Western Pennsylvania

(born 1803, died 1855) Bullskin Township, Fayette County (1821) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County(1824-37) Tuolumne County, California (1848-52,1855)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Philip Knappinberger

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Franklin Township, Washington County (1807-16)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Kuntz (Koontz)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

East Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1816-30)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Charles Laib

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1826) Borough Township, Beaver County (1849) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850) Madison, Wisconsin (1858-1859)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Lappington

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

No biographical information available.

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Gotlieb Lately

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1828 in Saxony, Germany) Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County (1860-70) Greenock, Allegheny County (1890)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

P.H. Lauffman

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(hardware dealer) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-76)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Lechner

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-05, 1823-30)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Andrew Lennox

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1788, died 1842) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1825-26) Fairview (now Springdale), Alleghany County (1837-42)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Lesnor

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1803)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David H. Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Cumberland Township, Greene County (1848-49) Marion County, (West) Virginia (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Borough Township, Beaver County (1846)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Patterson Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

German Township, Fayette County (1845-48)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

German Township, Fayette County (1811) Springhill Township, Fayette County (1815-17)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Marzeen Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1828) Uniontown, Fayette County (1850-51)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Robert A. Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1831 in Virginia) Carmichaels, Green County (1850, with Thomas P. Lilly)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Thomas P. Lilly

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1818 in Virginia) Carmichaels, Greene County (1846-52) Morgantown, Monongalia County, (West) Virginia (1859-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Jr. Lindley

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(gunsmith, blacksmith) Morris Township, Washington County (1811-35)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Daniel Little

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1815; gun-barrel, shovel manufacture) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-55)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

J. & D. Little

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(James, Daniel, gun-barrel manufacturers) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-54)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Little

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1809; gun-barrel, shovel manufacturer Buffalo Township, Washington County (1827-30) Donegal Township, Washington County (1831-34) Ohio (1843-46) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-63)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Lucas Livers

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(runaway apprentice of Tower Adams) Washington, Washington County (1824)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Lloyd

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Uniontown, Fayette County (1846-48) South Union Township, Fayette County (1851-54) Logan and Kennedy (hardware dealers) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1831-47)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Long

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1808) Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County (1835-67)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Peter Long

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1834) Greensburg, Westmoreland County (1870)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Charles Love

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1826 in Germany) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Philip Mahla

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1856-59)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Mahon

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Washington, Washington County (1834-35)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Mann

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(gunsmith, whitesmith) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1819-39)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Mars

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1817)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James B. Marshal

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860-61, 1864-65)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Martin

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-06)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Thompson Martin

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1806 in Virginia) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1839-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Coll McCallister

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(gunsmith, whitesmith) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1813-18)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James McCammant

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1777) Washington, Washington County (1797) Wellsburg, (West) Virginia (1807-25) Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George W. McCartney

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1849; son of William McCartney) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1867-68)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William G. McCartney

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1820, died 1872) Uniontown, Fayette County (1841-43) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1846-72)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James McCauley

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County (1824-25) Nottingham Township, Washington County (1825-33) Monongahela, Washington County (1834-42)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Andrew McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(son of William McClelland German Township, Fayette County (1809-13) Greene Township, Greene County (1817-23) Monongahela Township, Greene County (1824-25)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Asa McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(son of William McClelland) Waynesburg, Greene County (1798-1835)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Waynesburg, Greene County (1799)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Enos McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(son of William McClelland) German Township, Fayette County (1802-11) Luzerne Township, Fayette County (1812-13)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Ephraim McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

German Township, Fayette County (1828-29)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George C. McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1862) Wayne Township, Greene County (1880)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(son of William McClelland) German Township, Fayette County (1795-1816)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(son of William McClelland) German Township, Fayette County (1795-1800)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William McClelland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(died 1815; innkeeper, gunsmith) Uniontown, Fayette County (1785-98)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel McCosh

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1796, died 1868) Peters Township, Washington County (1816-17) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1826-30) Nottingham Township, Washington County (1831-46) Collins Township, Allegheny County (1850-68)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel McCosh

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1813) Nottingham Township, Washington County (1835-36) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1849-60) Gastonville, Washington County (1862-90)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George McCoy

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(died 1820) Uniontown Township, Fayette County (1785-90) Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio (1813-20)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Daniel J. McDonald

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1825, died 1864) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-64; with William Craig in 1850 and with William Craig in Iron City Gun Works, 1856-57)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Barr McDowell

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1822; gunsmith, innkeeper) Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County (1843-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John McEwen

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1794; runaway apprentice of S. Galbraith) Pitt Township, Allegheny County (1813)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Charles McFadden

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Bullskin Township, Fayette County (1827-32, 1834-40) Connellsville, Fayette County (1833)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John D. McKahan

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1824, died 1864 at Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia) Washington, Washington County (1850-61)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Hugh McKean

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1763 in Virginia, died 1850) Versailes Township, Allegheny County (1791-1800) Cool Springs Township, Mercer County (1802-51)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James McKean

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1779, died 1851) Franklin Township, Westmoreland County (1802-51)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William McKean

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Franklin Township, Westmoreland County (1839-42)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Means

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Smith Township, Washington County (1810-25) Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio (1829-33)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Mestrezat

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1809) Mapletown, Greene County (1830-36)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David Miller

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Washington County, Maryland (1796) Georges Township, Fayette County (1800-14)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Frederick Miller

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1820 in Germany) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1850; penitentiary-horse stealing)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Miller

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

West Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1793-1800)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Josiah Miller

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Uniontown, Fayette County (1814)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Milliron

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1768, died 1808) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1802-08)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Peter Moll

School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)

Peter Moll (1799 – 1879), son of John Moll, moved to Hellertown to work as a gunsmith after his brother, John Moll Jr. bought the business from their father. Peter was making guns in Hellertown by 1826. Peter’s mother was the niece of Peter Neihardt, another master gunsmith of Lehigh Valley.

Filed Under: Northampton/Lehigh, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John T. Moore

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1850) New Freeport, Greene County (1876)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Phillamon Morgan

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Springhill Township, Fayette County (1817-30)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Morrow

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Uniontown, Fayette County (1842-43)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David Morton

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1770 in Massachusetts, died 1823; gunsmith, clock maker) West Newton, Westmoreland County (1810-23)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Elijah Moss

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1801-03)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Absalom Moyer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Etna, Allegheny County (1860-61) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1864-65)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

H. Munson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1841-47)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Joseph Murphy

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Washington, Washington County (1847-49)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Benjamin Musgrave

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny, Allegheny County (1860) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County ((1861-62; with William Craig)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Francis Mussman

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1859-79

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Philip Myer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Naylor (Nailor)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1811-12)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Richard Neil

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1786 in New York) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1817)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Neth

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1804 in Germany) West Newton, Westmoreland County (1859-61)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David Newburn

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1831) Morris Township, Washington County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

F.J.L. Newburn

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1828) Richhill Township, Greene County (1850-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Noble

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1828) Claysville, Washington County (1850-62)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Oldenhousen

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1847)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

L. W. Owens

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(gunsmith, locksmith) Connellsville, Fayette County (1881)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Elisha L. Pancost (Pancoast)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1822, died 1896) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1850-51) West Newton, Westmoreland County (1852) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1858-59) West Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1860) Elizabeth, Allegheny County (1861-80) Greensboro, Greene County (1885-90)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Frank Parkinson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1825 in Virginia) Morris Township, Washington County (1870)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Robert Patterson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Smith Township, Washington County (1827)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel J. Patterson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1832; gunsmith, barrel maker) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1850) Pittsburgh, Allegheny (1858-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Thomas and Company Patterson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Allegheny Gun Works) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1892)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Pheaster (Feaster)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1812) West Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1838-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Levan Philips

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(armorer) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1791-92)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John A. Pietsch

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny, Allegheny County (1891-94)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Christian Plants

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1822) East Finley Township, Washington County (1850-61)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John H. Pollitt

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1820 in England, died 1895) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1842-95)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David Pollock

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1795, died 1876; gunsmith, miller) Mifflin Township, Allegheny County (1820-46) Baldwin Township, Allegheny County (1846-65) Taylor Township, Merecer County (1870)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Smith Pollock

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Benjamin Smith Pollock-David’s brother) Neshannock, Lawrence County (1840) New Castle, Lawrence County (1841) Shenango Township, Lawrence County (1849)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel B. Post

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(died 1947) Pleasant Grove, Washington County (1890-1900)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Proctor

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

German Township, Fayette County (1815-16) Menallen Township, Fayette County (1816-19)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Silas D. Pryor

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny Arsenal, Allegheny County (1819-21) Vedrsailles Township, Allegheny County (1826) St. Clair Township, Allegheny County (1834) Baldwin Township, Allegheny County (1844-48) South Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1848-50)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Nathan Pyle

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(gunsmith, blacksmith, auger maker) East Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1827-36)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Charles Reed

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Springhill Township, Fayette County (1813-15) Washington Township, Fayette County (1815-16,1819)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Daniel Regler

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born in 1795 in Germany) Lawrenceville, Allegheny County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Adam Reiffer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Geroge Reinman

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1842) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

T. Reinman

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1833 in Germany) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

P.W. Rentgen

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny Arsenal, Allegheny County (1817-33)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Resor (Rasure, Razer)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

German Township, Fayette County (1798-1803)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Frederick Rhodes

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny County (1823)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William H. Rhodes

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny, Allegheny County (1856-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry J. Rigden

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born in 1795 in Maryland; silversmith, gunsmith, locksmith) Georgetown, D.C. (1817) Brownsville, Fayette County (1818-50)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Hugh Rippy

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(died 1790) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1789-90)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Thomas H. Roland (Rowland, Rolland)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1813 in Tennessee) Brownsville, Fayette County (1849-54) New Castle, Lawrence County (1854-58) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1862-67)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Andrew Romer (Rohmer)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1858-64)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Elijah Ross

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1786, died 1864) Fredericktown, Washington County (1807-08) Zanesville, Ohio (1813-64)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Ross

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(died 1816) Fredericktown, Washington County (1799-1802) Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio (1803-16)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Ross

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County(1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Ross

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Luzern Township, Fayette County (1795-96) Fredericktown, Washington County (1798-1818)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Thomas Rowland

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Brownsville, Fayette County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Hiram Russell

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1836) East Pike Run Township, Washington County (1860-75)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Job Russell

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(born 1813 in Ohio) Columbiana County, Ohio (1839) Perry Township, Fayette County (1847-48) Connellsville, Fayette County (1948-49) Jefferson Township, Fayette County (1850) Brownsville, Fayette County (1852-53) East Pike Run Township, Washington County (1860-80)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Joseph Russell

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Brownsville, Fayette County (1847)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Schafer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Gunsmith, locksmith) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1870-72)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Joseph Schairer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1805 in Germany) Greensburg, Westmoreland County (1856-66)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry H. Schulte

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1864-80; Iron City Gun Works 1864-77)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David Shallenberger

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Bullskin Township, Fayette County (1820-29) Connellsville, Fayette County (1830-34)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Sharp

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1848; African American) Canonsburg, Washington County (1870)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Gerorge Shefler

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Blacksmith, gunsmith) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1817-31)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Peter Sherry (Cherry)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Died 1810) Township Westmoreland County (1802-10 Derry)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Sherry (Cherry), Sr.

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1800-13) Richland Township, Clarion County (1814-23) Beaver Township, Venango County (1824-39) Beaver Township, Clarion County (1840-59)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Joseph Shough

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1761 in Lancaster County) German Township, Fayette County (1809-27)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Levi Shreckengost

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Levi Shreckengost 1842 to 1940 was a gunsmith and civil war veteran having been captured and held at Andersonville Prison. He was his fathers apprentice, but his gunsmithing career ended when he left for the civil war. Very little is know of his work except this pictured quilted maple halfstock rifle.

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Lincoln Shreckengost

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Lincoln Shreckengost, 1865 to 1948, another son of William G. Shreckengost. Lincoln was a gunsmith and store owner in Putneyville and his fathers apprentice. His work was mostly in the repair of guns, but he did make guns as well. Photo of a rifle shotgun combination made by him.

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Shreckengost

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

William G. Shreckengost, 1818-1894 Pennsylvania born, son of gunsmith John Schrecengost born 1776. Wm was a prolific maker of Pennsylvania rifles from the 1830s to the 1880s. A full time gunsmith all his life, he made percussion sporting rifles, target/bench rifles, several swivel breech rifles and a limited number of pistols in his shop along the Mahoning Creek at Putneyville, PA. He was a talented engraver even up to two years before his death.

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Lewis Shroyer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1805-06) Grafton, Taylor County, (West) Virginia (1807-27)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Isaac Shunk

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Taneytown, Frederick County, Maryland (1801-04) Lancaster, Lancaster County (1810-11) Pitt Township, Allegheny County (1819-30) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1832)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Silvis

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 180?, died 1892) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1826-31) Washington Township, Westmoreland County (1832-90)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Oliver K. Simpson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1844; apprentice of D.J. McDonald) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860-72)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Small

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-06) New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio (1807-12)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Abias Butler Smith

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1818, died 1900) Clinton, Allegheny County (1838) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County ( 1865-67) Crescent Township, Allegheny County (1867) New Castle, Lawrence County (1870-72) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1892)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Smith

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1810) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1832-55)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Smith

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Murrysville, Westmoreland County (1861)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Smith

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Gunsmith, blacksmith) Salem Township, Westmoreland County (1802-10)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Smith

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Redstone Township, Fayette County (1823-31)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Thomas Smith

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Smith Township, Washington County (1827-28)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Smootz (Smutz)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1797) Bullskin Township, Fayette County (1820-23) Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1830-50)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Snyder

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1823) Flatwood, Fayette County (1860-61)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Isaac M. Springer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1808 in Pennsylvania) Huntsburgh Township, Geauga County, Ohio (1850) Raccoon Township, Beaver County (1856-93)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John W. Springer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Biographical Information:

Raccoon Township, Beaver County (1887-1900)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Stahl

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Gunsmith, locksmith) Sharpsburg, Allegheny County (1878-96)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Steck

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1817-30)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Stephens

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Uniontown, Fayette County (1810-12)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Stickle

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Hanover Township, York County (1793) South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County (1796-1802) Shenango Township, Beaver County (later Lawrence County) (1803-22)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Still

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1799-1800)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Peter Stilley

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1777, died 1819) Mifflin Township, Allegheny County (1800-19)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Adam Stoup

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1792) Unity Township, Westmoreland County (1835-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Andrew Strawick

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

West Jefferson, Butler County (1810)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Andrew Strawick, Jr.

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1807) Buffalo Township, Butler County (1850) Butler, Butler County (1860) Brady’s Bend Township, Armstrong County (1866) Beaver Falls, Beaver County (1870) Butler, Butler County (1872-84)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Hugh M. Strawick

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1839; son of Andrew Strawick, Jr.) Butler, Butler County (1860-61) Brady’s Bend Township, Armstrong County (1865-72) Butler, Butler County (1872-1920)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William Stroebel

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Gunsmith, locksmith, machinist) Birmingham, Allegheny County (1856-59)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Christian Stuebgen

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1801 in Saxony, Germany; gunsmith, whitesmith) Philadelphia (1826-32) Saxonburg, Butler County (1832-80)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George A. Stuebgen

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1832; son of Christian Stuebgen) Saxonburg, Butler County (1850) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860-65) Saxonburg, Butler County (1870) Butler, Butler County (1878)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Gustave Stuebgen

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1832; son of Christian Stuebgen) Saxon, Butler County (1880)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Sutton and Dunseth

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(George Sutton, Andrew Dunseth) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1797-1800)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Sutton

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Lancaster, Lancaster County (1795) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1796-1810) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (merchant) (1813-26)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Swigley

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny Arsenal, Allegheny County (1819)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Peter Swinehart

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

West Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1788-1828)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John H. Syphers

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1818) Waynesburg, Greene County (1842-90)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Teaff

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Biographical Information:

(Born 1796) Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania (1814; apprentice of Asa McClelland) Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio (1816-61)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Adam Terrance

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Fort Pitt (1763)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Abram Tetley

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1822 in England) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1848-62; Enterprise Gun Works)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George W. Thompson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1836) Washington, Washington County (1858-80)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Topper

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Died 1840) Gettysburg, Adams County (1801-12) Hampshire County, (West) Virginia (1819-20) Napier Township, Bedford County (1832-35) Youngstown, Westmoreland County (1838-40)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Josiah Topper

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1813) Youngstown, Westmoreland County (1839-51)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Josiah Topper

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1813) Youngstown, Westmoreland County

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Johnson Toppin

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1808 in Maryland) Carmichaels, Greene County (1860) Cumberland Township, Greene County (1870-80)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Trayer

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-03)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Trump

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Bullskin Township, Fayette County (1799-1808)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Soloman Urie (Urey)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Gunsmith, blacksmith) Hopewell Township, Washington County (1791-1813) Orange Township, Richland County, Ohio (1814)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Benjamin Vansciver

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburg, Allegheny County (1856-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Abraham VanVoorhis

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Gunsmith, blacksmith) Morris Township, Washington County (1791-1834)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James Walker

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-03) Morris Township, Knox County, Ohio (1804-30)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Joseph Walker

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Georges Township, Fayette County (1799-1803) Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio (1804-1816)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

S. Walker

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1826)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Wallace

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1816 in New York) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1839) Freeport, Armstrong County (1850-68) Franklin, Venango County (1870-78) Freeport, Armstrong County (1880-90)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John Webster

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1810 in New York) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John H. Wenzell

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1870-71) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1872-88)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

C. L. Werner

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny, Allegheny County (1874-75)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jonathan West

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

East Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1809-11)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel West

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Fallowfield Township, Washington County (1897-09) Millisboro, Washington County (1810-30)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

William West

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Millsboro, Washington County (1813-18)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Wheatley

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1837) Washington, Washington County (1860)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Constant White

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Allegheny Arsenal, Allegheny County (1819)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

James White

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1816-18)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

John White

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1800 in Maryland; son of Peter White) New Phadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio (1821-24) Steubenville, Ohio (1830-31) Uniontown, Fayette County (1834-42) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1842-58) Rochester, Beaver County (1859-61) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1864-69)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Levi White

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1818) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1850)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Peter White

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1778, died 1834) Bedford, Bedford County (1806) Colerain Township, Bedford County (1807-14) Bedford, Bedford County (1815-18) Uniontown, Fayette County (1819-34)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel White

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Uniontown, Fayette County (1828-29)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Whitmore and Wolff

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Hardware dealers) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1836-58)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Whitmore, Wolff, Duff, and Company

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Hardware dealer) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1858-72)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Wickery

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Morgan Township, Greene County (1818-23) Buffalo Township, Washington County (1824-27)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Jacob Wigel (Wigle)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County (1811-12) Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County (1813-18) Franklin Township, Fayette County (1818-22) Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County (1822-26) South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County (1827-44)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

George Wilkins

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pike Run Township, Washington County (1804-10)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Abraham Williams

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1789 in Virginia) Greene Township, Greene County (1816-22) Monongahela Township, Greene County (1824-26) Clarksville, Greene County (1827-30) Morris Township, Washington County (1833-56)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Levi Williams

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Greene Township, Greene County (1820-22) Monongahela Township, Greene County (1824-27) Morgan Township, Greene County (1831)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Lewis Williams

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1800) Greene Township, Greene County (1817-23) Monongahela Township, Greene County (1823-33) Georges Township, Fayette County (1833-38) Allaince, Stark County, Ohio (1850-60)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Richard Williams

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Morris Township, Washington County (1839-41)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Samuel Wilson

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1842)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Martin Winterhalter

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1830 in Baden) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1858-65)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Henry Wolf

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1787-1808)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Otto Wolfe

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1852)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Wolff and Lane

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Hardware dealers) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850-57)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Bernard Wolff, Jr.

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Hardware dealer, successor to Wolff and Lane) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1859-70)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Absolom Woods

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

German Township, Fayette County (1816-18)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

Robert Workman

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1810 in Ireland) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850; with James Little)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

David Worley (Worlilley)

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)

(Born 1797) Donegal Township, Washington County (1822-32) Buffalo Township, Washington County (1833-35) Donegal Township, Washington County (1836-42) East Finley Township, Washington County (1843-52)

Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania