BLOOMFIELD, R. Lot.—Prominent among the native sons of half century residence of Woodland Township is R. Lot Bloomfield, who was born in Section 22, February 15, 1857, and who, since 1882, has owned and occupied a tract of 160 acres in Section 21. In 1836, twenty years before the birth of Mr. Bloomfield, his father, John Bloomfield, and the latter’s first wife, Mary (Farwell) Bloomfield, came from Butler County, Ohio, by way of the river to Schuyler County, Ill., and after six months’ residence at Sharp’s Landing, moved to Fulton County, and took up land in the southwest corner of Section 22, woodland Township. Here Mr. Bloomfield succeeded eventually to the ownership of 280 acres of land, and here his death occurred in 1876. He was immediately connected with the early advancement of the State and county, and was one of the Commissioners who laid out and named the townships therein. A prominent Democrat and ardent supporter of Jeffersonian principles, he still was averse to office holding, contenting himself with aiding the cause of men who were qualified morally and intellectually to mould political affairs of the community.
Besides his oldest daughter, Emeline, who was born in Ohio, and accompanied her parents to Illinois, Mr. Bloomfield was the parent of six other children by his first marriage, five of whom attained maturity, Emeline became the wife of Jesse Mead, and died in Los Angeles, Cal.; Ira J., a prominent attorney in California, attained the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War; Henry F. married Nancy Shield, and died in Nashville, Tenn., as a soldier in the Eighty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; Levia, married and lives in Colorado; and Mary is the widow of B. S. Hughes, and lives in Mason County, Ill. Mrs. Bloomfield died October 29, 1852, and Mr. Bloomfield afterwards married Mrs. Margaret Littlejohn, widow of John Littlejohn, of which union there were three sons: Abram W., who married Susan Kennedy; R. Lot, who married Rose Ann Ely ; and Peter C., who married Etta Myers, and is a farmer in McDonough County, Ill. The second Mrs. Bloomfield died in March, 1885.
R. Lot Bloomfield spent his youth much as do other farmer lads, and received about the same amount of schooling as did his associates in Woodland Township. Upon the death of his father he assumed the management of the home farm, and the following year, February 15, 1877, he married Rose Ann Ely, a native of Woodland Township, and daughter of Martin Ely, one of the early pioneers of Fulton County, who is still living. The young people settled on Section 15, Woodland Township, purchased from Jacob Horn, and here Mr. Bloomfield made many fine improvements, setting out fruit and shade trees, and engaging in general farming until removing to his present farm in Section 21 in 1882. The property at the time was in a run-down condition, and its improvements were crude, the only residence being of logs, and other things in proportion. There were acres of heavy timber, which since has been cleared, and in 1883 the owner erected a modern two-story frame house, the following year putting up a large barn. Graded stock, grain and general produce yield him a comfortable income, and his surroundings are such as contribute to his most sensible and practical needs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are the parents of the following named children: Gertrude, born February 23, 1878, wife of F. A. Cooper, a merchant of Astoria; Arthur, born October 6, 1879, married Rhoda Robinson, daughter of Martin L. Robinson, a farmer of Morgan County, Ill.; Orlena, born September 22, 1881, wife of James W. Stephens, a farmer of Woodland Township; Mildred, born February 14, 1884, wife of Frank R. Shaw, a farmer on the old home place; Lenora, born March 1, 1886; Otis, born February 16, 1896. The children all have been given common school education, and all have been trained to independence and usefulness. Mr. Bloomfield is highly respected in the community, and is one of the township’s substantial and reliable native sons.
from HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA AND HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY
Besides his oldest daughter, Emeline, who was born in Ohio, and accompanied her parents to Illinois, Mr. Bloomfield was the parent of six other children by his first marriage, five of whom attained maturity, Emeline became the wife of Jesse Mead, and died in Los Angeles, Cal.; Ira J., a prominent attorney in California, attained the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War; Henry F. married Nancy Shield, and died in Nashville, Tenn., as a soldier in the Eighty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; Levia, married and lives in Colorado; and Mary is the widow of B. S. Hughes, and lives in Mason County, Ill. Mrs. Bloomfield died October 29, 1852, and Mr. Bloomfield afterwards married Mrs. Margaret Littlejohn, widow of John Littlejohn, of which union there were three sons: Abram W., who married Susan Kennedy; R. Lot, who married Rose Ann Ely ; and Peter C., who married Etta Myers, and is a farmer in McDonough County, Ill. The second Mrs. Bloomfield died in March, 1885.
R. Lot Bloomfield spent his youth much as do other farmer lads, and received about the same amount of schooling as did his associates in Woodland Township. Upon the death of his father he assumed the management of the home farm, and the following year, February 15, 1877, he married Rose Ann Ely, a native of Woodland Township, and daughter of Martin Ely, one of the early pioneers of Fulton County, who is still living. The young people settled on Section 15, Woodland Township, purchased from Jacob Horn, and here Mr. Bloomfield made many fine improvements, setting out fruit and shade trees, and engaging in general farming until removing to his present farm in Section 21 in 1882. The property at the time was in a run-down condition, and its improvements were crude, the only residence being of logs, and other things in proportion. There were acres of heavy timber, which since has been cleared, and in 1883 the owner erected a modern two-story frame house, the following year putting up a large barn. Graded stock, grain and general produce yield him a comfortable income, and his surroundings are such as contribute to his most sensible and practical needs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are the parents of the following named children: Gertrude, born February 23, 1878, wife of F. A. Cooper, a merchant of Astoria; Arthur, born October 6, 1879, married Rhoda Robinson, daughter of Martin L. Robinson, a farmer of Morgan County, Ill.; Orlena, born September 22, 1881, wife of James W. Stephens, a farmer of Woodland Township; Mildred, born February 14, 1884, wife of Frank R. Shaw, a farmer on the old home place; Lenora, born March 1, 1886; Otis, born February 16, 1896. The children all have been given common school education, and all have been trained to independence and usefulness. Mr. Bloomfield is highly respected in the community, and is one of the township’s substantial and reliable native sons.
from HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA AND HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY
BLOOMFIELD, R. Lot.—Prominent among the native sons of half century residence of Woodland Township is R. Lot Bloomfield, who was born in Section 22, February 15, 1857, and who, since 1882, has owned and occupied a tract of 160 acres in Section 21. In 1836, twenty years before the birth of Mr. Bloomfield, his father, John Bloomfield, and the latter’s first wife, Mary (Farwell) Bloomfield, came from Butler County, Ohio, by way of the river to Schuyler County, Ill., and after six months’ residence at Sharp’s Landing, moved to Fulton County, and took up land in the southwest corner of Section 22, woodland Township. Here Mr. Bloomfield succeeded eventually to the ownership of 280 acres of land, and here his death occurred in 1876. He was immediately connected with the early advancement of the State and county, and was one of the Commissioners who laid out and named the townships therein. A prominent Democrat and ardent supporter of Jeffersonian principles, he still was averse to office holding, contenting himself with aiding the cause of men who were qualified morally and intellectually to mould political affairs of the community.
Besides his oldest daughter, Emeline, who was born in Ohio, and accompanied her parents to Illinois, Mr. Bloomfield was the parent of six other children by his first marriage, five of whom attained maturity, Emeline became the wife of Jesse Mead, and died in Los Angeles, Cal.; Ira J., a prominent attorney in California, attained the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War; Henry F. married Nancy Shield, and died in Nashville, Tenn., as a soldier in the Eighty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; Levia, married and lives in Colorado; and Mary is the widow of B. S. Hughes, and lives in Mason County, Ill. Mrs. Bloomfield died October 29, 1852, and Mr. Bloomfield afterwards married Mrs. Margaret Littlejohn, widow of John Littlejohn, of which union there were three sons: Abram W., who married Susan Kennedy; R. Lot, who married Rose Ann Ely ; and Peter C., who married Etta Myers, and is a farmer in McDonough County, Ill. The second Mrs. Bloomfield died in March, 1885.
R. Lot Bloomfield spent his youth much as do other farmer lads, and received about the same amount of schooling as did his associates in Woodland Township. Upon the death of his father he assumed the management of the home farm, and the following year, February 15, 1877, he married Rose Ann Ely, a native of Woodland Township, and daughter of Martin Ely, one of the early pioneers of Fulton County, who is still living. The young people settled on Section 15, Woodland Township, purchased from Jacob Horn, and here Mr. Bloomfield made many fine improvements, setting out fruit and shade trees, and engaging in general farming until removing to his present farm in Section 21 in 1882. The property at the time was in a run-down condition, and its improvements were crude, the only residence being of logs, and other things in proportion. There were acres of heavy timber, which since has been cleared, and in 1883 the owner erected a modern two-story frame house, the following year putting up a large barn. Graded stock, grain and general produce yield him a comfortable income, and his surroundings are such as contribute to his most sensible and practical needs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are the parents of the following named children: Gertrude, born February 23, 1878, wife of F. A. Cooper, a merchant of Astoria; Arthur, born October 6, 1879, married Rhoda Robinson, daughter of Martin L. Robinson, a farmer of Morgan County, Ill.; Orlena, born September 22, 1881, wife of James W. Stephens, a farmer of Woodland Township; Mildred, born February 14, 1884, wife of Frank R. Shaw, a farmer on the old home place; Lenora, born March 1, 1886; Otis, born February 16, 1896. The children all have been given common school education, and all have been trained to independence and usefulness. Mr. Bloomfield is highly respected in the community, and is one of the township’s substantial and reliable native sons.
from HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA AND HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY
Besides his oldest daughter, Emeline, who was born in Ohio, and accompanied her parents to Illinois, Mr. Bloomfield was the parent of six other children by his first marriage, five of whom attained maturity, Emeline became the wife of Jesse Mead, and died in Los Angeles, Cal.; Ira J., a prominent attorney in California, attained the rank of Brigadier General during the Civil War; Henry F. married Nancy Shield, and died in Nashville, Tenn., as a soldier in the Eighty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; Levia, married and lives in Colorado; and Mary is the widow of B. S. Hughes, and lives in Mason County, Ill. Mrs. Bloomfield died October 29, 1852, and Mr. Bloomfield afterwards married Mrs. Margaret Littlejohn, widow of John Littlejohn, of which union there were three sons: Abram W., who married Susan Kennedy; R. Lot, who married Rose Ann Ely ; and Peter C., who married Etta Myers, and is a farmer in McDonough County, Ill. The second Mrs. Bloomfield died in March, 1885.
R. Lot Bloomfield spent his youth much as do other farmer lads, and received about the same amount of schooling as did his associates in Woodland Township. Upon the death of his father he assumed the management of the home farm, and the following year, February 15, 1877, he married Rose Ann Ely, a native of Woodland Township, and daughter of Martin Ely, one of the early pioneers of Fulton County, who is still living. The young people settled on Section 15, Woodland Township, purchased from Jacob Horn, and here Mr. Bloomfield made many fine improvements, setting out fruit and shade trees, and engaging in general farming until removing to his present farm in Section 21 in 1882. The property at the time was in a run-down condition, and its improvements were crude, the only residence being of logs, and other things in proportion. There were acres of heavy timber, which since has been cleared, and in 1883 the owner erected a modern two-story frame house, the following year putting up a large barn. Graded stock, grain and general produce yield him a comfortable income, and his surroundings are such as contribute to his most sensible and practical needs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are the parents of the following named children: Gertrude, born February 23, 1878, wife of F. A. Cooper, a merchant of Astoria; Arthur, born October 6, 1879, married Rhoda Robinson, daughter of Martin L. Robinson, a farmer of Morgan County, Ill.; Orlena, born September 22, 1881, wife of James W. Stephens, a farmer of Woodland Township; Mildred, born February 14, 1884, wife of Frank R. Shaw, a farmer on the old home place; Lenora, born March 1, 1886; Otis, born February 16, 1896. The children all have been given common school education, and all have been trained to independence and usefulness. Mr. Bloomfield is highly respected in the community, and is one of the township’s substantial and reliable native sons.
from HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA AND HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY
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