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Cunningham, Alexander
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Cunningham, Alexander
Boyd, William
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Willaim Boyd, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, gunsmith, 1811. Boyd family was early to region, holders of Penn land grant.
Sager, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lampeter Township, 1777
Seebrooks, William
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Martic Township, 1803-1808
Pannebecker, Daniel
School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) The Pannebecker family of Cumru and Brecknock Townships consisted of no less than eight gunmakers. Although some, like Samuel and Jess also worked in nearby Lancaster County, the grandfather, Daniel was one of the first to make guns near Mohnton in the late 1700s. Through marriages and related apprenticeships the Pannebecker family […]
Buttner, Herman
School: Salem (North Carolina/NC) Born in 1793. He worked in Salem and Bethabara, North Carolina. He was apprenticed to Christopher Vogler at Salem in 1810. Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
Kennedy, Alexander (the Earlier)
School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC) Alexander Kennedy the Earlier born 1738 and died 1805. He was the head of the well known, Kennedy family of gunsmiths of Mechanics Hill, North Carolina. Father of gunsmiths David Kennedy (1768-1837), Alexander Kennedy II (1772-1828) and John Kennedy II (born 1766, died ?). Source: Ivey, William. North Carolina […]
Fondersmith, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Reported to have worked in the village of Strasburg, Pennsylvania, and appears on county records as working within Strasburg Twp., 1779-1803.
Zahm, Mathias
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Borough, 1813-1819.
Dalby, William
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Washington County
Resor, Peter
School: Maryland Hagerstown Peter was one of the sons of Mathias Roesser and learned the gunsmith trade from his father in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. When his father died in 1771 he acquired the family homestead, but sold it to his brother-in-law Jacob Kraft, who was also a gunsmith. About 1785 Peter and his family moved to Elizabeth […]
Topper, Henry
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)
Beach, C
School: Ohio Mercer, County
Pannebecker, Daniel
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Daniel Pannebecker was a gunsmith working in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., in the 1828-1831 era.
Roesser, Mathew
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1759-1770
Brant, Jacob
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1811-1872
McGilvay, Alexander
School: Harrisonburg/Rockingham (Virginia/VA) No biographical information available.
Hoffman, Christian
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1807-1811
Gillman, Nicholas
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Donegal Township, 1801-1808
Williams, Levi
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Greene Township, Greene County (1820-22) Monongahela Township, Greene County (1824-27) Morgan Township, Greene County (1831)