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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.)
Philo resided most of his life in Ilion, NY. He and Caroline are living there in the 1880 Federal Census (Village of Ilion, German Flats, Herkimer County, NY).
He headed the mechanical department at the Remington Arms Company, and perfected breach loading. He is also famous for his typewriter, first produced at the arms company, then at the Remington Typewriter Company in Ilion, NY. The Remington Standard 2 was the archetypal typewriter, first produced in 1878.
For more information and photos, go to the photo gallery at our web site [www.thesorensens.net], click on Remington Places, then click on the following links: Remington Typewriter Museum (follow printed instructions under link) and Remington RootsWeb
Source citation for the following biographical essay: "Philo 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/]
Remington, Philo (Oct. 31, 1816 - Apr. 4, 1889), manufacturer, was born at Litchfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., the eldest son of Eliphalet Remington [q.v.]. His mother is said to have been Abigail, n
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1816 - 1889 (72 years)
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