NameMary Margaret FRANTZ 1172,653,1233,1173
Birth Date5 May 1838
Birth PlaceClarion, Pennsylvania
Birth Date5 May 1838
Birth PlaceRedbank, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence Date1920
Residence PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence MemoMarital Status: WidowedMarital Status: Widow; Relation to Head of House: Mother
Residence Date1900
Residence PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence MemoMarital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife; Relation to Head of House: None
Death Date14 Dec 1925 Age: 87
Death PlaceBloomington, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial PlaceBloomington, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence Date1880
Residence PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence MemoMarital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife
Birth Date5 May 18381092,764
Birth PlaceRedbank, Clarion, PA
Death Date13 Dec 19254363,4364 Age: 87
Burial PlaceBloomington Cemetery, Bloomington, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
ReligionPresbyterian
Misc. Notes
Mary Margaret (Frantz) Bloom was born on May 5th, 1838 in Clarion, PA and died in 1926 she was the daughter of George Frantz who was born about 1815 and Eliza (Taylor) Frantz who was born about 1815.
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Note: Clarion County, PA, was formed, ten months after Mary’s birth, on March 11, 1839, from parts of Venango and Armstrong counties.4365
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Died in 1925, aged eighty-seven years, seven months and eight days.4362

Headstone photo is available at FindaGrave.com.
Spouses
Birth Date22 Mar 1831
Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Death Date1916
Death PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Birth Date22 Mar 1831
Birth PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence Date1910
Residence PlaceClearfield, PA
Residence Date1850
Residence PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence Date1880
Residence PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence MemoMarital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self
Residence Date1900
Residence PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence MemoMarital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Hired; Relation to Head of House: Head
Death Date25 Nov 1916 Age: 85
Death PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceBloomington, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Date22 Mar 1831
Birth PlaceClearfield, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date25 Nov 19164358,4359 Age: 85
Death PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial Date27 Nov 19164360
Burial PlaceBloomington Cemetery, Bloomington, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
EducationAttended Cross Roads School and later Bloomington School
FatherJohn R. BLOOM (1786-1872)
MotherSusanna Sara HIGH (1788-1874)
Misc. Notes
names of children and grandchildren
Misc. Notes
John’s middle initial is identified as “L” in this source.2147
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John I. Bloom, a highly respected retired farmer of Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pa., owns 165 acres of valuable land on which he was born March 22, 1831. His father was John Bloom and his grandfather was William Bloom the latter of whom was the founder of this large and prominent family in Clearfield County.

In boyhood, John I. Bloom first attended the cross roads school which was near the Price farm, a log building with very primitive accommodations. Later he attended the Bloomington school for three winter months. He then helped his father and brothers to clear off the land and to place it under cultivation. Being the youngest, he remained on the homestead and after his brothers settled on farms of their own and his father grew old, he took over the entire management. When he came into full possession he erected the present comfortable and substantial farm buildings. The land is all cleared with the exception of forty acres of valuable timber. A coal bank on the farm is leased to the Bloomington Coal Mining Company and its output is 400 tons daily. Until he retired from active labor, Mr. Bloom carried on general farming and was always considered a careful and judicious agriculturist. He has practically spent his entire life on this farm. During the Civil War he was twice drafted for military service but on both occasions was declined on account of physical disability.

Mr. Bloom is a very entertaining conversationalist, having an excellent memory and a wide acquaintance with the other old families of this section which have also assisted in its development. He also recalls much that his father told him and many of these tales of early times possess interest for the present to Clearfield County he settled near the river where a tannery now stands.

One day a stranger came up the river and visited him with a tale of a valuable silver mine that he and some comrades had discovered in this vicinity, when they had made a hunting trip through this region, twenty years before. At that time, he represented, that five hunters had each carried off twenty pounds of silver to their distant homes and all intended to return but he was probably the only one who ever came. After showing John Bloom a piece of the ore he said he had picked up, Mr. Bloom consented, for hire, to assist him in finding the location of the mine, which the stranger represented as being between Rock Lick and Peewee's Nest. They had no ax with which to blaze their path and thus they lost their way. Mr. Bloom and the stranger worked over two acres of land but without results and if there ever was a silver mine in that locality it probably is still there.

Among his father's possessions which Mr. Bloom has carefully preserved and one that he treasures highly, is a rifle that undoubtedly is 200 years old. It was given to John Bloom by an old pioneer. Its present owner has used it, in his earlier years being considered a fine shot and has brought down birds from a great distance.4361
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John I. Bloom, who had the distinction of being the eldest male of that name residing in Pike Township, if not in the county, and was highly esteemed by both relatives and friends, passed away at an early hour Saturday morning at his home near Bloomington, after an illness covering a period of several weeks, although he had been gradually failing in health since his return from the hospital, where he had gone for treatment, half a year ago.

Mr. Bloom, the deceased, was a son of John Bloom, and was born March 22nd 1831, and a grandson of William Bloom, who was one of the founders of this great family in this county by that name.

John I. Bloom, in boyhood days, attended a school at the "cross roads" which was located near the Price farm, the building having been constructed of logs and had very primitive accommodations. Later he attended the Bloomington school for three winter terms. After that he assisted his father and brothers to clear off the land and cultivate the soil. Being the youngest son, he remained at home after his elder brothers had left the parental wing and founded homes of their own. After his father had reached an age by which labor became a burden to him, the son assumed the management of the farm, and it was at this time when the present comfortable buildings replaced the old and original.

He always followed agriculture pursuits, during his whole life, with the exception of three years, two of which he was engaged in conducting the Susquehanna house - 1878-1879 - and one year he resided on Irvin Hill enjoying private life.

During the progress of the civil war he was twice drafted, but each time was refused on account of physical disability. On August 22, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Frantz (who survives him) a daugther of George and Eliza (Taylor) Frantz, a Clarion county lady. Ten children was the fruit of this union, namely: J. Showers, Jefferson, Eliza, Alice, Blake, Lucy, Frank, Annie, Howard and Willard. From this family of children eminated 14 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.

During all the years of Mr. Bloom's long life he was a democrat of the old Jacksonian school and for sixteen years served his district as constable, performing his duty with fidelity and trust. He was elected to and served in many other offices in the gift of the people of the township.

For many years he had been a consistant member of the Presbyterian church of Curwensville. Mr. Bloom was a kind father and a faithful husband, and living the clean and untarnished life that he did, had the friendship and respect of his whole neighborhood. He was very entertaining talker and told the writer many incidents happening in the early day some of which will be produced in The Progress at some future time.

At this writing, Sunday, the day and hour of the funeral could not be ascertained, as the family were waiting to receive word from a daughter who resides in Colorado.4358
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JOHN I BLOOM, the youngest son and eleventh child of John and Susannah (High) Bloom, resided on a portion of his father's original purchase of which he became owner, until his death in 1916, and which is at present owned by his son, Blake W. In 1853 he married Mary Frantz, who died in 1925, aged eighty-seven years, seven months and eight days.

John I Bloom was one of Pike Township's most dependable citizens, honored and respected by all who knew him, and raised a family of six sons and four daughters who have all followed his exemplary leadership.4362
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Individual found on the 1900 Census for Pike, Clearfield Co., PA, dated 29 Jun 1900, sheet A-12, ED #94:
1) Bloom, John I., head, born Mar 1831, age 69, married 45 years, born PA, parents born PA, Occp: Farmer
2) Bloom, Mary M., wife, born May 1838, age 62, married 45 years, bore 10 children, 9 living, parents born PA
3) Bloom, Howard M., son, born Aug 1878, age 21
4) Bloom, Willard, son, born Nov 1881, age 18


Individual found on the 1870 Census for Pike, Clearfield Co, PA, dated 11 Jun 1870, page 22:
1) Bloom, John I., age 40, Occp: Farmer, Pers Prop value $700, born PA
2) Bloom, Mary A., age 32, born PA
3) Bloom, Joseph S., age 15
4) Bloom, Thomas J., age 13
5) Bloom, Eliza, age 10
6) Bloom, Alice, age 6
7) Bloom, Blake, age 4
8) Bloom, Lucy, age 2/12 (two months)


Individual found on the 1860 Census for Pike, Clearfield Co, PA, dated 1 Sep 1860, page 275:
1) Bloom, John I., age 29, Occp: Farmer, Real Estate value $2000, pers prop value $1000, born PA
2) Bloom, Emily, age 22, born PA
3) Bloom, Showers, age 4
4) Bloom, Jefferson, age 3
next household:
1) Bloom, John, Sr., age 75, occp: Farmer, born New Jersey
2) Bloom, Susanna, age 73, born PA
3) Hoover, Cornelia, age 12, born PA
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The funeral of John I. Bloom was held from his late home yesterday afternoon and was attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends, interment of the body was made in Bloomington Cemetery.4360
Family ID1226
Marr Date22 Aug 18541788,4366,4367
Marr PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Reside DateJul 19004368
Reside PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Misc. Notes
“Married on the ?th of August last, by Wm. M. ?, Esq., Mr. John J. Bloom to Miss Mary France, all of Clearfield county.”4366

[It may be that this Wm. M. Esq, is William Mettler Bloom (John’s first cousin) who may have performed numerous other marriages during this period. It was noted by the transcriber of the above source “this issue of newspaper has very light print, making it hard to read”]
ChildrenJoseph Showers (1855-1942)
 Thomas Jefferson (1857-1925)
 Eliza J (1860-)
 Alice (1864-1936)
 Blake W (1866-1959)
 Lucy (1870-1899)
 Frank (1872-1950)
 Annie (1876-)
 Willard (1881-1971)
Last Modified 17 Sep 2016Created 17 May 2017 Rick Gleason - ricksgenealogy@gmail.com