Schofield, George W.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Schofield, George W.			U.S. Army	1870s	1880s

Patent	Date	Remarks
104,211	June 14, 1870	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms view patent
116,225	June 20, 1871	Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms view patent
119,656	October 3, 1871	Improvement in Screw-Drivers for Fire-Arms view patent
138,047	April 22, 1873	Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms view patent
193,620	July 31, 1877	Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms view patent
227,449	May 11, 1880	Revolving Fire-Arms view patent

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George W. Schofield served as Major in the U.S. Army. He died December 17, 1882 by shoting himself with a S&W Schofied revolver after suffering a bout of mental illness, stress and isolation. Inventor of the Schofields made by Smith & Wesson. George W. Schofield, Major of the 10th Cavalry made modifications of the Model No. 3 revolver made by S&W to meet Cavalry's needs. They accepted his improvement and came out with a revolver named after Schofield in 1875. Using his name for the new model was certainly made in hope of huge military contracts.

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George W. Schofield served as Major in the U.S. Army. He died December 17, 1882 by shoting himself with a S&W Schofied revolver after suffering a bout of mental illness, stress and isolation. Inventor of the Schofields made by Smith & Wesson.

George W. Schofield, Major of the 10th Cavalry made modifications of the Model No. 3 revolver made by S&W to meet Cavalry's needs. They accepted his improvement and came out with a revolver named after Schofield in 1875. Using his name for the new model was certainly made in hope of huge military contracts.