The 1860 census indicates 'Pearis' kept slaves, and one named Caroline apparently died of typhoid fever in 1862(oral tradition). He and his wife had two sons and six daughters, but both sons apparently died before adulthood.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65988495/william-paris-shell
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