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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: Dave B on May 02, 2025, 10:04:40 PM
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I picked up this squrriel gun at the Oregon gunmakers fair.Bill picked this up on a trip back in PA in a small town antique shop. The tag has some info was hoping for more. Cant find him in any of my books yet.
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Toppin is mentioned in Rosenberger's & Kaufmann's book, "The Longrifles of Western Pennsylvania," with the following information provided on page 134:
Toppin, Johnson, born 1808 in Maryland, working at Charmichaels in Greene County, PA in 1860, working in Cumberland Twp., Greene County 1870-1880. No rifles by Toppin are illustrated in the above book.
Shelby Gallien
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Here's a bit more to add to Toppin's history. He was born 25 February 1808 and died 22 May 1890. The 1870 census lists him as a farmer. Note that the gun tag indicating that Toppin was a civil war vet wounded at Gettysburg is probably for another guy who was born in 1846
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