School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of Eldorado, Logan Township.Born: 1824 Died:1902
Riling, John, Jr.
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Riling, John, Jr.
Creamer, Daniel
School: Maryland Taneytown Daniel Creamer learned the gunsmith trade from his brother Philip and in the summer of 1805 he and Philip went west. In 1809 he is shown in the day book of the Cahokia, Illinois, store of Bryan & Morrison as purchasing articles on his brother’s account. In 1816 Daniel and his brother, […]
Fleck, George
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of Mount Union, Shirley Township. Approximate working dates 1840-1880. Born 1799 Died 1880
Glass, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Western PA and Ohio
Sheetz, Henry
School: Hampshire (West Virginia/WV) No biographical information available.
Holeman, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1807-1819
Baker, Melchoir
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Georges Township Fayette County 1781-1805
Ebert, Samuel
School: Maryland Frederick The 1860 federal census showed Samuel Ebert as a gunsmith working in Frederick, aged 27. He was a son of Henry and Polly Tice Ebert, who were married in November of 1822 and both were from Frederick. He may have been related to and the mentor of Benjamin Ebert. For additional information […]
Lingle, Simon
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Simon Lingle was taxed as a gunsmith in 1850, working in Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. (present-day Hershey) Known specimens are percussion rifles.
Lloyd, William
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)
Mechlius, Edward
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Edward Mechlius, gunsmith, Halifax Boro, Dauphin Co., PA, tax list 1815. (Kauffman)
Albright, Andreas Albrecht
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Warwick Township, Lititz, Pa., 1772-1800
Guest, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) John Guest was taxed as a gunsmith in Lancaster Boro in the first decade of the 19th century. In addition to classic longrifles he manufactured 1808 contract rifles for the government. His name appears on original sales manifests for these guns along with the other important makers of this period from Lancaster […]
Ebbert, William
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Leinbach, Elias
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Brecknock Township, 1843-1846
Terrance, Adam
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Fort Pitt (1763)
Smith, Samuel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Redstone Township, Fayette County (1823-31)
Haldeman, Daniel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Croner, Abraham
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1791-1868
Rupp, John
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith,John Rupp (1786-1848), nephew of gunsmith Herman Rupp, was taxed as a gunsmith in Weisenberg Twp., Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. J. Rupp specimens regularly present fully evolved Lehigh architecture–sleek and graceful with a pronounced curvilinear buttstock profile.