Biography
Born in Hopewell, New York, Uncle Dan LeFever's gunmaking career began as an apprentice in Canandaigua, New York in the early 1850s. He married Sarah Stead on June 10, 1857, in Canandaigua. He opened his own gunshop in Canandaigua in 1857. His principal business was making muzzle-loading rifles. In 1862 he joined with James Ellis to form LeFever & Ellis. They built long-range rifles which were used in the American Civil War. This partnership broke up in 1867.
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