Category: Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Taneytown, Frederick County, Maryland (1801-04) Lancaster, Lancaster County (1810-11) Pitt Township, Allegheny County (1819-30) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1832)

Axer, John

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Lancaster Boro., 1843-1844

Zahringer, Eugene

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1827 in Germany) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1857-63)

Howeter, Henry

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Upper Leacock Township, 1850

Hess, Christian

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School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1794

Strawick, Andrew

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) West Jefferson, Butler County (1810)

Cochran, Samuel

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1751-1835

Mars, William

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School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1817)

Parks, John, Jr.

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Categories In Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Henderson Township. Worked in the 1820’s.

Gibbs, Henry

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1811-1830

Sell, Jacob

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Categories In Littlestown, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

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

Smith, Abias Butler

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Categories In Pennsylvania, Riflemakers, Western Pennsylvania

School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1818, died 1900) Clinton, Allegheny County (1838) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County ( 1865-67) Crescent Township, Allegheny County (1867) New Castle, Lawrence County (1870-72) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1892)

Pickle, Henry

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Manheim Township, 1811

Schneider, Jacob

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Categories In Allemeangel, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Heidelberg/Lynn Township. Also known as last name Snider and Snyder.

Fordney, John

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

Imhoff, Benedict

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Categories In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Riflemakers

School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Benedict Imhoff (c. 1750-1800) was one of the earliest gunmakers of the Dauphin region. While the earliest record of his name places him in Heidelberg Twp., later documents put him in Middletown. All of this region was part of Lancaster Co. prior to the formation of Dauphin County in 1785.