BIOS: Paul A. SCHELL, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, Vol. XXXII, Containing Life Sketches of Leading 
Citizens of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania. Boston, 
Biographical Review Publishing Company: 1899, pp 173-174.

  Paul A. Schell, a prominent young business man of Somerset, Pa., was 
born in this township, July 6, 1865, son of John J. and Rose (Ankeny) 
Schell.  His father, now living in Somerset, is a son of Henry Schell, 
formerly of Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pa.; and his mother was the 
daughter of Isaac Ankeny, of Somerset, a representative of one of the 
of families of this county.
  Henry Schell was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Schellsburg, 
Bedford County, Pa., throughout his entire life, and was one of its 
most respected citizens.  To him and his wife, whose maiden name was 
Mary Snyder, six sons and three daughters were born, of whom the 
following named are living: Amanda, who is the wife of Professor G. J. 
Stutzman, and has seven children - Lou, Annie, Cora, Lillian, Edward, 
Frank, and Schell; John J.; Henry F., who married Rose Stewart, and has 
three children - Marion, Susan, and Stewart; Charles; Andrew J., who 
married Sadie Pile, and has five children - Lucy, Frank, Charles, 
Samuel, and Edward; William H.; and Young.
  John J. Schell was born and bred in Schellsburg, where he assisted in 
the care of the parental homestead during his youth and early manhood.  
On attaining his majority he came to Somerset, where he was 
prosperously engaged in mercantile pursuits several years.  He 
subsequently established himself in the real estate business, an 
enterprise in which he met with success, an he also did a great deal of 
contract work for Somerset County.  He is now living retired from 
active labor, enjoying the fruit of his former years of industry.  A 
man of strong character and strict integrity, he is held in the utmost 
respect throughout the community, and is a valued member of the 
Christian church.  His wife, whose maiden name was Rose Ankeny, died at 
the age of seventy-four years, leaving six children - Ida, Ella, Annie, 
Myra, Edith and Paul A.; Ida is the wife of Sanner L. Wilson, and has 
four children - Irene, Edna, Herbert, and Helen; Ella is the wife of 
Dr. R. W. Clark, and has two children - Eleanor and Robert; Annie, wife 
of James L. Lewis, has two children - Schell and Edith; and Myra, wife 
of R. B. Read, has three children - Iola, Pauline, and Rosswell.
  Paul A. Schell attended the public schools of Somerset until he was 
sixteen years old, when he began learning the plumber's trade, which he 
has since made his occupation.  A skilful workman, he has built up a 
fine business in this locality, and is known far and wide as one of the 
leading plumbers of this part of the county.  Industrious and upright, 
fair in his dealings, he has won in a marked degree the respect and 
confidence of his fellow-men.  Politically, he affiliates with the 
Republican party; and, fraternally, he is a member of Somerset Lodge, 
No. 358, F. & A.M., and of Somerset Lodge, No. 438, I.O.O.F.
  On August 7, 1890, Mr. Schell married Mary S., daughter of Dr. A. J. 
and Catherine (Johnson) Endsley, of Somerset.  They have one child, 
Wilbur E., who was born May 12, 1891.  Mr. Schell is an active member 
of the Christian church, and Mrs. Schell belongs to the Presbyterian 
church.