HENRY SHELL, farmer. Section 36, P.O. Monrovia. One of the first settlers of Atchison County is Mr. Henry Shell. He is a native of Indiana, and was born in Bartholomew County, October 9, 1824, The son of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Hahn Shell. Was reared, educated and followed agricultural pursuits in his native State until he attained his majority, he then went to Missouri locating in Platte County, where he followed his adopted profession until 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, taking up his abode in Center Township. He was one of the first farm openers in this vicinity, and passed through all the trying ordeals which the early Kansans had to contend with. There are but few citizens in the county that are more popular than Mr. Shell. He was married in Missouri, to Miss Sarah Thulas Nuzum. They have eight children* - Emma, Tolbet B., Hanna E., Leah Lusetta, Thulas F., Henry L., Mattie and Annie E.
*Father of eight children at the time the bio was published, he fathered 11 children in total.
The Weekly Atchison Champion, 19 Nov 1859, Sat, Page 2
New Precincts.—The County Board of Supervisors, at their last meeting, established two new election precincts in this county—one at Monrovia, Centre township, and the other at Kennekuk. Grasshopper township. At the former John Cameron, John Helwig and Henry Schell were appointed Judges, and the the latter Royal Baldwin, Dr. J. B. Irvin and Rufus Gooding.
HENRY SHELL, farmer. Section 36, P.O. Monrovia. One of the first settlers of Atchison County is Mr. Henry Shell. He is a native of Indiana, and was born in Bartholomew County, October 9, 1824, The son of Charles Frederick and Elizabeth Hahn Shell. Was reared, educated and followed agricultural pursuits in his native State until he attained his majority, he then went to Missouri locating in Platte County, where he followed his adopted profession until 1857, when he became a resident of Kansas, taking up his abode in Center Township. He was one of the first farm openers in this vicinity, and passed through all the trying ordeals which the early Kansans had to contend with. There are but few citizens in the county that are more popular than Mr. Shell. He was married in Missouri, to Miss Sarah Thulas Nuzum. They have eight children* - Emma, Tolbet B., Hanna E., Leah Lusetta, Thulas F., Henry L., Mattie and Annie E.
*Father of eight children at the time the bio was published, he fathered 11 children in total.
The Weekly Atchison Champion, 19 Nov 1859, Sat, Page 2
New Precincts.—The County Board of Supervisors, at their last meeting, established two new election precincts in this county—one at Monrovia, Centre township, and the other at Kennekuk. Grasshopper township. At the former John Cameron, John Helwig and Henry Schell were appointed Judges, and the the latter Royal Baldwin, Dr. J. B. Irvin and Rufus Gooding.
Family Members
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Emma Shell Meyer
1855–1920
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Tolbert Benjamin Shell
1856–1922
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Hannah Elizabeth Shell
1859–1952
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Leah Lucetta "Lulu" Shell Freeland
1861–1944
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Lucy V Shell
1863–1863
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Thulas Fall Shell
1864–1923
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Thomas E Shell
1866–1866
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Ella Martha "Mattie" Shell Scheibe
1867–1957
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Henry Leander Shell
1870–1940
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Joseph Shell
1872–1875
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Anna Sally Shell Akey
1877–1947
