Eliphalet Remington, III

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(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to Lois Sorensen and/or to other sources as noted herein.)

In the 1880 Federal Census, E. Remington and wife Catharine are living in Ilion, German Flats, Herkimer Co., NY, with their 3 children.

See notes for his father, Eliphalet Remington II.

Eliphalet married Catherine M. Stevens 1854. Catherine was born 25 Mar 1835, NY; died 10 Jul 1902. [Group Sheet]

1. Jessie Remington was born 9 Jun 1856, NY; died 3 Dec 1922.
2. Bertha Remington was born 30 Jan 1858, NY; died 25 May 1935; was buried , Union Cemetery, McConnellsburg, PA.
3. Philo E. Remington was born 30 Nov 1869, NY; died 11 Mar 1937.

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Eliphalet is the founder of the Remington Arms Company; he made the famous guns at "The Gulph" or "Gulch" until 1830, then in Ilion, where the first "Armory" was built in 1835. For more information and pictures, see: [www.remington.com/aboutus/history.htm]

Also, go to our web site [www.thesorensens.net] photo gallery, click on Remington Places, and then click Remington RootsWeb. In addition, the family tree at our web site has some family pictures of Eliphalet and other family members (click on thumbnail and camera icon by his name).

Source Citation: "Eliphalet Remington."Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HistRC/]

The following biographical essay is from the above source:

Remington, Eliphalet (Oct. 27, 1793 - Aug. 12, 1861), manufacturer, the eldest son of Eliphalet Remington, a carpenter and mechanic, was born at Suffield, Conn. He was among the descendants of Thomas Remington, a resident of Windsor, Conn., as early as 1672. His mother is said to have been Elizabeth, n

Eliphalet married Abigail Paddock 12 May 1814. Abigail (daughter of William Paddock and Lucy Loveland) was born Abt. 3 Oct 1890, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died 21 Aug 1841; was buried , Armory Hill Cemetery, Ilion, Herkimer Co., NY. [Group Sheet]

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One site has her place of birth as Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.

Abigail was killed by being thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse on 21 August 1841.

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(If you use any portion of these notes, please give credit to Lois Sorensen, Remington family researcher and compiler, and/or to other sources as noted herein.)

Eliphalet & Elizabeth moved to Litchfield, Herkimer County, NY, in 1799; they built a stone house, Crane's Corner, then "The Forge" on Steele Corner, "The Gulph" or "Gulch" in 1807 (see Boyd Scott Remington's ancestry chart).

Eliphalet was killed in a wagon accident in 1828. (see "The Remington Historical Treasury of American Guns" by Harold L. Peterson, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1966, p. 29)

Eliphalet married Elizabeth Kilbourn 3 Mar 1791, Suffield, CT. Elizabeth was born 20 Aug 1770; died 15 Apr 1843. [Group Sheet]

William — Lucy Loveland. [Group Sheet]

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John & Josiah were twins.

John married Desire Patience Mason 5 Nov 1767, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. Desire was born 20 Feb 1744/45, Ashford, Windham Co., CT; died 14 Dec 1843. [Group Sheet]