Gilbert Henderson Harrington
Deceased Person
1845 – 1897
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Who was Gilbert Henderson Harrington?
Gilbert Henderson Harrington was the main founder of the arms manufacturing firm of Harrington & Richardson.
Harrington was born at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to Henry Henderson Harrington and Cornelia Bush Wesson. He moved with his family to Worcester, Massachusetts while he was still a child.
Harrington's uncle, Frank Wesson, started a firearms manufacturing firm in 1859. He began a brief partnership with Gilbert Harrington in 1871, as Wesson & Harrington, until Harrington bought him out in 1874.
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