George Ament Blose and Louisa Jane Raybuck
Husband George Ament Blose 1 2 3
Born: 13 Nov 1842 - Jefferson Co, PA 2 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1917 Buried:
Father: John George Blose (1803-1877) 4 5 Mother: Esther Ament ( -1881) 4 5
Marriage: 26 May 1877 2 6
Wife Louisa Jane Raybuck 2 6
Born: 26 May 1854 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Jonas Raybuck ( -1880) 6 Mother: Catharine Knarr ( -1871) 6
Children
1 F Esther May Blose 6 7
Born: 6 Apr 1878 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Charles V. Averill ( - ) 7 Marr: 8 Sep 1907 7
2 M Jeremiah Markle Blose 6 7
Born: 13 Aug 1879 7 Christened: Died: 13 Dec 1908 7 Buried:
3 F Catharine Knar Blose 6 7
Born: 27 Apr 1881 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Samuel Bond Blose 6 7
Born: 7 Feb 1883 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Seth Vivian Blose 6 7
Born: 8 Nov 1884 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Mabel Clare Blose 6 7
Born: 9 May 1886 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Walter P. Snyder ( - ) 7 Marr: 3 Jun 1909 7
7 M Clyde Blose 6 7
Born: 15 May 1888 7 Christened: Died: 9 Jun 1906 7 Cause of Death: Lightning Buried:
8 F Sarah Agnes Blose 6 7
Born: 7 Feb 1890 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Kenneth McPherson ( - ) 7 Marr: 20 Apr 1914 7
9 F Hazel Blose 6 7
Born: 9 Oct 1891 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M Laird Kroh Blose 6 7
Born: 26 Jul 1893 7 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ethel M. Grates ( - ) 7 Marr: 22 Jul 1916 7
11 F Lilian Reuel Blose 6 7
Born: 17 Nov 1895 7 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - George Ament Blose
He was born on his father's farm, where he was reared. At an early age he developed a desire for knowledge, and was a persistent inquirer for information be-fore he could read, which he could do at five years of age. By the time he was eight he had read a large "History of the United States," and when a few years older he read Scott's "Life of Napoleon." He attended the country public school each winter for a term of three months, from the time he was five years of age; but dur-ing the fall of 1859 and early part of 1860, he went to Salem Academy, walking with his cousin to and from his uncle's, a distance of three miles. He also attended a select school at Whitesville during the summers of 1860, '61 and '62, under the principalship of Samuel Miller Davis. In the winter of 1861-62 he taught his first school at the Bath school house, in Perry township, Jefferson county; and was thereafter engaged in teaching through the winter, except-ing the period he was in the army, until he en-tered college, in 1870. He enlisted in the United States service in 1863, and served as a member of Company C, Second Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry, and was discharged in 1864. During this service he contracted malarial poisoning, which came near causing his death. After his return home from the army he attended Covode Academy the latter part of the summer of 1864, and Glade Run Academy the summers of 1865 and '66. During the spring term of 1867, he was at the Edinboro State Normal School. In Sep-tember, 1870, he entered the junior class of Penn-sylvania College, at Gettysburg, Adams county, and was graduated in 1872 with the degree of A. B., and at the commencement of that college in 1875, he received the degree of A. M., conferred by the Faculty. He boarded him-self during a part of the time when preparing himself for college, and while in college, be-cause he had to practice the most rigid econ-omy, to enable him to pursue his studies. From the spring of 1868 to the fall of 1870, when not engaged in teaching, he carried on the farm for his parents, who were old and poor. After his graduation he returned home and taught a part of the time in various places, and farmed some until 1875, when he was elected county superintendent of schools of Jefferson county. When he went into office he found a great many inefficient teachers employed, and deemed it nec-essary to raise the standard of eligibility to the position of teacher much higher than it had before been in the county. As a result of that he rejected many applicants, but the change proved very beneficial to the schools. He taught Normal Schools during each summer of his in-cumbency for the benefit of the teachers. He was engaged in teaching up to the fall of 1880, when, owing to failing health, he prac-tically retired from the profession. As a teacher Prof. Blose has the reputation of being, at all times, a rigid disciplinarian, and a most thorough worker in the school-room. He did not teach for the purpose of keeping order, but it was impossible for him to teach without good order. He was always conscientious, eager to have his pupils learn, and spared no efforts to produce that result.
He and his family resided on the old homestead, where they cared for his invalid mother until her death. In the fall of 1882 their house was destroyed by fire, and every-thing in it, including his library worth in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars.
He was admitted to the Bar of Jefferson county in September, 1886, having prepared himself under the direction of Wm. M. Fairman, Charles M. Brewer and Hon. Wm. P. Jenks. Although he never located as a practitioner, he did some work in that line. His health failed him, so that after 1888 he was able to do but little. In 1876 he prepared a historical sketch of Jefferson county for Dr. William H. Egle's "History of Pennsylvania;" and a history of the schools of Jefferson county, for the "School Report of 1877." He was the author of an article on the schools of Jefferson county that appeared in "Caldwell's Atlas." In 1887 he prepared a history of education in Jefferson coun-ty, which appeared in the "History of Jefferson County," edited by Miss Kate M. Scott. In Oc-tober, 1892, he was admitted as an attorney to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsyl-vania.
1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1122.
2 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 179.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 464.
4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1123.
5 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 178.
6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1124.
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—, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 182.
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