found: Star of Pascagoula, 1873:t.p. (Melancthon Smith; publisher at Pascagoula, Miss.)
found: Chickasahay advertiser, 1861:t.p. (M.B. Smith; editor at Quitman, Miss.)
found: Heitman, F.B. Historical register and dict. of the U.S. Army, 1903(Melancthon Smith; from Alabama; grad. West Point, 1851; made lieutenant, 1852; resigned, 1854; colonel, Confederate States of America, 1861-65; d. 1 Nov. 1881)
found: Google Books, via WWW, May 2, 2012:U.S. Military Academy. Thirteenth annual reunion, 1882, p. 41 (Melancthon Smith; grad. West Point, 1851; served until 1855 and then settled as a planter in eastern Mississippi; elected as major-general, Mississippi state militia; rep., Miss. state legislature; Confederate colonel during the Civil War; became a journalist and editor; moved to Mobile, 1876, and edited a daily paper; b. Mobile, 15 Apr. 15, 1829; d. Nov. 1, 1881)
found: Ancestry, via WWW, May 2, 2012:1870 U.S. Fed. Census (Melancthon Smith; Melanethon Smith; age 38; editor; resident of Quitman, Miss.; b. Ala.) 1880 U.S. Fed. Census (Melancthon Smith; Melanethon Smith; age 45; editor; resident of Mobile, Ala.; b. Ala.)
found: America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, May 2, 2012:Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 11-4-1881 (Col. Melancthon Smith; grad. West Point; lieutenant, U.S. Army; Confederate colonel of artillery during Civil War; journalist; prop. and ed., Pascagoula Democratic star, for 7 years or more; sold paper in 1876 and purchased interest in the Mobile Cycle; ed. and prop., Mobile News, from May, 1877 until last winter; d. Mobile)
