Category: Pennsylvania

Williams, Abraham

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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)

Smith, Thomas

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Smith Township, Washington County (1827-28)

Pyle, Nathan

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

Smith, Peter

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Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Henderson Township. Approx. working dates:1844-1845

Abendshen, Joseph

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Worked in Pittsburgh, Allegheny county 1857 to 1860. Worked in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia 1862 to 1866.

Urie (Urey), Soloman

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Gunsmith, blacksmith) Hopewell Township, Washington County (1791-1813) Orange Township, Richland County, Ohio (1814)

Ault, Frederick,Jr

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Worked in Somerset Township, Washington County 1791-1818. Worked as a blacksmith and gunsmith.

Cresson, James

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

Fox, Benjamin

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

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

Hughes, John

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

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

Nauman, Jacob

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1809-1832

Craig, Joseph

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

Weaver, Henry

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Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Approx. working dates:1819-1835. Born:1790

Strawick, Hugh M.

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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)

Fleck, Valentine

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Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Shirley Township. Approximate working dates: 1850-1882. Born 1805 Died 1882.

Reiffer, Adam

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)

Pollock, Smith

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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)