Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
Of Centre County, PA. Member of the Methodist Episcopal church.2319
Spouses
Birth Date8 Apr 1844
Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Death Date10 Jul 1922 Age: 78
OccupationFarmer In 19102317
FatherJohn A Bloom (1809-1883)
MotherMary Ann Jordan (1812-1896)
Misc. Notes
John Jordan [Bloom] was named for his maternal grandfather.
John Jordan Bloom, whose excellent farm of 150 acres is situated in Pike township, Clearfield county. Pa., three and one-half miles southwest of Curwensville, was born on this place, in 1843[?], and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Jordan) Bloom, old and substantial families of Clearfield county....
John Jordan Bloom obtained his education in the Curry school in Pike township, near his father’s farm. When he was thirteen years of age he was able to do a man’s work, both on the farm, which he helped to clear, and in the woods at lumbering. He took pride in being able to give such a good account of himself and as an indication of the confidence that was placed in his good judgment, it may be narrated that in the winter of his thirteenth year he was entrusted with the care of four horses and with them hauled lumber. He remained with his father until his marriage in the summer of 1868, when he moved to the opposite end of the farm and cultivated land there for ten years. In 1893 he moved to his present location, the site of the old homestead. He has all his land, with the exception of forty acres in valuable timber, under cultivation, and he owns also some property at Walton, in Pike township, and is a stockholder in the Traders and Farmers Bank of Clearfield, of which he is a charter member.
Mr. Bloom is a representative citizen of this section and his sterling character and excellent business capacity have been many times recognized by his fellow citizens when they have cast about for desirable holders of public office. Mr. Bloom is a Democrat and in 1910 was chairman of the township committee of his party. He is a member of the school board and has been overseer of the poor, road supervisor and tax collector. He is a member of Susquelianna Grange, at Curwensville, and formerly was connected with the Bloomington Grange, of which he was a charter member.
On June 23, 1868, Mr. Bloom was married first to Miss Mary Ellen Peoples, of Center county, who died in 1880 and was interred in the Bloomington cemetery. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Two daughters were born to this marriage ... Bloom was married, secondly, June [unreadable] 1883, to Miss J. Alice Read, who was bom in Lawrence township, Clearfield county. Pa., a daughter of William Potter Read. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bloom.
Mr. Bloom takes considerable interest in the old records of his family, one that has been identified with the settlement and advancement of this section of Clearfield county. Elizabeth Bloom, a sister of his grandfather, was married in 1803 to Mathew Ogden, this being the first marriage ceremony recorded in Clearfield county, and it was performed by Samuel Bell, Esq., who was the first justice of the peace in the neighborhood.2313
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There is strong evidence that John was born in 1842, however this conflicts with the same year his brother James Isaac was also born. Until this is cleared up the compliler has chosen to let the record show his birth year as 1844.3
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A J. J. Bloom is identified among a group in a photo “Last spars to go down the Susquehanna River” taken in 1898 at this source.1009
John Jordan Bloom, whose excellent farm of 150 acres is situated in Pike township, Clearfield county. Pa., three and one-half miles southwest of Curwensville, was born on this place, in 1843[?], and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Jordan) Bloom, old and substantial families of Clearfield county....
John Jordan Bloom obtained his education in the Curry school in Pike township, near his father’s farm. When he was thirteen years of age he was able to do a man’s work, both on the farm, which he helped to clear, and in the woods at lumbering. He took pride in being able to give such a good account of himself and as an indication of the confidence that was placed in his good judgment, it may be narrated that in the winter of his thirteenth year he was entrusted with the care of four horses and with them hauled lumber. He remained with his father until his marriage in the summer of 1868, when he moved to the opposite end of the farm and cultivated land there for ten years. In 1893 he moved to his present location, the site of the old homestead. He has all his land, with the exception of forty acres in valuable timber, under cultivation, and he owns also some property at Walton, in Pike township, and is a stockholder in the Traders and Farmers Bank of Clearfield, of which he is a charter member.
Mr. Bloom is a representative citizen of this section and his sterling character and excellent business capacity have been many times recognized by his fellow citizens when they have cast about for desirable holders of public office. Mr. Bloom is a Democrat and in 1910 was chairman of the township committee of his party. He is a member of the school board and has been overseer of the poor, road supervisor and tax collector. He is a member of Susquelianna Grange, at Curwensville, and formerly was connected with the Bloomington Grange, of which he was a charter member.
On June 23, 1868, Mr. Bloom was married first to Miss Mary Ellen Peoples, of Center county, who died in 1880 and was interred in the Bloomington cemetery. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Two daughters were born to this marriage ... Bloom was married, secondly, June [unreadable] 1883, to Miss J. Alice Read, who was bom in Lawrence township, Clearfield county. Pa., a daughter of William Potter Read. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bloom.
Mr. Bloom takes considerable interest in the old records of his family, one that has been identified with the settlement and advancement of this section of Clearfield county. Elizabeth Bloom, a sister of his grandfather, was married in 1803 to Mathew Ogden, this being the first marriage ceremony recorded in Clearfield county, and it was performed by Samuel Bell, Esq., who was the first justice of the peace in the neighborhood.2313
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There is strong evidence that John was born in 1842, however this conflicts with the same year his brother James Isaac was also born. Until this is cleared up the compliler has chosen to let the record show his birth year as 1844.3
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A J. J. Bloom is identified among a group in a photo “Last spars to go down the Susquehanna River” taken in 1898 at this source.1009