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In 1940, Shell married the former Barbara Morton. The couple divorced in 1968, and she died in 1995. They had five children: Barbara S. Stone and husband Harry Stone of Whittier, California; Joseph Shell, Jr., of Dana Point, David Morton Shell and wife Merrilee of Elk Grove, California; Harold Shell and wife Patricia Shell of San Ramon, California;  Diane Shell Morton and husband Paul Morton of Alamo, California, and Lynn Shell of Porterville, California. Lynn was an adopted son and the blood nephew of Barbara Shell. Joe Shell then married the former Mary Katherine Jaynes, previously Mary Hosking by her first marriage, and relocated to her home city of Bakersfield. Mary had three children: son Geoffrey Hosking and two others who died in their twenties.<ref name=latimes/>

In 1940, Shell married the former Barbara Morton. The couple divorced in 1968, and she died in 1995. They had five children: Barbara S. Stone and husband Harry Stone of Whittier, California; Joseph Shell, Jr., of Dana Point, David Morton Shell and wife Merrilee of Elk Grove, California; Harold Shell and wife Patricia Shell of San Ramon, California;  Diane Shell Morton and husband Paul Morton of Alamo, California, and Lynn Shell of Porterville, California. Lynn was an adopted son and the blood nephew of Barbara Shell. Joe Shell then married the former Mary Katherine Jaynes, previously Mary Hosking by her first marriage, and relocated to her home city of Bakersfield. Mary had three children: son Geoffrey Hosking and two others who died in their twenties.<ref name=latimes/>

Mary Shell had managed Joe Shell's gubernatorial campaign in Kern County and became the first woman mayor of Bakersfield, having served from 1980 to 1984. Thereafter, she was a member of the nonpartisan Kern County Board of Supervisors from 1985 to 1996, having first been elected in a contest against the son-in-law of the [[Hispanic]] labor organizer [[Cesar Chavez]]. Joe Shell walked precincts tirelessly on his wife's behalf, but he never again placed his name on a ballot.<ref>http://www.sacbee.com/111/v-print/story/844451.html</ref>In the same election in which Mary won the supervisor's seat, Joe Shell, Jr., lost a publicized race for State Assembly to liberal activist [[Tom Hayden]], former husband of [[Jane Fonda]].<ref name=human/>

Mary Shell had managed Joe Shell's gubernatorial campaign in Kern County and became the first woman mayor of Bakersfield, having served from 1980 to 1984. Thereafter, she was a member of the nonpartisan Kern County Board of Supervisors from 1985 to 1996, having first been elected in a contest against the son-in-law of the [[Hispanic]] labor organizer [[Cesar Chavez]]. Joe Shell walked precincts tirelessly on his wife's behalf, but he never again placed his name on a ballot.<ref>''Sacramento Bee'', date missing.</ref> In the same election in which Mary won the supervisor's seat, Joe Shell, Jr., lost a publicized race for the California State Assembly to liberal activist [[Tom Hayden]], former husband of leftist celebrity [[Jane Fonda]].<ref name=human/>

==Shell in perspective==

==Shell in perspective==