House  1873  (District 36);  House  1875  (District 36)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Democratic
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   McLeod, Sibley
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1839
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Prussia
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1906
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Hutchinson
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Merchant
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            11th Infantry (1st Lieutenant); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            1st Cavalry (Private); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing, the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1875 and The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873 list his last name as Schnell.  The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1873 lists both Schnell and Schell.
He moved to Sibley County, Minnesota in 1856, 1857, or 1858.
His party affiliation when first elected was provided by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873, p. 37.