Colt, Samuel

Life Span
to
Full name
Samuel Colt
Place of Birth
Hartford, CT
Burial Place
Hartford, CT
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Christopher Colt (father), Sarah Caldwell Colt (mother), Elizabeth Jarvis (wife) 
Occupation
Businessman
Scientist or Inventor
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Episcopalian
Military
Union Army
Date Event
Multi-millionaire inventor and businessman Samuel Colt dies at his estate in Connecticut
In Hartford, Connecticut, Samuel Colt's arms factory suffers massive destruction by fire
Market Revolution
How to Cite This Page: "Colt, Samuel," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/38573.