John E. Shell

{{Infobox person |name = John E. Shell |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date text|1800}} |birth_place = Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S. |death_date={{death year and age|1865|1800}} |death_place=Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S. |occupation = Lawyer |alma_mater = |title= Delegate }} '''John E. Shell''' (December 25, 1800 – January 20, 1865) was a nineteenth-century American lawyer and politician from Virginia. Shell served as a Commonwealth's attorney, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and as a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850.

==Early life== Shell was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1800, and received a common school education there.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 111</ref>

==Career== [[File:View of Capitol, Richmond, Va. April,1865 - NARA - 529087.jpg|thumb|right|The Virginia Capitol at Richmond VA<br>where 19th century Conventions met]]

As an adult, Shell established a successful law practice in Brunswick County despite his lack of formal education.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 111</ref>

Shell served as a Delegate in the Virginia General Assembly for many years from Brunswick County, and was also appointed Commonwealth’s Attorney continuously during his career.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 111</ref> In 1850, Shell was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of three delegates elected from the Southside delegate district made up of his home district of Brunswick County, as well as Lunenburg, Nottoway and Dinwiddie Counties.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 99</ref>

During the American Civil War, Flood served under the Confederate regime as Commonwealth’s Attorney of Brunswick County from 1861 until his death.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 111</ref>

==Death== John E. Shell died in Brunswick County, Virginia on January 21, 1865.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 111</ref>

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==Bibliography==

*{{cite book |last=Pulliam |first=David Loyd |title=The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time |publisher= John T. West, Richmond |year=1901 |isbn= 978-1-2879-2059-5 |ref=pulliam}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shell, John E.}} Category:Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Category:1800 births Category:1865 deaths Category:People from Brunswick County, Virginia Category:County and city commonwealth's attorneys in Virginia Category:19th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly