BIO: Conrad 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 657 & 658.
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  CONRAD BLOOM, a highly respected citizen and substantial farmer of Pike 
township, owns 100 acres of excellent land situated six miles south of 
Curwensville all but twenty of which is under cultivation, that being in 
valuable timber.  He was born in Pike township, December 1, 1839, and is a son 
of Abraham H. and Anna Eliza (Kyler) Bloom.
  Abraham H. Bloom was born also in Pike township, in 1813, and was a son of 
John Bloom, this family being one of the old and prominent ones of this section.  
Abraham H. Bloom married Anna Eliza Kyler, who was born in Morris township, a 
daughter of Conrad Kyler, of Greencastle, Lancaster county, Pa., and they had 
nine children, namely:  Rachel, who is deceased, was the wife of Samuel Snyder; 
Conrad; Isaac, who is deceased; Katherine, who is the widow of William Withrow; 
Alexander, who is deceased; Martin, who first married Theresa Jordan, and 
second, Mary Kodar; Samuel S., who married Jane Witherow; Mary, deceased, who 
was the wife of George High; and Abigail, who married Daniel P. Bloom.  After 
marriage, Mr. Bloom resided for a short time in Pike township and then moved to 
Morris township but returned to Pike township, later removing to Lawrence and 
then to Knox township, in which section he died at the age of fifty-one years.  
His widow survived to be seventy-six years of age.  They were members of the 
Fruit Hill Presbyterian Church and were interred in the cemetery belonging to 
it.  Abraham H. Bloom was a lifelong Democrat but he never accepted any 
political position.
  Conrad Bloom attended school in Pike and Lawrence townships.  When he was old 
enough he engaged in lumbering, during the winter seasons, devoting his summers 
to farming, and continued until he was married, afterward residing upon a farm 
of 100 acres in Knox township for some years, then sold it and came to his 
present farm in Pike township, purchasing it from William R. Curry.  He made 
improvements on the buildings and has everything very comfortable in his 
surroundings.  Mr. Bloom has been a very successful farmer but the larger burden 
of responsibility now rests on the shoulders of his son, Allen H. Bloom, who is 
a member of the Pike Township School Board.
  On March 1, 1866, Mr. Bloom was married to Miss Mary Jane Hoover, who was born 
in Pike township, a daughter of Abraham Hoover.  Mrs. Bloom died December 9, 
1893, and her burial was in the Fruit Hill cemetery.  One son was born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Bloom, Allen H., who married Mary C. Tobias, a daughter of Samuel 
Tobias, and they have five children:  Ruth, who teaches at the Oakland school 
house; Edwin, who is a teacher at Olanta; and Zoe, Oma and Floyd.  In politics 
Mr. Bloom is a Democrat.  He served as a school director in Knox township and as 
road supervisor in Pike township.  He is an elder in the Fruit Hill Presbyterian 
church.