Albert Shewell
Albert Shewell, farmer, P. O. Edinburgh, was born in Randolph Township, this county, August 22, 1831, son of William and Lydia (Baldwin) Shewell, former born in Waynesburg, Greene Co., Penn., February 5, 1799, and the latter born in Connecticut October 17, 1799, both of English descent. They were married December 14, 1820, in Portage County, where they remained until their death. The father died in Rootstown, this county, April 13, 1880; the mother died in Rootstown, September 4, 1871. Our subject was married January 21, 1851, to Mary E. Chapman, born in Columbiana County, Ohio, January 6, 1832, daughter of James and Mary E. Chapman, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Shewell have had four children: Idazella J., wife of James W. Dundon; Franchette D., who was married to Ida Gilbert; Judd B., married to Estella Stephenson, and Ulysses G. Mr. Shewell, who has been a farmer all his life, owns 170 acres of land where he and his family reside. He has filled several offices of trust in his township.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885