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Title Schell, John J.
Date ca. 1823-ca. 1872
Description John J. Schell, born ca. 1821 in Massachusetts, worked as an engraver and possibly lithographer, including in the partnership Jacobus & Schell, in Philadelphia in the 1850s and 1860s. First listed in city directories in 1846 as a broker who resided at 118 Catherine Street, Schell described his occupation as clerk in the 1850 census. By 1856, he partnered in the engraving and (lithographic?) firm Jacobus & Schell at 40 South Third Street. He also worked as a broker and agent for the business that remained intermittently active until ca. 1869.
Schell was married to Harriett (b. ca. 1824) with whom he had several children. In 1850, Schell was head of a household that included his family and mother Margaret (1781-1861) in Southwark Ward 3. In 1860, the Schell household, including seven children, resided at 742 South Third Street in Ward 4. Listings in local city directories for Schell ceased in 1872 and Schell's wife headed the household at 827 Tasker Street in the 1880 census.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1850, 1860, 1880
Groce & Wallace, 561
Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1846-1872 (intermittently)
WWWAA, 2917