Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Bloom, Earhart 1818 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   EARHART BLOOM, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Hesse, Germany, September
14, 1818, and is a son of Michael and Barbara (Calip) Bloom, who were natives of
the same place. His mother died when he was six years old, and in 1833, he
emigrated with his father to the United States, settling near Shellsburg, Penn.,
thence moving the following year to Tiffin, Ohio. His father died there the same
year, 1834, leaving five children, two of whom also died that year. John died in
1839, leaving Andrew and our subject the only survivors. The former is a
resident of Tiffin, Ohio. Our subject is the youngest child, and was reared
principally on a farm. In 1841, he began working at molding in a foundry in
Tiffin, and staid here three years. In October of 1844, he came to Kenton, built
a foundry, and was the first in Hardin County to make a plow: it was cast on the
evening of the 3d of May, 1845. In 1856, he erected his present foundry, and
remained in the business until June of 1877, employing at the commencement,
eight hands, and closing with a force of fifteen hands. He manufactured plows
and machinery, and kept a general repair shop. His foundry cost him about $4,000
and is situated on the corner of Main and North streets. The property is still
owned by him, but he retired from the business in June, 1877. In February 1879,
he removed to his farm of 213 acres of land which he had purchased in 1864 and
1865. His brick residence was erected in 1879, at a cost of $3,000. He was
married, April 18, 1844, to Julia A., daughter of Lewis and Louise Faulhaver.
Ten children resulted from this union, four living, viz.: John B., Matilda,
Callie L., wife of David Newcomb, and Lewis P. Mr. Bloom's family attend the
Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Democrat; has held the office of
Township Trustee for four years; has been a member of the School Board for three
years, and of the City Council six years. He helped to found the savings bank,
of which he was a stockholder, and, with J. S. Robinson, built the first two
miles and a half of pike ever made in Hardin County. He owns 213 acres of land
beside, the foundry buildings and town property, all secured by his own energy
and exertion.

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"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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