School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Engle, Eugeneus
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Category: Pennsylvania
Engle, Eugeneus
Ferree, Joel
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Joel Ferree was listed as a gunsmith in Leacock Twp., from 1758-1775. A French Huguenot family, the Ferrees were early settlers in Lancaster Co.
Butler, Richard
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) 1743-1791
Proctor, William
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) German Township, Fayette County (1815-16) Menallen Township, Fayette County (1816-19)
Bear, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gun Barrel Forger, Manheim Township, 1808-1841
Owens, L. W.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (gunsmith, locksmith) Connellsville, Fayette County (1881)
Post, Samuel B.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (died 1947) Pleasant Grove, Washington County (1890-1900)
Wenzell, John H.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1870-71) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1872-88)
Oldenhousen, Jacob
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1847)
Feinebecker, Daniel
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Cocalico Township, 1796
Donham, Lewis
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Diemer, Peter
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA) Peter Diemer, taxed as gunsmith, 1807-1835, Moore Twp., Northampton Co., PA (Dyke)
Greaff, George
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1785-1786
Springer, John W.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Biographical Information: Raccoon Township, Beaver County (1887-1900)
Kettering, George
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1803, died 1855) Bullskin Township, Fayette County (1821) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County(1824-37) Tuolumne County, California (1848-52,1855)
Stahl, George
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Gunsmith, locksmith) Sharpsburg, Allegheny County (1878-96)
Fisher, Francis
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Brown, William
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Funkhouser, Jonathan
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Bellis, Peter
School: Lebanon/Dauphin (Pennsylvania/PA) Peter Bellis (1799-1885)was a prolific maker of flintlock longrifles from the 1820’s through the 1860’s. He worked in Lykens in northern Dauphin County. In 1855, a Peter Bellis, Jr., also was assessed as a gunsmith in nearby Wiconisco.