Does someone still have the firearm?
Not that I am aware of.
My father, who was born 'the year of the big flood of the Little Miami', was not deep into the family lore. He left the farm for the US Navy and was home on leave 7 Dec 1941.No phones, so he hitchhiked to Cincinnati for further orders. The old man was career Navy and we moved around, but each year we would visit the family farm.