William Polk Bloom (1849 - 1889)

Born 9 Sep 1849 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah S. (Edens) Bloom — married 17 Sep 1871 in Blackford County, Indiana, United States

Husband of Catharine J. (Landess) Bloom — married 10 May 1875 in Delaware County, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1889 at age 40 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Birth

William Polk Bloom was born in Clinton County, Ohio, on 9 Sep 1849, the son of Aaron Bloom and Martha Ann (Polk) Bloom.^[1] In 1850, he was living with his parents at Richland Township in Clinton County at the age of 10 months.^[2] In 1860, he ws living with his widowed mother and his siblings at Washington Township in Blackford County, Ohio.^[3]

In 1870, William P. Bloom, 20, was living with the families of his brothers-in-law, Samuel Cecil and John H. Cecil, and his sisters, Armelia (Bloom) Cecil and Catherine (Bloom) Cecil, at Muncie, Indiana, and was working as a railroad laborer. Also living in the household and working as a domestic servant for Samuel Cecil was 20-year-old Jennie Landis (sic), who was to become William P. Bloom's second wife.^[4]

Marriages

1. William Polk Bloom married Sarah S. Edens in Blackford County, Indiana, on 17 Sep 1871.^[5] The grave marker of Sarah S. in the Bloom family plot at the Beech Grove Cemetery in Muncie, Indiana, is inscribed with the dates 1852-1872, but her FindAGrave memorial (citing no sources) says that she died on 22 Feb 1874.^[6]
2. William Polk Bloom and Catharine J. Landess were issued a marriage license in Delaware County, Indiana, on 10 May 1875, and they married there on the same day.^[7] In 1880, they were living in Mt. Pleasant, Indiana, both 30 years old, with Samuel Bloom, 7 (William's son from his first marriage), their son Lewis (sic) E. Bloom, 1, and three boarders, and William's occupation is given as a sawyer.^[8] The William Bloom family moved from Indiana to Springfield, Missouri, where William owned a small sawmill.^[9] The move took place sometime between the birth of their son Landess Bloom in Indiana in April, 1884 and May 1887, when their daughter Ella May Bloom was born in Missouri.

Children

Son with Sarah (Edens) Bloom

William and Sarah (Edens) Bloom had one son, Samuel Leburtis Bloom, born on 24 Oct 1872.^[10]

Children with Catherine "Jennie" (Landess) Bloom

The 1900 and 1910 Censuses both show that Catharine "Jennie" (Landess) Bloom had been the mother of six children, four of whom were then living.^[11][12] Five of those children are known (see the children's profiles for additional sources and biographical details:

1. Louis Ellsworth Bloom, born on 5 Feb 1879
2. Rudolph Sprankle Bloom, born on 5 Nov 1881
3. Landess Aaron Bloom, born on 19 Apr 1884
4. Ella May Bloom, born on 3 May 1888
5. William "Willie" Bloom, born on 7 Dec 1889 (one week after his father's death), died on 5 Jul 1898^[13]

Death

William Polk Bloom died in Springfield, Missouri, on 25 Nov 1889. His remains were taken home to Muncie, Ind., and he was buried there in a family plot at the Beech Grove Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #78405092for William Polk Bloom, with photo of grave marker inscribed "William P. 1849-1889"
2. ↑ William P. Bloom in the Aaron Bloom family, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Ohio > Clinton > Richland > househol 75 > family 75 > images 11-12 of 49; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ William P. Bloom in the Martha A. Bloom family, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Indiana > Blackford > Washington Township > household 384 > family 371 > image 15 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ William P. Bloom in the John H. Cecil family, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Indiana > Delaware > Centre Township, Muncie > household 50 > family 50 > image 7 of 76; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Marriage certificate of William P. Bloom and Sarah S. Edens, in Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 database with images, FamilySearch > Blackford > 1857-1876 Volume B > image 200 of 310; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #73764470 for Sarah S. Bloom, with photo of grave marker of "Sarah S."
7. ↑ Marriage certificate of Mr. William P. Bloom and Miss Catharine J. Landess, in Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, database with images, FamilySearch > Delaware > 1872-1877 Volume 6 > image 350 of 737; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.
8. ↑ Wm. Blume (sic) family, in United States Census, 1880,,database with images, FamilySearch > Indiana > Delaware > Mt Pleasant > ED 181 > household 114 > family 115 > image 13 of 37; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
9. ↑ Undated family history notes authored by her daughter-in-law, Esther May (Killingsworth) Bloom (1880-1962)
10. ↑ Death certificate of Samuel L. Bloom, in Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, database with images, FamilySearch > Death certificates > 1951 > Vol 123-130, certificates 061165-064600, Dec, Collin-Nueces counties > image 3182 of 3605; State Registrar Office, Austin.
11. ↑ Jennie Bloom household in United States Census, 1900;, database with images, FamilySearch > Indiana > Delaware > ED 37 Center Township Muncie city Ward 5 > household 574 > family 612 >> image 53 of 63; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
12. ↑ Jennie C. Bloom family, in United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch > Indiana > Delaware > Muncie Ward 5 > ED 36 > household 63 > family 72 > image 5 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
13. ↑ Index to Birth Records, Delaware County, Indiana (Indiana W.P.A., 1940), book CH-3, page 78; Find A Grave: Memorial #82479274 for Willie Bloom, with photo of grave marker in the Bloom family plot for "Willie," "Louis E.," and "Esther K." The birth index entry does not have the first name of the child, but the gravestone of Willie Bloom shows his dates as 1889-1898. His FindAGrave memorial says that he died on 5 Jul 1898, but it cites no source for the month and year, and none has been found.