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    Oliver Fisher Winchester (November 30, 1810 – December 10, 1880) was an American businessman and politician, best known as being the founder of the Winchester...
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  • repeating firearms and ammunition. The firm was established in 1866 by Oliver Winchester and was located in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm went into receivership...
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  • on Sunday and shoot all week!" After the war, Oliver Winchester renamed New Haven Arms the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The company modified and...
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    on June 22, 1837, to Oliver Winchester and Jane Ellen Hope in Baltimore, Maryland. His siblings include: Ann Rebecca Winchester (1835-1864) who married...
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    Olive May Winchester (1879–1947) was an American ordained minister and a pioneer biblical scholar and theologian in the Church of the Nazarene, who was...
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  • kidnapped by Mizos Olive Winchester (1879–1947), pioneer biblical scholar and theologian in the Church of the Nazarene Oliver Winchester (1810–1880), largest...
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    close family members. Her mother died in May 1880, her father-in-law, Oliver Winchester, died in December that same year, and her husband died from tuberculosis...
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    Company" in 1855, with the addition of new investors, one of which was Oliver Winchester. The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company obtained all rights for the Volcanic...
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  • later renamed as "Volcanic Repeating Arms", was sold to Oliver Winchester and became the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The modern Smith & Wesson had...
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    Company" in 1855, with the addition of new investors, one of whom was Oliver Winchester. The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company obtained all rights for the Volcanic...
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  • Repeating Arms Company, the successor to the long-defunct Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Winchester trademark, however, is owned by Olin, which licenses...
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  • The Winchester Model 1894 rifle (also known as the Winchester 94 or Model 94) is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and...
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    renamed Volcanic Repeating Arms in 1855, and was financed largely by Oliver Winchester. In 1856, the partners left Volcanic Repeating Arms to begin a new...
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    The Model 1200 is a pump-action shotgun that was manufactured by the Winchester-Western Division of Olin Corporation, starting 1964. It was redesignated...
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  • at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and being the basis for the iconic Winchester rifle of the American Wild West. Designed and introduced by Benjamin Tyler...
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    English golfer Oliver Wilson (rugby league) (born 2000), English rugby league footballer Oliver Winchester (1810–1880), American businessman Oliver Windholz...
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  • traced its origins to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, which was famous for making Winchester rifles. In 1866, Oliver Winchester reorganized the New Haven...
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    Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall still stands; it houses a museum...
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    Providence Church Winchester Opera House Oliver High School was in Winchester. Berea graduate G. A. Benton was principal. Winchester students attend George...
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    1855 the company was renamed Volcanic Repeating Arms and was sold to Oliver Winchester. As Samuel Colt's patent on the revolver was set to expire in 1856...
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    Ezra Warner (inventor) Daniel B. Wesson Rollin White Amos Whitney Oliver Winchester John F. Winslow George Worthington (businessman) The Protestant religion...
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    Winchester (/ˈwɪntʃɪstər/), or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England. The district is named after...
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    The .25-35 Winchester Center Fire was introduced in 1895 by Winchester for the Winchester Model 1894. Together with the .30-30 Winchester, it was one of...
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    self-contained cartridges that were developed and marketed successfully by Oliver Winchester, after which manufactured metallic cartridges became standard. In...
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  • Ronald Hugh Barker Barlow lens - Barlow's wheel – Peter Barlow Bath Oliver – William Oliver Beaufort scale – Sir Francis Beaufort Beecham's Pills – Thomas...
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  • Williams (author) Wilson Combat – Bill Wilson Winchester, Winchester Repeating Arms – Oliver Winchester Winning Appliances – John Winning and the Winning...
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  • of Leo Tolstoy Oliver Winchester – founder of the Winchester repeating rifle company Sarah Winchester – wife of William Wirt Winchester and builder of...
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    Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly known as Winchester Cathedral, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind...
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  • The Winchester Model 1911 SL Shotgun was a self-loading, recoil-operated shotgun produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company from 1911 to 1925....
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    Empire houses on Prospect Street in New Haven for Oliver Winchester and John M. Davies. The Winchester House has been demolished, but the Davies house remains...
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