Book Description

William Shell (1802-1883) was born in Burke County, North Carolina to John Shell, Jr. and Margaret MaCall. William was a great-grandson of German immigrant Johann Casper Schell, who settled in Pennsylvania 1742. William married Cynthia Elvira Davis (1804-1885), and had thirteen children. They lived mainly in North Carolina and Tennessee. Both William and Cynthia died in Little River Township, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The Shell (Schell) family has some members who have Cherokee bloodlines. Some ancestors, descendants and relatives also lived in Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, Florida, Texas and Virginia. Focus is mainly on the Civil War heritage of William and Cynthia's family in Caldwell County, North Carolina during the Nineteenth-Century.