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BARRY & MCDONALD COUNTIES, MO
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Unknown People - Schell Mill On Oct 17, 1935 Henry Schell and Elizabeth Yoachum were married and then established a trading post at the foot of a mountain, known today as Shell Knob, MO. Henry Schell was killed July 11, 1863 by bushwhackers in McDonald Co., MO. He was buried in his own yard by family and a neighbor woman. When Elizabeth died, she was buried in the Old Antioch Cemetery, up on the hill from the banks of Big Sugar in McDonald County. The first ten years or so after Henry and Elizabeth were married they lived in the Shell Knob area in Barry County. They came to the Mountain Township area of McDonald County, MO 1845. In 1846 they hauled pine lumber from the War Eagle Mill in Benton County, AR, which was about 16 miles east of Rogers. They took this pine and build a structure of 18 X 24, which was later added on to, and what became then the Schell Mill Store and Post Office. The land that housed the mill was later known as the mill 40. It was located a few feet from where Otter Creek joins Big Sugar Creek. The mill closed in 1863 when Henry died and at that time the land was divided among the children. The evidence of where this mill had been was removed by water and weather elements. But, Henry Schell, Jr., went back to the same site where his father had built the first mill and built another water mill, and used the same drill holes to anchor another dam, which was to furnish power for his water mill. The above photo may be of the mill that Henry Schell, Jr. built. Henry Schell, Jr., had a good spring on his place where he operated a distillery. He used three large copper kettles for this operation. ***
Melinda was a daughter of Henry and Mary (Scott) Schell, Jr. and Henry was a son of the above mentioned Henry and Elizabeth (Yoachum) Schell, Sr.. Photos submitted by: David Funk Unknown Couple - Schell Family Unknown Couple - Schell Family |
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