Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Van Gumster, John 1839 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Van Gumster, sr., John, Ilion, was born in Holland in 1839. He came to America 
in 1848 with his parents, who first located in Troy, N.Y.  They subsequently 
took up residence in Syracuse, N.Y., where the subject of this sketch learned 
the trade of gunsmith.  His father was also an expert gunmaker.  In 1861 he 
came to Ilion and became a contractor with E. Remington's Sons, with whom he 
remained until 1885.  Since that time he has been one year with Edison and two 
years with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven, Conn.  He is a 
Republican in politics, has been a delegate to important conventions, and 
holds the position of trustee of this village at the present time. 


Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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