BIO: John Walter BLOOM, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 896 & 897.
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  JOHN WALTER BLOOM,* a prosperous farmer in Ferguson Township, who owns fifty 
acres of excellent land which is situated three miles west of Kerrmoor, Pa., was 
born at Bloomington, in Pike Township, September 19, 1866, and belongs to one of 
the old county families.
  Mr. Bloom was reared on the farm and attended the Curry school-house where all 
his boyhood schooling was obtained.  He continued to help his father on the home 
place until his marriage, after which he lived at Bloomington for three years 
and then bought his present farm, formerly known as the Lewis farm.  He has it 
all under cultivation with the exception of fifteen acres still in timber.
  On April 15, 1896, Mr. Bloom was married to Miss Alvina Lewis, who was born on 
this farm, May 27, 1873, a daughter of T. H. and Elizabeth (McCracken) Lewis.  
T. H. Lewis was born in Pike Township, near Curwensville, a son of Washington 
Lewis, whose last years were spent at Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, where he 
died at the age of eighty-four years.  The father of Mrs. Bloom was a carpenter 
by trade and also owned and operated this farm.  He married Elizabeth McCracken, 
who died June 8, 1900.  They had the following children:  Ella, Mary, Alvina, 
Eliza, Margery, Amanda and two that died young.  Mr. and Mrs. Bloom are members 
of the Baptist church.  In politics he is a Democrat.  They have four children:  
Lillian, William, Eliza and Harry.  Mr. Bloom is a member of the Grange at 
Kerrmoor.  He is a good citizen, law abiding and public spirited, but he has 
never been willing to accept political office.