Joseph Watson Bloomer
M, (16 May 1853 - 12 November 1919)
| Father* | Allen Trimble Bloomer1,2,3 (8 Nov 1828 - 19 Jun 1908) | |
| Mother* | Mary Adelaide Baker2,3,4 (16 Feb 1834 - 12 Dec 1907) | |
Joseph Watson Bloomer|b. 16 May 1853\nd. 12 Nov 1919|p2037.htm|Allen Trimble Bloomer|b. 8 Nov 1828\nd. 19 Jun 1908|p2057.htm|Mary Adelaide Baker|b. 16 Feb 1834\nd. 12 Dec 1907|p2058.htm|Joseph Bloomer|b. 30 Jun 1786\nd. 9 Jul 1859|p2100.htm|Mary McDonald|b. 18 Aug 1803\nd. 22 Jan 1852|p2101.htm|Watson Baker|b. 29 Oct 1811\nd. 6 Apr 1879|p2063.htm|Nancy R. Orr|b. 20 Dec 1812\nd. 23 Jul 1885|p2064.htm| | ||
| Charts | Pedigree for Vivienne Dorene Richards |
| Relationship | 3rd great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney. |
| Last Edited | 10 Jun 2005 |
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| Researcher | 0 |
| Unrelated | 0 |
| Jim Ancestry Verified | Y |
| Note* | Joseph Watson Bloomer Joseph Watson Bloomer's parents were Allan Trimble Bloomer and Mary Baker. Bloomer. He was their only son. Allen Trimble Bloomer was born in Washington Township, Fayette County Ohio as was his wife, Mary Baker Bloomer. They moved to lllinois in 1853 where Joseph Watson Bloomer was born in or around Peoria. They had four children, Joseph Watson Bloomer was the eldest. He was born May 16, 1853, Lida was born October 3, 1858, and Mary E. was born September 5, 1865. These three were born in Peoria, Ill. The last child, Ada, was born June 25, 1870 in Holt County, Missouri. Joseph Watson Bloomer grew up on his father's farm in Holt County near New Point, Missouri and it was near the county seat of Oregon, Missouri. On July 2nd, 1879 he married Miss Nancy Jermima Sloan of Forest City, Missouri. Miss Sloan's father was Abijah M. Sloan a farmer in that area and her mother was Elizabeth J. Hill of Forest City also. The young Bloomers had six children, Alpha May, born May 22, 1880, Bessie born June 5, 1883, Iva Mabel born September 2, 1884. These three were born in Holt County, Missouri. Sometime after 1884 the family moved to Chadron, Nebraska to home-stead. They didn't stay very long but Maude Elizabeth was born in Chadron on November 2, 1886. They couldn't have stayed long because their fifth child, Grace Omega was born in Holt County on August 6, 1889. Their last child and only son, Clifton Allen, was born November 11, 1897. Mr. Bloomer bought land near New Point to farm. It had only a very small house on it but gradually it was added on and became a two story house. Joseph Watson Bloomer raised Poland China pigs on his farm. On a trip to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1919 to sell a load of pigs he was asphyxiated by the gas light going out in his hotel room. The particulars of this accident were never known. He died there on November 12, 1919. His widow and son continued to live on the farm for many years. During the depression it was a great struggle to make ends meet and they gradually grew deeper in debt. Finally they lost the farm. Nancy J. Bloomer was visiting her daughter, Maude Shumaker, in Brookfield, Missouri. when she fell and broke her hip. The accident confined her to a wheel chair. She stayed in Brookfield until her death in September 15, 1939. She was brought back to the Cowan New Point Cemetery and was buried beside her husband. I don't know just why the names of their daughters were as they were named but Alpha, in Greek means the beginning and Grace Omega means the end. Then they had their son eight years later., Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan5 | |
| Birth* | 16 May 1853 | Fayette Co., OH3,1 |
| (Witness) Census | 30 July 1860 | Princeville, Peoria Co., IL, Allen T. Bloomer, (age:) 31, M(ale), (occupation:) farmer, (value of real estate:) 1300, (value of personal estate:) 660, (birth place:) Ohio Mary ", (age:) 26, F(emale), (birth place: Ohio) do Joseph W ", (age:) 7, M(ale), (birth place: Ohio) do Anna E ", (age:) 2, F(emale), (birth place: Illinois) Ills Lida listed as Ann, Principal=Allen Trimble Bloomer, Principal=Mary Adelaide Baker6 |
| (Witness) Census | 20 July 1870 | North Point, Holt Co., MO, Bloomer, Allen T, (age:) 41, M(ale), W(hite), (occupation:) Farming, (value of real estate:) 7000, (value of personal estate:) 4000, (birth place:) Ohio, (male US citizen over 18) -- Mary, (age:) 35, F(emale), W(hite), (occupation:) Keeping house, (birth place:) Ohio -- Joseph, (age:) 17, M(ale), W(hite), (birth place:) Ohio, (attended school) -- Anna E, (age:) 11, F(emale), W(hite), (birth place:) Illinois, (attended school) Lida listed as Anna, Principal=Allen Trimble Bloomer, Principal=Mary Adelaide Baker7 |
| Marriage* | 2 July 1879 | Oregon, Holt Co., MO, Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan8 |
| Census* | 12 June 1880 | Hickory Township, Holt Co., MO, Bloomer, Watson, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 27, (Married), (occupation:) Farming, (birth place: Ohio) O, (birth place father:Ohio) O, (birth place mother: Ohio) O -- Nancy, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 18, Wife, (Married), (occupation:) Keeping house, (birth place:Mo) Missouri, (birth place father: North Carolina) NC, (birth place mother: North Carolina) NC -- Alpha, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 1/12, [Birth Month:] May, Daughter, (Single), At home, (birth place:Mo) Missouri, (birth place father:Ohio) O, [birth place mother:Mo] Missouri Willy Burcett,W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 19,Boarder, (Single), (occupation:) Farming, Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan, Witness=Alpha May Bloomer9 |
| Census | 7 June 1900 | Hickory Township, Holt Co., MO, Bloomer, Watson, Head, W(hite), M(ale), (birth:) May 1853, (age:) 47, (Married), (years married:) 20, (birth place:) Ohio, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Ohio, (occupation:) Farmer, (months not employed:) 3, (can read:) yes, (can write:) yes, (can speak English:) yes, O[wned?], F(arm) -- Nancy, Wife, W(hite), F(emale), (birth:) May 1862, (age:) 38, M(arried), (years married:) 20, (mother of how many children:) 6, (how many of these children living:) 5, (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) North Carolina, (birth place mother:) North Carolina, (can read:)yes, (can write:) yes, (can speak English:) yes -- Iva, Daughter, W(hite), F(emale), (birth:) Sept 1884, (age:) 15, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Missouri, at school, (attended school in months:) 7, (can read:)yes, (can write:) yes, (can speak English:) yes -- Maude, Daughter, W(hite), F(emale), (birth:) Nov 1886, (age:) 13, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Missouri, at school, (attended school in months:) 7, (can read:)yes, (can write:) yes, (can speak English:) yes -- Grace, Daughter, W(hite), F(emale), (birth:) Oct 1889, (age:) 10, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Missouri, at school, (attended school in months:) 7, (can read:)yes, (can write:) yes, (can speak English:) yes -- Clifton, Son, W(hite), M(ale), (birth:) Nov 1897, (age:) 2, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Missouri Note that Maude's birthmonth is Oct. not Aug., Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan, Witness=Iva Mabel Bloomer, Witness=Maude Elizabeth Bloomer, Witness=Grace Omega Bloomer, Witness=Clifton Allan Bloomer10 |
| Census | 22 April 1910 | Hickory Township, Holt Co., MO, Bloomer, Watson, Head, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 56, (Married), (years married:) 30, (birth place:) Ohio, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Ohio, (Language:), English, (occupation:) Farmer, General farm, Emp(loyee or Employer?), (can read:) yes, (can write:) yes, O(wned), M(ortgage), F(arm),(Farm #:) 54 -- Anna, Wife, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 46, M(arried), (years married:) 30, (mother of how many children:) 6, (how many of these children living:) 5, (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) North Carolina, (birth place mother:) North Carolina, (Language:) English, (occupation:) None, (can read:)yes, (can write:) yes -- Clifton, Son, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 12, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Missouri, (Language:) English, (occupation:) None, (can read:)yes, (can write:) yes, (attended school:) yes Note age of Anna is wrong, Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan, Witness=Clifton Allan Bloomer11 |
| Death* | 12 November 1919 | St. Charles Hotel, St.Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, Asphyxiated by the gas light going out in his hotel room. Vivienne Jones notes indicate he died on a trip to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1919 to sell a load of pigs he was . The particulars of this accident were never known.2 |
| Burial* | 14 November 1919 | Cowan New Point Cemetery, New Point, Holt Co., MO, Death certificate indicates burial in Oregon, Holt Co. MO but Vivienne Jones indicated buried in New Point MO.2 |
| (Witness) Note | 1978 | Notes on New Point, Missouri by Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones A family by the name of Rule owned or bought . the Allen Trimble Bloomer house in the town of New Point . Two Rules were named Jered and Earl. Uncle Clifton was known ans"Shad" Bloomer but now one left seems to know why? Dr . Kearney's office was a house moved in and it had pressed tin siding . The home had been remodeled and one can barely see some of the original siding. The grocery store is not in the old school house . It was remodeled a long time ago to beturned into a store building. It also used to house the Post Office . . It wasn't the post office that mother knew . The town of New Point is now served by the Oregon, Missouri post office. The chunk of cement out in front of the store is all that's left of the old band stand. The now abandoned two story school house is new schoolhouse. At least its not the same one where mother went to school. The old Bloomer store stood one block down from the present store and not even a foundation exists today . It was on the southeast corner and on the main road into New Point. Until four years ago (now 1978) there was a garage in New Point across from the grocery Store . The store is the Lentz Grocery. The Christian Church where Grandfather and Grandmother Kershaw went has been added on over the years and the Presbyteriian Church is still as it was . It is said to be a fine looking church inside . I want to see it the next time I go to Missouri. Mr . Lee Herbert was a good friend of Uncle Cliftons . He (Mr . Herbert) lived on a farm next to Uncle Clifton. Grandma Bloomer would call the Herbert house when Uncle Clifton stayed too late to suit her but he always knew her ring and would tell the Herberts to tell her he had just left as he went out the door. Mrs Herbert and some of the ladies always came in to help Grandma Bloomer cook dinner for threshers . They knew where she kept her condiments and in which jars so this one time they were making chicken and dumplings so they threw in the amount of salt they thought it needed but when they tasted the checken it was sugared . Grandma had switched her containers. Grandma Bloomer used to keep her kitchen floor bleached white with lye . As people said "Her kitchen was so clean you could eat off of her floor ." Sort of messy wouldn ' t you think? Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kneale live in a farm house that formerly was owned by Allen Trimble Bloomer . At one time the house was away from the road and up a long lane but a long time ago it was moved doen by the road and since the Kneales have owned it it has been added on to quite a bit . I was given a letter addressed to Great grandmother mary Bloomer that had fallen out of the attic when they remodedled . I also took a picture of the school mother went to that was some distance away from where the Joseph Watson Bloomers lived . The school is terribly run down and is probably being used for storage on a farm across the road . It seemed like all the roads were either graveled township roads or paved highways with indication of letters as to their place in the township . It was very easy to get from one area to another by car but I ' m sure I wouldn't have cared for it in the old mud road days and with horses and wagons, yet. Grandmother and Grandfather Kershaw lived in the house now owned by the Kenneth Kneales . It was owned by Allen Trimble Bloomer then . They lived there when first married and when Bernice Marie their eldest child was born . Grandfather Kershaw became on the outs with his in-laws and moved to another farm. Also after four of their babies had died and were buried in the Bloomer plot he became estranged from them again and he bought his own lot in the New Point cemetery and had them moved. There are no headstones for those wee babies. A Mrs . Bodkin, daughter of Mrs Milan Bosewell in Oregon, Missouri painted a picture of the Allan Trimble Bloomer farm home . I wonder if she'd take a picture of the painting Uncle Clifton lost the farm after Grandma passed away. He'd bought it just before land prices took a dive in the 1920's so he ' d never been able to do more than make the interest payments according to Mr . Herbert. After he had sold some of his things and the land to pay bills and outstanding debts he loaded up his Dodge pickup with things to take to Aunt Maude's, things he'd thought he would want and the rest he gave to Mr . Herbert for a lump sum. Mr . Herbert has Grandmothers phonograph, a rocker, dresser, cane, a musket and a few other things. Mr . Herbert has also taken a load of things to a flea market for Uncle Clifton but they didn't hardly make expenses. After Clifton left the farm W.W. II broke out and he was drafted . He hadn ' t been able to get a job so he lied about his age to be younger than he was and the draft caught up with hime . He wasn't in the army very long before they discharged him . He was fond of wine and women so he squandered his money on both . Later ke was injured on a job and tthe Vet Agency gave him a pension. He lived in a poor part of town in St . Joseph and washed dishes to help pay his way since his pension wasn't too great. He had a bad habit of yelling at people in a loud voice when he'd see someone from home on the streets of St . Joseph. I always wondered why he was at St . Joseph until I went back . I didn ' t realize how close to New Point he was . The terrain is very much alike. Mr . Herbert said Uncle Clifton used to send a little money now and then to Ruth . I don ' t know how true that is. While he lived or batched at the farm he never washed a dish until they were all dirty . He just piled them in a 50 Lb. oard can and when he moved there was still dirty dishes in the lard can that he left. Mrs Herbert said her husband wasn't any better—he brought them home to her still dirty and in the lard can. Grandma Bloomer spoiled several of Uncle Clifton's romances when he was young . She didn ' t want to lose her boy . After she was gone he said he was too old then. Elmer Kearney had a half brother, who was he? Where did he go? The Shepherds and Preston ' s must have been related because some of the Shepherds inherited part of a Preston estate. Who are Wes Hamm, Bert Hamm, Bob Hamm? Is this mention of Bob Hamm the same as mother talks of having married into the Kershaw family? The Shepherds who visited the Kershaw grandparents lived far enough from New Point that they had to stay all night. Mother dan't remember the name of the town for sure but it seems to be Richvale, Richmond or Rich Hill?? They had a small son ., Principal=Allen Trimble Bloomer, Principal=Mary Adelaide Baker12 |
Family | Nancy Jermima Sloan | |
| Marriage* | 2 July 1879 | Oregon, Holt Co., MO, Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan8 |
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Citations
- [S61] Book: History of Holt and Atchison Counties. St. Joseph: National Historical Company, 1882. p. 270.
- [S275] Unknown name of person entry, Death Certificate, Copy of January 3, 1980 certified copy. File No. 32411 Registered No. 1205 St. Joseph, Buchanan Co. MO, unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S38] Letter from unknown author (unknown author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown repository address), Letter from Maude Shumaker to Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones.
- [S38] Letter from unknown author (unknown author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown repository address), Letter from Grace Omega (nee Bloomer) Bateman to Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones.
- [S62] Vivienne Jones, Bloomer Genealogy (n.p.: n.pub., 1970.).
- [S120] 1860 US Federal Census: Film Number M653_217 IL, Peoria Co., Princeville Township, Post Office: Princeville, Page 918, Family 99, Line 17.
- [S135] 1870 US Federal Census: Film Number M593_779 MO, Holt Co., Nodaway Township, Post Office: North Point Page 195, Family 1, Line 1.
- [S51] Marriage Certificate: Filed 15 July 1879 Holt Co. MO.
- [S118] 1880 US Federal Census: Film Number T9-0690 MO, Holt Co.,Hickory Township, Page107D, Supervisor District No. 7, Enumeration District No. ?, Family 153, Line 31.
- [S4] 1900 US Federal Census: Series: T623, Microfilm:859, Book: 1 MO, Holt Co.,Hickory Township, Page 195A, Supervisor District No. 4, Enumeration District No. 87, Sheet 4, Family 69, Line 12.
- [S5] 1910 US Federal Census: Series: T624, Microfilm: 784, Part: 1 MO, Holt Co.,Hickory Township, Page 81B, Supervisor District No. 4, Enumeration District No. 110, Sheet 3, Family 56, Line 67.
- [S38] Letter from unknown author (unknown author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown repository address), Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones genealogical notes.
- [S85] Unknown article title, Obituary, unknown location, Obituary of Clifton Bloomer.