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Kempf, Benjamin

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.

Wright (Right), Aaron

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1797) Richhill Township, Greene County (1832-51)

Llewellyn, Matthew

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) S. Dyke lists Matthew Llewellyn as being taxed as a gunsmith from 1792-1802, working within the boro of Lancaster, PA.

Kempf, Benjamin

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.

Welshantz, Jacob Jr.

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Lebanon/Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Welshantz (Welshance) Jr., son of York gunsmith J. Welshantz, worked in Harrisburg in the 1807-1811 period. He then moved to York where he carried on the family trade through 1831.

Pyle, Nathan

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (gunsmith, blacksmith, auger maker) East Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1827-36)

Siple, Christian

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Lebanon/Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Christian Siple was apprenticed to Jacob Haeffer in Lancaster Boro as early as 1797. He moved to Middletown, PA where he was taxed as a gunsmith from 1808 to 1825. He worked in town as well as in contiguous Swatara Township, Dauphin County. He died circa 1827. Some of his products show […]

Orman, John Michael

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Lock Maker, Lancaster Boro., 1759

Dreppert, William

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843

Glocker, Bernard

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.

Miller, Jacob

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Conestoga Township, 1773

Yost, Phillip

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In North Carolina, Riflemakers, Rowan School

School: Rowan (North Carolina/NC)Born in 1777 and died in 1848 in Rowan County. A known rifle has a “Christmas tree” patchbox and is signed, “P. Yost.”Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.

Smith, Peter

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of New Berlin, Union Township. Approx. working dates: 1825-1828.

LeFever, Isaac

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Post date June 3, 2025
Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Isaac LeFever was one of the county’s earliest established gunamkers. He appears in county records as early as 1731 working out of Lampeter Township.