Jacob Bonawitz was born on 30 April 1796, possibly in Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of George Bonawitz (1774-1852) who moved to Dauphin County north of Berrysburg about 1801, and his wife Maria Katherine [Koppenhaver] Bonawitz (1767-1812). The exact date when Jacob Bonawitz left the area is not known, but he moved to Ohio, and died in Rising Sun, Wood County, Ohio, 16 July 1886.
The undated photograph is from a Bonawitz family history as in the genealogical information.
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I am excited to find my Bonawitz relatives in this site. I welcome any other researchers of the Bonawitz and/or Walter family, also of the Berrysburg area, to contact me. I just finished searching the family on Ancestry.com, and I also have the Book of Bonawitz, where I got my original information. My grandmother was Frances Bonawitz Walter, daughter of David and granddaughter of Daniel David Bonawitz