Nathan Bloom (Louisville, Kentucky, merchant)
b. 1826-11-17 d. 1887-01-14
Louisville, Kentucky, merchant. Native of Prussia. Married to Roseanna Kling Bloom in January 1851. Father of Ellen Bloom, Levi Bloom, Jacob Bloom, Isadore Bloom, Max Bloom, and Milton Bloom. Dry goods merchant in Louisville in 1858. Merchant in Louisville in 1860. Partner with Emanuel Bamberger and William H. Moore in E. Bamberger & Company dry goods merchants in Louisville in 1861. Merchant in Jefferson County in 1863. Partner with Emanuel Bamberger and Levi Bamberger in Bamberger, Bloom, & Company dry goods wholesale merchants in Louisville in 1865.
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- Sex
- Male
- Race
- White
Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 5, p. 155.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 7, p. 87.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Jefferson County, KY, June 1863, p. 51.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994040, Jefferson County Births.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 4465.
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 11, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1863.
Louisville City Directory and Business Mirror for 1858-9, (Louisville: Hurd & Burrows, 1859), 29.
Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 26.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 198, 214.
"The People's Tribute," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), January 31, 1887, p. 6.
“Nathan Bloom (1828-1887),” Find A Grave, Memorial 64947293, accessed December 15, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64947293.
Citation
Bloom, Nathan. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203015 (November 12, 2026).
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