years was located at 28 East Vine Street,Lancaster, Pennsylvania; he provided a home for his mother next-door. Lancaster is a city in the South Central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is the County seat of Lancaster County.

During the Civil War, McMellen enlisted for service in the Union Army, becoming a private in Co. The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. K, 79th P. V. I. , which regiment was assigned to Gen. Negley's brigade. At Perryville, he contracted camp fever through exposure, and was sent home on a furlough. In 1863 he was mustered out of the 79th Regiment on a surgeon's certificate, and the same year, when his health had somewhat recovered, was again received into the service, as first lieutenant of Co. C, 21st Pa. Cavalry. Later, he was appointed captain of the Color Company of the regiment, Co. 1, 21st Pa. Cavalry. Capt. McMellen participated in the last charge made by the Army of the Potomac, on the morning of the surrender of Gen. The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee. Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated

When he was twenty years old he built the bridge over Chickies Creek, at Snavely's Mill, and went on to build some of the most celebrated covered bridges in Pennsylvania. A covered bridge is a Bridge, often single-lane with enclosed sides and a roof The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern In this work of building and contracting he was very successful, and many iron, wooden and stone bridges in Lancaster and adjoining counties were erected by him, his reputation as a bridge builder being second to that of no man in eastern Pennsylvania. He died some time after 1902. ^[3]

McMellen's Bridges include:

• Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge - Built in 1881
• Forry's Mill Covered Bridge - Built in 1869
• Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge - Built in 1874
• Keller's Mill Covered Bridge - Built in 1891
• Landis Mill Covered Bridge - Built in 1873
• Lime Valley Covered Bridge - Built in 1871^Note:[4]
• Miller's Farm Covered Bridge - Built in 1871. Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge or Butcher's Mill Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans Cocalico Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Forry's Mill Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans Chiques Creek in West Hempfield in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge or Sporting Hill Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans Chiques Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Keller's Mill Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans Cocalico Creek in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Landis Mill Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans the Little Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Lime Valley Covered Bridge or Strasburg Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Miller's Farm Covered Bridge was a covered bridge constructed by Elias McMellen in 1871. Willow Hill Covered Bridge is a reconstruction of that bridge. Willow Hill Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge located off US
• Pine Grove Covered Bridge - Built in 1884
• Pinetown Bushong's Mill Covered Bridge - Built in 1867
• Red Run Covered Bridge - Build in 1866
• Risser's Mill Covered Bridge - Built in 1872
• Pool Forge Covered Bridge - Built in 1859

See also

• James C. Carpenter - Another prolific Lancaster County covered bridge builder

References

1. ^ Beers (1903). Pine Grove Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans the East branch of the Octoraro Creek on the border between Lancaster County and Chester County Pinetown Bushong's Mill Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Red Run Covered Bridge or Oberhaltzer's Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that once spanned the Muddy Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Risser's Mill Covered Bridge or Horst's Mill Covered Bridge was a Covered bridge that spanned Little Chickie's Creek in Lancaster County, Pool Forge Covered Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. James C Carpenter was a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Covered bridge builder "Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pa.": pp. 138–9.  
2. ^ 1880 US census
3. ^ BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PA]
4. ^ Note: This bridge may not have been built by McMellen. See the history of Lime Valley Covered Bridge for more information. Lime Valley Covered Bridge or Strasburg Bridge is a Covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,

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