Shell, H. C.

SHELL, TAYLOR

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Date: 4/10/2013 at 10:10:04

Jackson Township

Shell, H. C. -- Of the firm of Shell & Taylor, butchers, Montezuma. Was born in Hardy (now Grant) county, West Virginia, on the 25th day of February, 1838, and when sixteen years of age left home and removed to Fayette county, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming until 1869. He then came to Iowa, and settled in Pleasant township, of this county. For seven years he has been in business here. During the late war, on the call for troops to suppress the Rebellion, he enlisted, in June , 1865 in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Infantry, and was on detached service. His marriage was in Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor. They have one daughter, Ida, aged fourteen years.

p. 937, The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880