School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Levi Shreckengost 1842 to 1940 was a gunsmith and civil war veteran having been captured and held at Andersonville Prison. He was his fathers apprentice, but his gunsmithing career ended when he left for the civil war. Very little is know of his work except this pictured quilted maple halfstock rifle.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Elizabeth Township, 1847-1850
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Messersmith was an early maker of flintlock longrifles in Lancaster Boro. He appears on tax records for the years 1779-1810.
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Todd Township. Working dates: 1870-1887. Born 1850 Died 1887. Apprentice of James Stapleton.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Allegheny Arsenal, Allegheny County (1819-21) Vedrsailles Township, Allegheny County (1826) St. Clair Township, Allegheny County (1834) Baldwin Township, Allegheny County (1844-48) South Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1848-50)
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1850
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Lancaster Boro., 1847-1850
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1829-1830
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1817-30)
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1795, died 1876; gunsmith, miller) Mifflin Township, Allegheny County (1820-46) Baldwin Township, Allegheny County (1846-65) Taylor Township, Merecer County (1870)
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Weisenberg Township, Northampton County, 1800 Tax List-Easton
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1792-1802
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Researcher Sam Dyke traced the evolution of the Baker family of gunsmiths within the county. While no guns made by these men are known to exist, these men are important for they are, very likely, the first gunsmiths to settle within the Lancaster region. In 1717, Robert Baker (d. 1728) and his […]
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Mathias Hoak, Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro, 1802-1814. (Dyke)
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1803
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Millsboro, Washington County (1813-18)
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1832; son of Christian Stuebgen) Saxonburg, Butler County (1850) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860-65) Saxonburg, Butler County (1870) Butler, Butler County (1878)
School: Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) Christian Derr was taxed as a gunsmith in 1805 in the Oley Valley. His rifles signed with a C.D. are usually found as unadorned rifles with simple patchbox designs and some utilize painted stocks to imitate tiger striping. This gunmaker is most likely the same gunmaker who later worked in Union County.
School: York (Pennsylvania/PA) Also spelled Laether, Lether and Ledder.
