James
Reagan C.
Shell
Born in Tennessee
Ancestors 
Son of Christian Shell
and Susannah Shell
Brother of
Ammiline Catherine (Shell) Floyd, Paris Montgomery Shell, Luemma Jane Shell, Nancy Ellen Shell, Sarah Ladonia (Shell) Gibbs, John William Shell and Victoria Anne (Shell) Morris
Husband of
Mary Jane (Thomas) Shell
— married
13 Feb 1879 in Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Susan E. Shell, Charlie Lloyd Shell, Lula E. (Shell) Dykes, Sara Virginia Shell, James Ulysses Shell, Floyd Anson Shell, French Callaway Shell, Annie Marie (Shell) Brown, John Christopher Shell Sr. and Samuel Mckinley Shell
Died
at age 58
in Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Oct 2014
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Biography
Middle names Reagan and probably Christian after his father. Likely named after Confederate General James Hayes Reagan(1800-1864), who lived next to the Shells.
James Shell supposedly died in Louisville, KY, but was buried in Sweetwater, TN.
Sources
- 1880 Dist 5/McMinn/TN
- 1900 Sweetwater/Monroe/TN
- 1910 Louisville/KY
- Vital data from DAR records and 1900 census
- TN Marr. Index 1780-2002
- West View Cemetery, Monroe, TN
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35225962/james-reagan-shell
- Descendant Jessica Ely
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Roger Shell
:
Y-Chromosome Test 12 markers, haplogroup E1b1b1
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~1.56%
Bill Porter :
23andMe, GEDmatch RM4282027 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GZ1472890 [compare], Ancestry member lmubill
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~1.56%
Sara Peterson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member saraelizabeth22
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~0.78%
Kathryn (Beck) Kelly :
23andMe
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