Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameThomas Lawrence WAY 
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2357Birth Date11 Aug 1860
Birth PlaceBell Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date23 May 19292358 Age: 68
Burial PlaceLuthersburg Union Cemetery, Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., PA, USA2359
OccupationTeamster, Farmer; Dairy Farmer in 19102360
FatherDavid WAY (1837-1915)
MotherElizabeth “Eliza” J McGAUGHEY (1841-1872)
Misc. Notes
Thomas Laurence Way, president of the Clearfield County Agricultural Society, secretary of the Grange at Curwensville, and the owner of a well improved farm of 115 acres, located two miles north of Curwensville, Pa., is one of the representative men of Pike township and belongs to one of the honorable old Quaker families of the county. He was born August 11, 1860, in what is now Greenwood, but formerly was Bell township, Clearfield county, Pa.
Thomas Laurence Way attended the Chestnut Ridge schoolhouse. His brother William and sister Ella J., both became school teachers, but he remained at home assisting his father on the farm until his own marriage, in 1882, when he settled on his father’s Chestnut Ridge farm for a time, afterward moving to Bridgeport, where he engaged in teaming for L. E. Arnold for a season and then went back to farming.
In 1887 he moved to the Col. E. [?] Irvin farm and was in the employ of Colonel Irvin for four years, when he bought property near Curwensville and occupied it for two years. Mr. Way then settled on the farm on which he has lived ever since, which is situated in Pike township and is the old Bloom homestead, formerly owned by the parents of his wife.
Mr. Way has made many substantial improvements here, in 1889 building his fine barn and remodeling his house, which was erected in 1886. The old farm-house is yet standing and is the residence of Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Way’s mother. Mr. Way has about 108 acres of cleared land. He carries on general farming and stock raising and makes a feature of dairying, selling his milk by wholesale, to the milk depot at Curwensville, keeping about twelve cows and calculating on having twenty-five gallons of milk a day.
In politics Thomas L. Way has been identified with the Republican party since he reached manhood. He has served acceptably as school director, road supervisor, and judge of elections, in Pike township, and at times has served on political committees in his section. Since 1888 he has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows and has progressed through the chairs of the local lodge.1916
Thomas Laurence Way attended the Chestnut Ridge schoolhouse. His brother William and sister Ella J., both became school teachers, but he remained at home assisting his father on the farm until his own marriage, in 1882, when he settled on his father’s Chestnut Ridge farm for a time, afterward moving to Bridgeport, where he engaged in teaming for L. E. Arnold for a season and then went back to farming.
In 1887 he moved to the Col. E. [?] Irvin farm and was in the employ of Colonel Irvin for four years, when he bought property near Curwensville and occupied it for two years. Mr. Way then settled on the farm on which he has lived ever since, which is situated in Pike township and is the old Bloom homestead, formerly owned by the parents of his wife.
Mr. Way has made many substantial improvements here, in 1889 building his fine barn and remodeling his house, which was erected in 1886. The old farm-house is yet standing and is the residence of Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Way’s mother. Mr. Way has about 108 acres of cleared land. He carries on general farming and stock raising and makes a feature of dairying, selling his milk by wholesale, to the milk depot at Curwensville, keeping about twelve cows and calculating on having twenty-five gallons of milk a day.
In politics Thomas L. Way has been identified with the Republican party since he reached manhood. He has served acceptably as school director, road supervisor, and judge of elections, in Pike township, and at times has served on political committees in his section. Since 1888 he has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows and has progressed through the chairs of the local lodge.1916
Spouses
Birth Date16 May 18612352
Birth PlaceClearfield, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date9 Apr 19222354 Age: 60
Death PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Memoat her home near Chestnut Ridge school house, at about 10:30 a.m.
Burial PlaceMcNaul Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA2355
Burial Date12 Apr 19222356
Burial PlaceFairview Cemetery
Burial MemoPer obituary
ReligionPresbyterian
FatherThomas BLOOM (1813-1892)
MotherRuth Ann WALKER (1831-1928)
Misc. Notes
Source indicates her name was Sally Jane Bloom.2352
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She shares a headstone with her infant son David. Why is her husband Thomas, who died seven years later buried at a different cemetery?315
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She shares a headstone with her infant son David. Why is her husband Thomas, who died seven years later buried at a different cemetery?315
Misc. Notes
Thomas and Jennie, according to the 1910 census, are living three-doors away from their daughter’s family Mabel C and Monroe Bloom. Also living in the houshold is farm laborer 28-year old George Wice [?].2144
ChildrenRuthanna (~1887-)
Mabel C (1885-)
Thomas “Hugh” (1888-)
Edith Lucinda (1890-)
David Elmer (Died as Infant) (1898-1900)