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Pipino, Lewis

School: Maryland Baltimore Lewis Pipino was born on December 25, 1839, in Bier, Bavaria. He came to this country with his brother Jacob C. Pipino in the mid 1840s and learned the gunsmith trade in Baltimore. He was employed as a gunsmith with his brother at 20 Ensor Street. In 1859 he enlisted in the U.S. […]

Flegel, George

School: Maryland Hagerstown The Maryland Herald & Hagers-Town Weekly Advertiser of Jan. 17, 1806, had a list of letters remaining in the Post Office in Hagers-Town. “George Fischach, George Flegel, care of George Kreps, Gunsmith.” Flegel was apparently in employment of Kreps in the gunsmith line as an apprentice or journeyman. In 1814 Flegel was […]

Compton, Alexander

School: Maryland Hagerstown Alexander Compton was the son of John Compton who, in 1797, was residing at the Mouth of the Monocacy. John advertised a reward for an insolvent debtor discharged by the Washington County Sheriff in September of 1810. On March 24, 1794, Alexander was bound to John Gonter to learn the art and […]

G.D.

School: Rowan (North Carolina/NC)There is an existing rifle with similar characteristics to the Rowan School of gunmaking and signed “D.G.” The patchbox edelweiss finial is usually associated with Virginia gunsmiths, but some Piedmont NC rifles have similar finials.Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.