Keim, John

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Keim, John   Reading Pennsylvania 1820 1839


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Kentucky Rifles and Pistols
KEIM, John — Reading, Pa., gunsmith. Carried on the gunsmith busi- ness established by Worley on Wyomissing Creek, Pa., in 1811. Had been Worley's superintendent. The shops subsequently came in possession of Nicholas Yokum & Son, who had furnished the iron for the Keim shops, and in turn, later were sold to Franklin K. Schnader, who improved the buildings and erected a dam. The Schnader plant was still in operation in 1890, under the management of Nathaniel Schnader, son of Franklin K.