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Ferree, Joel
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Category: Riflemakers
Ferree, Joel
Werner, C. L.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Allegheny, Allegheny County (1874-75)
Martin, Michael
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Brecknock Township, 1811-1850
Miller, John, Jr.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1771-1803
Coldren, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Henry, William, 2nd
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Warwick Township, 1780 (Later Nazareth)
Trayer, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Georges Township, Fayette County (1802-03)
Fordney, Jacob
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Lancaster Boro., 1843
DeHaven, Peter
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Peter DeHaven appears on county records, listed as a gunsmith working within the boro of Lancaster as early as 1768. DeHaven was also instrumental as a gunpowder maker during the American Revolution, managing a clandestine powder mill near present-day Hummelstown on the Swatara Creek.
Ross, James
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (died 1816) Fredericktown, Washington County (1799-1802) Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio (1803-16)
Baxter, John
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) Uniontown, Fayette County
Hsueder, Henry
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) Gunsmith, Manheim Township, 1848-1849
Reinman, Geroge
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1842) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1860)
Love, Charles
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1826 in Germany) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1850)
McCosh, Samuel
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) (born 1796, died 1868) Peters Township, Washington County (1816-17) Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (1826-30) Nottingham Township, Washington County (1831-46) Collins Township, Allegheny County (1850-68)
Kuntz (Koontz), George
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) East Bethlehem Township, Washington County (1816-30)
Hertzog, Jacob
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA) No biographical information available.
Smith, Peter
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA) Mifflin Co. working dates:1830-1839
Newcomer, John
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA) A father and son, both named John Newcomer, both worked in Lancaster County. The father was reportedly making guns as early as 1767. The elder John Newcomer died in the 1780’s.
Sheetz, Zebulon
School: Hampshire (West Virginia/WV) No biographical information available.