NameZachariah M BLOOM 1098
Birth Date16 Mar 1843
Birth PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date7 Aug 1913716,748 Age: 70
Death PlaceClearfield, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceCentre Cemetery, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA716
OccupationFarmer in 1880, 19101099,1100
ReligionMethodist Episcopal
FatherWilliam P BLOOM Jr. (1818-1865)
MotherSusanna PASSMORE (1813-1878)
Misc. Notes
Zachariah M. Bloom, who resides [in 1911] on the farm of seventy-five acres, situated in Pike township, on which he was born, March 16, 1843, is one of the well known and representative men of this section and a member of one of the oldest and most substantial families. He is a son of William Bloom and a grandson of Peter Bloom, both of whom were born in Pike township.

Zachariah attended the Welsh school when he was a boy but after he was sixteen years of age he worked on the farm during the summers and at lumbering in the winters. He was married in 1870 and then settled on a farm in Pike township, near the one he now occupies [1911], moving then to Lawrence township, where he lived for two years, when he returned to the log house on his former farm and resided there until November, 1881, when he came to the homestead. He has added land and has erected a new barn and built an addition to the house. His land is all cleared with the exception of six acres in valuable timber.

During the closing year of the Civil war he enlisted in Co. D, 76th Pa. Vol. Inf., and served until the end, some five months. He escaped the misfortunes of his older brother [David who died while in the Civil War] and came home practically unharmed.

Formerly he belonged to the G. A. R.* post at Clearfield. Politically he is a Democrat and has frequently been tendered public offices and has served one term on the school board and two terms as road supervisor.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bloom, twelve children have been born. Mr. and Mrs. Bloom are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The hospitality of their home is known all over Pike township.
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Zachariah’s name is listed among those who served in the Civil War from Curwensville in this source.824
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Private, 76th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D.1094


*In 1866, Union Veterans of the Civil War organized into the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and became a social and political force that would control the destiny of the nation for more than six decades. Membership in the Grand Army of the Republic was limited to those men (and a few women) who served in the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Cutter Service during the Civil War. Therefore, it was destined to eventually go out of business and in 1956 with the death of its last member, Albert Woolson, the charter was vacated.

In 1881 the GAR formed the Sons of Veterans of the United States of America (SV) to carry on its traditions and memory long after the GAR had ceased to exist. Membership was open to any man who could prove ancestry to a member of the GAR or to a veteran eligible for membership in the GAR. In later years, men who did not have the ancestry to qualify for hereditary membership, but who demonstrated a genuine interest in the Civil War and could subscribe to the purpose and objectives of the SUVCW, were admitted as Associates. This practice continues today.1101
Spouses
Birth Date19 May 1845748,1102
Birth PlaceBaden, Wurttemberg, GERMANY
Residence Date18501092
Residence PlaceVernon, Crawford Co., PA, USA
Residence Date18701092
Residence PlacePatton Township, Centre Co., PA, USA
Death Date6 Feb 1923790 Age: 77
Burial PlaceCentre Cemetery, Hyde, Clearfield Co., PA, USA716
ReligionMethodist Episcopal
Misc. Notes
Charlotte was the mother of thirteen children, eleven living in 1910.1099

This source [incorrectly] identifies Charlotte’s last name as Winters.130
Family ID567
Marr Date3 Apr 1870965
Reside Date1860748
Reside PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Reside Date21 Jun 18801100
Reside PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Reside MemoNext door to his brother Bishop
Reside Date19001103
Reside PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Reside Date19101104
Reside PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Misc. Notes
The 1880 census includes a Alice G|B Winters, step daughter, in the household. She is thirteen years old.1100
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The 1900 census includes in Zacharia and Charlotte’s household the following children:

Martha J (20)
Edith E (18)
Charlotte E (16)
Pansy I ((15)
Thomas J (13)
David L (11)

a Winfield Boal listed as a Grandson and eight years old, born July 1891.1103
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The 1910 census includes in Zacharia and Charlotte’s household a Jems R. Lewis listed as a Grandson and twelve years old (b. abt 1898).1099
Compiler has been unable to determine how this grandson is related.3
ChildrenMary E (1871-1933)
 Orrie M (1872-1946)
 Maggie Elva (1873-1945)
 Emma L (1875-1938)
 Nellie S (1877-1913)
 Zachariah M (Died as Infant) (1878-1878)
 Charles (1878-1878)
 Martha Jennie (1879-1911)
 Edith Elmira (1881-1912)
 Charlotte E (1883-1929)
 Pansy Irene (1885-1960)
 Thomas J (1886-1967)
 David Lucien (1888-1970)
Last Modified 19 Apr 2011Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com