estate to fund scholarships for worthy graduates from secondary schools in Hampden County, Massachusetts. References Bibliography R. J. Neal, R. G. Jinks, 1966, Smith and Wesson 1857-1945, New-York, A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc., 1966. External links 1808 births 1893 deaths 19th-century American inventors American Civil War industrialists Smith & Wesson People from Cheshire, Massachusetts People from Newtown, Connecticut