BIOS: SCHELL Family Part 2, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 34-38 [Part2 of 2]

...John Jacob Schell was one of the best known and for many years one of the 
leading men of the county He served as prothonotary.  He was a member of the 
banking firms of Reed & Schell of Bedford, and M. and Samen & Co., of Somerset, 
in both of which he suffered heavy financial reverses.  He was one of the first 
citizens of the county to realize the ultimate development of our lumber and 
mineral resources, and invested largely in unproductive lands.  Had he been able 
to weather the various financial panics following the Civil war or retained 
control of his interests, he would have been possessed of great wealth by reason 
of his heavy holdings in timber and coal lands.  He was an elder in the Disciple 
church and gave liberally to extend the cause of same during his lifetime, He 
died January 21, 1900, at Somerset, Pennsylvania. 
The children of John J. and Rose Bonnette (Ankeny) Schell follow: Ida, married 
Samuel L. Wilson, resides in Moline, Illinois; Elenor, married Dr. R.W. Clark, 
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Annie, married J.N. Lewis, of Bayonne, New Jersey; 
Myra, deceased, married R.B. Reid, who resides in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; 
Alexander, deceased, married Ella Gardener, resided in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; 
Edith, married George A. Shephardson, of St. Louis, Missouri; Paul Ankeny (of 
whom later), married Mary Sullivan Endsley, resides in Somerset, Pennsylvania.  
Isaac Ankeny was a son of Peter Ankeny, who located in Somerset county in 1773, 
and on whose land that part of Somerset, from Main street to South street, was 
laid out.  Edgewood, just west of Somerset, was his home and known as the 
Mansion.  Ankeny Square and Union School lots are donations made by him for 
church and school purposes.  Isaac Ankeny was born at the Mansion, September 5, 
1792.  He held a number of prominent positions and was an active spirit in the 
early development of this section of Pennsylvania.  During his time he was the 
heaviest land proprietor in Somerset.  In 1820 he married Eleanor Parker, who 
was born near Schellsburg, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1789.  Both died and 
are buried at Somerset, Pennsylvania.  His residence was at Rose, Somerset, 
Pennsylvania.  His children were: William, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Calvin, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Eleanor, Somerset, Pennsylvania; Valeria, Somerset, 
Pennsylvania; Almire, Wheeling, West Virginia; Martha, Kansas City, Kansas.  
(V) Henry Ferdinand Schell, son of Henry Schell (4), born in Bedford county, 
Pennsylvania, September 14, 1822, was a merchant, banker and lawyer.  He served 
as county prothonotary and was an active church worker.  He received his 
education at Windom Academy, Ohio, and Bethany College, West Virginia.  He 
married Rose Ankeny Stewart.  Henry F. Schell and wife were the parents of four 
children: Theodore, died in childhood; Mary Alberta, married M.M. Cochran, 
Esquire, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Susan, married John F. Nichol; Henry 
Stewart, married Elizabeth D. Layman.
(V) Amanda Mary Schell, deceased, daughter of Henry Schell (4), married (first) 
Benjamin Fisher, who died, and for her second companion married Joseph Stutzman, 
who did much in the way of education for Somerset county.
(V) Andrew Jackson Schell, son of Henry Schell (4), was a merchant, and married 
Sarah Pyle.  He was called Jack and he was superintendent of mails en route to 
California during gold excitement days.
(V) Charles Sander Schell, son of Henry Schell (4), married Lottie Wells 
(first), and after her death married Emaline Sabine.  He was a merchant and real 
estate man in Beatrice, Nebraska.
(V) Emily Julia Schell, deceased, daughter of Henry Schell (4), married Dr. 
Edmund Kimmel, of Berlin, Pennsylvania, who removed to Somerset and ranked high 
in the skill of his profession.
(V) Maria Louise Schell, daughter of Henry Schell (4), married Francis Miller, a 
train despatcher for many years in Maryland.
(V) William Harrison Schell, son of Henry Schell (4), became a minister.  He was 
educated at Bethany College, West Virginia.  He married Clara Craft.  Served 
with honor in the Civil war.
(VI) Paul Ankeny Schell, son of John Jacob (5) and Rose Ankeny Schell, was born 
July 6, 1865.  He is the only male descendant of the old Ankeny-Schell families 
now living in Somerset.  He was educated in the public schools of Somerset, 
Pennsylvania, and at the early age of fifteen started to learn the trade of 
tinsmith, later taking up plumbing and steamfitting, of which trades he is a 
practical master.  Some of the largest public and private buildings in this 
section and adjoining states, including the fine new court house of Somerset 
county, have had the plumbing and heating systems installed by his firm.  From a 
very small beginning Mr. Schell's business has grown rapidly.  In 1903 the 
Schell Hardward Company was organized and incorporated and now has stores in 
Somerset, Connellsville and Uniontown, Pennsylvania, of which corporation Mr. 
Schell has been president since its organization.  In politics Mr. Schell is a 
Republican, and in church connection is a member of the Christian church.  He is 
also a member of the Masonic fraternity, advanced to Knight Templarship; also 
belongs to Odd Fellows. 
Mr. Schell married, at Somerset, August 7, 1890, Mary Sullivan Endsley, daughter 
of Andrew Jackson Endsley, a prominent Methodist divine, wife, Catharine 
Sullivan Johnson, the great-granddaughter of Captain Patrick Sullivan.  The 
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Schell are: Wilbur John, born at the same 
place, January 23, 1900.