Eliphalet Remington II (1793 - 1861)

Born 28 Oct 1793 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Died 12 Aug 1861 at age 67 in Ilion, German Flatts, Herkimer, New York, United States

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Biography

Eliphalet Remington II is Notable.

Weapons Inventor, Businessman. A trained blacksmith, at age 23 he invented and hand produced a hunting rifle that became so popular that he founded the "E. Remington and Sons" firearms manufacturing company. Later changed to "Remington Arms", the rifles they produced became iconic in the American West, and are still highly sought today. ^[1]

Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) designed the Remington rifle and founded what is now known as the Remington Arms Co., L.L.C. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then finally E. Remington and Sons.^[2]

Burial

Armory Hill Cemetery

Ilion

Herkimer County

New York

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6607133 interred in Armory Hill Cemetery, Ilion, Herkimer County, New York, USA
2. ↑ Eliphalet Remington on Wikipedia

• Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 110 [1].
• Famous Kin [2]

• Wikipedia— Eliphalet Remington