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Samuel Schell Shell 1779–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 April 1779

Birth Location: Burke, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: Before 1870

Death Location: Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States

Father: Johannes Schell

Mother: Anna (Falgin)

Spouse(s): Mary Frye

Children(s): John Shell

Samuel Schell Shell was born in 1779 in Burke, North Carolina, USA, the child of Johannes Schell And Anna Feigley Falgin. Samuel Schell Shell married Mary Ann Polly Frye, and had children including John S Shell. Samuel Schell Shell passed away in 1870 in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Samuel Schell Shell was born in 1779 in Burke, North Carolina, USA, the child of Johannes Schell And Anna Feigley Falgin.
  • Samuel Schell Shell married Mary Ann Polly Frye, and had children including John S Shell.
  • Samuel Schell Shell passed away in 1870 in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes Schell
1748–1796
Birth Location: –
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Anna (Falgin)
1751–1846
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Mary Frye
1775–1877
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

John Shell
1822–1922
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Samuel Shell's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Shell
1779–1870
Birth Place: Burke, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Johannes Schell
1748–1796
Anna (Feigley) (Falgin)
1751–1846
Grandparents
Johannes (Casper) Schell
1716–1805
Rhein, Oberbergischer Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Anna (Catharina Gertrude) Bott
1730–1804
Germany
Great-Grandparents
Peter (Schuele)
1688–1724
Maria Pung
1690–1717
Johannes Bott\Pott
1693–1781
Anna (May)
1693–1764
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wilhelmen Pott
1660–1775
Marie Böthe
1669–
Wilhelm Gutgen
1658–1702
Agnes(Agnesen) Herbertshauss
1667–1702

Samuel Shell's Descendants

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Samuel (Schell) Shell (17 April 1779–Before 1870) m. Mary (Ann 'Polly') Frye (1775–1877)
  1. 1. John (S) Shell 1822–1922 m. Elizabeth (Nantz) Shell 1821–1912
    1. 1. A.B. Shell 1887–1966 m. Cinda Shell 1874–1971
      1. 1. Taffie (Shell) Coots 1909–2006 m. Tinsley Coots 1906–1990
        1. 1. Carlus Coots 1947–2009
        2. 2. Columbus Coots 1942–2010
        3. 3. Hattie Coots 1935–2014
      2. 2. Pole Shell 1900–1964
      3. 3. Nora Shell 1904–1998
      4. 4. Lizzie Shell 1908–1992
      5. 5. Zallie Shell 1913–1990

Samuel Shell's Timeline

2 Records

1779
17 April 1779
Birth of Samuel Schell Shell in Burke, North Carolina, USA
Burke, North Carolina, USA
1870
Before 1870
Age 91
Death of Samuel Schell Shell in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States
Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Before 1870
    Event Place: Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States
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