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Horace Smith

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Horace Smith

Birth
Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
15 Jan 1893 (aged 84)
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot
Birch & Division Avenues 1490
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Industrialist, Inventor. He co-founded the Smith and Wesson firearms manufacturing company with his partner Daniel Baird Wesson, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In the 1850s they invented the repeating action, self-contained cartridge revolver. Today, the Smith and Wesson name and logo are one of the most widely recognized brands of firearms in the world.
Industrialist, Inventor. He co-founded the Smith and Wesson firearms manufacturing company with his partner Daniel Baird Wesson, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In the 1850s they invented the repeating action, self-contained cartridge revolver. Today, the Smith and Wesson name and logo are one of the most widely recognized brands of firearms in the world.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Ron Groleau
  • Added: Nov 11, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16608334/horace-smith: accessed ), memorial page for Horace Smith (28 Oct 1808–15 Jan 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16608334, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.