Married Adeline Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Josiah Moore and Malinda Thomas. He was born in Monogalia Co., VA and came with his father to Henry co., Indiana in 1830 as a lad of 13. He was a farmer and teacher and served two terms in the State Legislature. He wanted to be a lawyer but he had a family to support and could not afford it. Later he helped his brother Joshua Hickman Mellett through Law School. Joshua became a judge of Henry Co. and distinguished legislator. In 1857 he moved to Champaign co., IL near the town of St. Joseph to a farm he bought from his brother-in-law, Joseph F. Johnson. According to his own writings in a Family Bible, Luther added the e to his name between the birth of his 3rd and 4th child. He was one of the early school teachers in Prairie Township schools, but he taught his own children to himself, out of school, because he did not approve of the teaching method of the "Blue Backed Spelling Book" then in use. Two of his children died in the scarlet fever epidemic of 1851. There were seven children.
Married Adeline Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Josiah Moore and Malinda Thomas. He was born in Monogalia Co., VA and came with his father to Henry co., Indiana in 1830 as a lad of 13. He was a farmer and teacher and served two terms in the State Legislature. He wanted to be a lawyer but he had a family to support and could not afford it. Later he helped his brother Joshua Hickman Mellett through Law School. Joshua became a judge of Henry Co. and distinguished legislator. In 1857 he moved to Champaign co., IL near the town of St. Joseph to a farm he bought from his brother-in-law, Joseph F. Johnson. According to his own writings in a Family Bible, Luther added the e to his name between the birth of his 3rd and 4th child. He was one of the early school teachers in Prairie Township schools, but he taught his own children to himself, out of school, because he did not approve of the teaching method of the "Blue Backed Spelling Book" then in use. Two of his children died in the scarlet fever epidemic of 1851. There were seven children.
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