Background
Remington, Eliphalet was born on October 27, 1793 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Kilbourn) Remington.
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Remington, Eliphalet was born on October 27, 1793 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Kilbourn) Remington.
He was the second child of four surviving children (but the only son) of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Kilbourn) Remington, whose family origins lay in Yorkshire, England. Eliphalet II followed in his father"s footsteps and entered the blacksmith trade at the family"s rural forge in Herkimer County, New New York The original family home at Kinne Corners, New York, built about 1810 and known as Remington House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The younger Remington worked with his father in the forge, and at 23 he hand-made a flintlock rifle using a firing mechanism bought from a gunsmith, but constructing the barrel himself.
The rifle received such a response that Remington decided to manufacture it in quantity. The company continued to grow and to develop its product and gradually began the manufacture of other sporting goods, such as bicycles.
At the present time, the company is known as the Remington Arms Company, Incorporated.
Married Abigail Paddock, May 12, 1814, at least 5 children, including Philo, Samuel, Eliphalet.