SAMUEL COLT
Name: Samuel Colt
Born: July 19, 1814
Died: January 10, 1862
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford,
Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was
the founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as
Colt's Manufacturing Company), and is widely credited with popularizing the
revolver gun. Colt's innovative contributions to industry have been described by
arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American
Firearms."
Samuel Colt's father, Christopher Colt, was a farmer in Connecticut, who moved
his family to Hartford when he traded professions and got into business. Colt’s
mother, Sarah Caldwell, died when Colt was almost two. He was one of seven
siblings, 4 boys and three girls. Two of his sisters died in childhood and the
other committed suicide later in life, but his brothers would be a significant
part of his professional life. His father remarried when Colt was four and from
then on Samuel was raised by his stepmother Olive Sargeant.
Name: Samuel Colt
Born: July 19, 1814
Died: January 10, 1862
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford,
Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was
the founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as
Colt's Manufacturing Company), and is widely credited with popularizing the
revolver gun. Colt's innovative contributions to industry have been described by
arms historian James E. Serven as "events which shaped the destiny of American
Firearms."
Samuel Colt's father, Christopher Colt, was a farmer in Connecticut, who moved
his family to Hartford when he traded professions and got into business. Colt’s
mother, Sarah Caldwell, died when Colt was almost two. He was one of seven
siblings, 4 boys and three girls. Two of his sisters died in childhood and the
other committed suicide later in life, but his brothers would be a significant
part of his professional life. His father remarried when Colt was four and from
then on Samuel was raised by his stepmother Olive Sargeant.