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Louis Albright (1827- ?)
Gunsmith & Carpenter
Ottawa Township , Buckeye Post Office
Putnam County , Ohio
Louis Albright was born in Hanover , Pa. in 1827 . His wife Mary was born in Ohio in 1839. They had one daughter born in 1860 , Wilhelmina . Louis was a gunsmith and carpenter by trade . County court records indicate he was Putnam County Sheriff from 1870 - 1874 .
On May 5 , 1863 , Louis received a patent ( #
38,366 ) for a "Breech - Loading
Firearm " . Patented was a hinged and sliding breech - block with an
external
hammer and containing internal lock parts . Metallic , cloth , or paper
cartridges
could be used with the action as well as percussion caps or wafer
primers .
Reference's:
Gunsmiths of Ohio -18th & 19th Centuries
Volume 1 -Biographical Data
by Donald A. Hutslar
George Shumway Publisher
York , Pa . - Copyright 1973
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