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John Shell 1779–1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Apr 1779

Birth Location: , Burke, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 25 Mar 1861

Death Location: , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA

Father: Johannes War)

Mother: Anna Feigley

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John Shell was born in 1779 in , Burke, North Carolina, USA, the child of Johannes Casper Christoph John Schell Sr Revolutionary War And Anna Catharina Feigley. John Shell passed away in 1861 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • John Shell was born in 1779 in , Burke, North Carolina, USA, the child of Johannes Casper Christoph John Schell Sr Revolutionary War And Anna Catharina Feigley.
  • John Shell passed away in 1861 in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA.

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John Shell's Ancestors

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John Shell
1779–1861
Birth Place: , Burke, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Johannes Casper Christoph (John) Schell Sr. (Revolutionary War)
1749–1796
Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, USA
Anna (Catharina) Feigley
1751–1846
Winterlingen,,Württemberg,Germany
Grandparents
Johannes (Casper) Shell
1722–1805
Germany
Anna (Catharine Gertrude) Schell
1730–1800
Germany
Johannes Feigley
1724–1785
Winterlingen,,Württemberg,Germany
Ursula Schneckenberger
1726–
Winterlingen,,Württemberg,Germany
Great-Grandparents
Petro Schild
1688–1724
Catharina Schild
1690–
Johannes Bott
1691–1781
Anna Pott
1693–1764
Johannes Faigle
1694–1771
Catarina Stauss
1696–1726
Christian Schneckenberger
1698–1752
Christina Gallman
1708–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Schild
1660–
Schild
1662–
Christoph Bothe
1660–1775
Sophia Eberhards
1669–
Johannes Faigle
1670–1734
Anna Schautth
1672–
Jacob Stauss
1663–
Anna Koch
1656–1726
Christian Schneckenburger
1667–1712
Veronica Oetter
1670–1746
Christian Gallman
1675–1731
Maria Hauser
1679–1746

John Shell's Timeline

2 Records

1779
17 Apr 1779
Birth of John Shell in , Burke, North Carolina, USA
, Burke, North Carolina, USA
1861
25 Mar 1861
Age 82
Death of John Shell in , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1779
    Event Place: , Burke, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1861
    Event Place: , Hawkins, Tennessee, USA

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