School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1829-1849
Gumph, Andrew
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Gumph, Andrew
Stoup, Adam
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (Born 1792) Unity Township, Westmoreland County (1835-60)
Fondersmith, Lewis
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Born 1778
Gehrett, James W.
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Borough of Smithfield, Smithfield Township. Approximate working dates: 1880-1910. Born 1832 Died 1914.
Steck, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County (1817-30)
Armstrong, John
School: Maryland Worked in Emmittsburg Maryland.
Swigley, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Allegheny Arsenal, Allegheny County (1819)
Livers, Lucas
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (runaway apprentice of Tower Adams) Washington, Washington County (1824)
Wagonhorst, John
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Greenwich Township
Mehagan, Benjamin L.
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Penn Township. Worked in the 1850’s.
Ernst, Jacob
School: York (Pennsylvania/PA)
Withers, Michael
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Michael Withers was an early maker in Lancaster County, working out of Strasburg Twp. in from the 1750’s; then his nephew (also Michael) was active in the trade in Lancaster Boro, circa 1786-1813, reported Sam and Mary Dyke in 1969.
Allebaugh, William R.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Worked in German Township, Fayette County in 1850 to 1852.
Kennedy, John II
School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC) Born in 1766 in what was Orange County, now Moore County. Part of the well known, Kennedy family of gunsmiths of Mechanics Hill, North Carolina. A known longrifle has a captured patchbox lid, that is all four sides of the lid are surrounded the brass “box.” Source: Ivey, William. […]
Altenderfer, Jacob
School: Allemeangel (Pennsylvania/PA) Worked in Greenwich Township
Kile, Nathan
School: Ohio Jackson, County
Dietz, Ernst
School: Maryland Hagerstown Ernst Dietz was active in the German Reformed Church where the only language used was German. On March 15, 1786, an indenture in the land records between Jonathan Hager Jr., son and heir at law of the estate of his father, sold to Ernst Dietz of Elizabeth Town of Washington County aforesaid […]
Miller, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1863
Forrester, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Wurtz, Samuel
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1837