I did a bit more on the Gough's. Apparently William left and went to work for Fox. He apparently engraved their higher grade guns. There is some thought that he may have done engraving for Remington and perhaps also Colt. I loose track of him in the public records.
Can't locate an A. Gough and tie him to engraving, but that is not earthshaking.
Pete
Wm. Gough's middle initial was 'H' for his fathers first name 'Harry' or Harold. Harry was a Birmingham Gun trade engraver that came to the US and did work for Parker Gun Co. I have seen 2 Parkers signed by him (H. Gough)at the trigger guard attaching hole in the same manner that his son Wm H. Gough later signed most of the high grade Fox shotguns. Wm. was in charge of the Fox engraving shop. William also engraved for Savage after they bought up Fox and moved it to Utica. Wm. moved to Utica also. Wm. did engrave for Colt as there are many pics of his work in the Colt engraving books and usually a chapter devoted to his work/era. There was a John Gough that engraved for Winchester but I don't know if he was related. It seems to me that Wm. also cut for Winchester too.
