BIO: Zachariah M. BLOOM, Clearfield County, PA
 
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally

Copyright 2005.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/

NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm
_____________________________________________________________

From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 679 - 681.
_____________________________________________________________ 

  ZACHARIAH M. BLOOM, who resides on the farm of seventy-five acres, situated 
in Pike township, on which he was born, March 16, 1843, is one of the well 
known and representative men of this section and a member of one of the oldest 
and most substantial families.  He is a son of William Bloom and a grandson of 
Peter Bloom, both of whom were born in Pike township.
  Peter Bloom was born on a farm two miles south of Curwensville, Pa., and 
there he carried on farming, and weaving in later years.  He married Mary King 
and they had eight children born to them to whom they gave the following names:  
John, William, Rebecca, Martha, Margaret, Matilda, Archer and Joseph.
  William Bloom, the second born of the above family and the father of 
Zachariah M. Bloom, was born September 18, 1811.  He learned the carpenter 
trade, which he followed until his marriage, when he settled on the farm now 
owned by his son, Zachariah M., which then included but twenty-five acres, only 
six acres having yet been cleared.  He erected a log house with dimensions of 
16 x 16 feet, back of the present residence, and devoted his time to farming 
and lumbering.  He was a quiet, industrious man and enjoyed the kind friendship 
of his neighbors, with whom he willingly combined to advance the general 
interests of the neighborhood.  For many years he was a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.  His death occurred March 16, 1865, and his burial was in 
Center church cemetery, Lawrence township, Clearfield county.  He married 
Susanna Passmore, who died September 27, 1878, a daughter of Abraham Passmore, 
of Pike township.  A large family was born to this marriage, the eldest and the 
youngest five dying in infancy.  The others were:  Mary Ann, David, Zachariah 
M., Nancy, John R., Hannah and Bishop.  Mary Ann, who died in Pike township, 
was married first to Thomas J. Dunlap and they moved into Goshen and later into 
Lawrence township.  Four children were born to the first marriage:  Frank, 
Alfred, Elvira and Lumsdon.  Mary Ann was married second to Andrew N. Marks and 
they had five children:  Ada, Lillie, Della, Ella and Jemima.  David Bloom was 
a martyr of the Civil war.  He was a member of Co. B, 149th Pa. Vol. Inf., 
under the command of Col. John Irwin.  He was captured by the enemy at the 
battle of the Wilderness and was incarcerated in Danville prison.  He was 
rescued by the Union army but died at Wilmington, N. C., April 4, 1865.  Nancy 
and Hannah, of the above family, are both deceased.  John R. Bloom lives in 
Pike township, while Bishop Bloom resides at Curwensville.
  Zachariah M. Bloom attended the Welsh school when he was a boy but after he 
was sixteen years of age he worked on the farm during the summers and at 
lumbering in the winters.  He was married in 1870 and then settled on a farm in 
Pike township, near the one he now occupies, moving then to Lawrence township, 
where he lived for two years, when he returned to the log house on his former 
farm and resided there until November, 1881, when he came to the homestead.  He 
has added land and has erected a new barn and built an addition to the house.  
His land is all cleared with the exception of six acres in valuable timber.  
During the closing year of the Civil war he enlisted in Co. D, 76th Pa. Vol. 
Inf., and served until the end, some five months.  He escaped the misfortunes 
of his older brother and came home practically unharmed.  Formerly he belonged 
to the G. A. R. post at Clearfield.  Politically he is a Democrat and has 
frequently been tendered public offices and has served one term on the school 
board and two terms as road supervisor.
  Mr. Bloom was married April 3, 1870, to Miss Charlotte Marshall, a daughter 
of Henry and Mary Ann Marshall.  Mrs. Bloom was born in Germany, May 19, 1845.  
To Mr. and Mrs. Bloom, twelve children have been born, namely:  Mary, who is 
the wife of Archer Dunlap, of Blair county; Orrie, who married W. S. Carr, and 
they have nine children - Winfield, William, Blair, Melvin, Phillip, Elizabeth, 
Edith, John and Edna; Elva, who married E. R. Peters, of Woodland, Pa., and 
they have nine children - Hayes, Lucien, Charlotte, Emma, Carl, Rex, Archie, 
Theodore and Roy; Emma who is the widow of John H. Lewis, resides at Altoona 
and has three children - Helen, Nora and James; Nellie, who married James 
Wingert, of Pike township; Charles, who is deceased; Jennie, who married David 
Hull, and they have six children - Robert, Mabel, Martha, Helen, Trudy and 
Bruce; Edith, who is the wife of Ernest A. Horn, of Pike township; Charlotte, 
who lives with her parents; Pansy, who is a stenographer with a Pittsburg 
business house; Thomas J., who is a member of Troop C, First U. S. Cav., now 
stationed at Calexico, Calif.; and David Lucian, who resides on the homestead, 
married Elizabeth Bunchko.  Mr. and Mrs. Bloom are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.  The hospitality of their home is known all over Pike 
township.