Birth PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Birth Date18 Jan 18402564
Death DateDec 1911
Death PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
OccupationLumbering, River Raftsman and Pilot
Misc. Notes
This source shows his name as Isaac Bloom.
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Isaac Bloom now [1911] living retired in Sunbury, has made his home in that borough since 1872. His active years were for the most part spent in lumbering, and as raftsman and pilot on the Susquehanna river he became thoroughly familiar with that stream, upon which he has had many interesting experiences.
The average raftsman was compensated 50 cents per day and on his arrival downriver had to walk back to Clearfield County.
2565Son of John Bloom, and is a descendant of a family now numerous in Northumberland and Clearfield counties.
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Bloom and Kline is identified as a Curwensville, PA advertiser in the early 1900’s dealing in Groceries and Confections.
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