School: Berks Womelsdorf (Pennsylvania/PA) Leonard Reedy [B 1776 – D 1837] , Master Gunsmith, Womelsdorf, Pine Grove and Gratz, Pa.Leonard Reedy learned the gunsmith trade while an apprentice to John Bonewitz in Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa. It is estimated he joined Bonewitz as an apprentice in 1790, at age 14, and achieved Master Gunsmith status […]
School: Womelsdorf (Pennsylvania/PA) Jacob Palm of Womelsdorf, Berks Co., appears in the U. S. Census of 1850 as a gunsmith. According to the business directory, he was still working ten years later in the same trade. (Kauffman)
School: Womelsdorf, Reading and Berks (Pennsylvania/PA) Andrew [Andreas] Fichthorn [Figthorn] Jr. [B 1779 – D 1822] was the son of Andrew Fichthorn Sr., a Rev War veteran, Reading land owner/speculator, Reading banker and Bond holder and some believe a gunsmith at various times in his life.Andrew Fichthorn Jr., however, was a full time Master Gunsmith […]
School: Berks Womelsdorf (Pennsylvania/PA) John Bonewitz [B 1758 – D 1828] worked as Master Gunsmith in Womelsdorf, Pa. from approx. 1778 until 1809. Moved to Pine Grove, Pa. in 1809 and continued the trade there until his death.Bonewitz first appears in the Womelsdorf tax records in 1780 as a single freeman. In 1781 he appears […]
