NameThomas Jefferson BLOOM 2084,2090
Birth Date31 Mar 1844
Birth PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date7 Oct 1913620 Age: 69
OccupationContractor, Builder and Millwright; Farmer in 19102091,2092
OccupationCarpenter in June 18801100
ReligionBaptist
FatherIsaac BLOOM (1813-1864)
MotherLeah HOOVER (1816-1879)
Misc. Notes
T. Jeff Bloom, contractor, builder and millwright, was born March 31, 1844, on the farm of 160 acres which he owns and occupies and which lies one and one-half miles east of the center of Curwensville, Pike township, Clearfield county, Pa. He is a member of one of the prominent and substantial pioneer families of the county.

T. Jeff Bloom was seven years old when he began attending school at Curwensville, and he continued to live there until 1880. For ten years following his marriage he was in the contracting business at Curwensville, combined with building. He has done an immense amount of work along this line. For three years he did all the contracting at Patton, Cambria county,* where he erected all the buildings. He estimates that he has done as much as $500,000 worth of contracting since he started into business. Among the numerous structures he has contracted for and built, is the handsome Curwensville National Bank [Organized by John Patton (1823) in 1864].

In 1868 Mr. Bloom was married to Miss Rosa Thompson, who is a daughter of J. W. and Annie Eliza (Wilson) Thompson, and they have had nine children, namely: Frank P., Ralph, Grace, Charles, Dean, Walter, Henrietta, Seth and Thompson. Of the above, Ralph, Charles, Walter and Thompson are all deceased.

Mr. Bloom retired to his farm in 1880, where he has done a large amount of improving. There are still some old landmarks left of his grandfather’s time, but his handsome, modern residence he erected himself, and has added other substantial buildings. This place is richly underveined with coal and an open mine, which has an output of 200 tons of fine coal daily, exceeding the mines of his neighbors who work their mines with such an output monthly, is a comfortable source of wealth. His residence and mine both are on the Ferncliff branch of the B. R. & P. Railroad, making transportation easy. This fine mine is leased by the. Clearfield-Collier Company, of Clearfield, Pa., Mr. Bloom receiving a handsome royalty. He is interested also in some 5,000,000 feet of hemlock timber, and has additional interests in financial concerns.

Like other members of his family, Mr. Bloom is a Democrat and is one of the leading factors of the party councils in the county and at times has attended state conventions as a delegate and has also held a number of township offices. He attends and contributes to the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Bloom is a member. Fraternally he is identified with the Order of the Moose and has taken many of the degrees in the Knights of Pythias organization.”
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Thomas Jefferson Bloom owns [in 1897] the old homestead which his grandfather and father owned before him. T. Jeff Bloom, besides attending to the running of the farm, is a member of the firm of Addelman & Bloom, the contractors and builders of Curwensville, Pa.1936


*Patton is a borough in Cambria County, PA 20 miles northwest of Altoona, in an agricultural region. Patton is perhaps best known for an important local manufacturer, the Patton Clay Works. The Clay Works were one of the largest clay and brick concerns in the world in the first half of the 1900s. The company manufactured terra cotta products (pipe and tiles), building bricks, and pavers (known as "Patton Pavers"). Bricks made there were used in the construction of the Panama Canal and the pavers were used around the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The products were made from clay excavated from the area.909

The community of Patton was named for state senator Alexander Ennis Patton (1852-1904) who was heavily interested in coal lands in Clearfield and northern Cambria County.897
Spouses
Birth Date13 Apr 18482095
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Birth Dateabt 18482092
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Death Date12 Jul 1912 Age: 64
ReligionBaptist
Misc. Notes
“Rosy” in the 1880 census.1100
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Rose was the mother of nine children, five still living in 1910.2092
Family ID1463
Marr Date30 Apr 18682096,620
Marr PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Reside Date21 Jun 18801100
Reside PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Reside Memo“Bloom, Jeff T”
Reside Date16 Jun 19002097
Reside PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Reside MemoOwns farm free of mortgage
Reside Date19102092
Reside PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Reside Memoidentified as Jeff T Bloom
Misc. Notes
Only Frank P, Gracey M and Dean appear as children of “Jeff T. Bloom” and his wife “Rosy.” in the 1880 census.1100
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Living next door to Thomas and Rose are their son Frank anjd his family in 1900.2097
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Also living in Thomas and Rose’s home in 1910 are a Stella Condon (25), widowed and her son Harold (3). Stella is the family cook. In addition a Roy Thompson (41) is a boarder.2092
ChildrenFrank Preston (1868-1918)
 Robert Huber (1870-)
 Ralph S (Died as Child) (1870-1872)
 Grace “Gracy” M (1873-1929)
 Charles A (1877-1878)
 Dean Huber (1879-1945)
 Walter N (1881-1892)
 Seth Warren (1887-1942)
 Thompson (Died as Child) (1893-1894)
Last Modified 8 May 2011Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com