My Genealogy Hound

PETER BLOSE, a prominent citizen and enterprising business man of Washington Township, Lehigh County, was born June 13, 1829, in this county. He is a son of Jonas and Catherine Blose, who were also natives of Lehigh County. Christian Blose, the grandfather of our subject, emigrated to America in an early day and settled in Washington Township, this county, where he made his home, rearing his family amid the hardships and privations of pioneer life.

Our subject was reared to manhood in the place of his birth, and at the death of his father, which occurred in the year 1869, he came into possession of the mill of which his father was the proprietor, and has proved a very successful miller. The building is a large three-story structure, built of stone, and the work is carried on under the old process, a water-power overshot wheel running three sets of burrs; the water is supplied by Trout Creek. His trade is mostly custom work, and he takes grain in exchange.

In his youth Mr. Blose worked on a farm and assisted his father in the mill, thereby gaining a practical knowledge of the business, which has been of great advantage to him. He obtained a very meager education in what was known in that day as the pay school, but being energetic and industrious, he worked and studied, spending his spare time in reading and in improving his mind, and to-day he is a model man, a living example of what education can do. Besides the mill property Mr. Blose owns thirty-five acres of valuable land, which is well cultivated and improved. He is a man of good business ability, enterprising and sagacious, and by careful management and honorable dealings, he has won the success which now crowns his efforts.

Our subject is a valued member of the Reformed Church, and is a generous and cheerful giver, always ready to help the needy, and takes a great interest in religious affairs. In politics Mr. Blose is a Republican and an ardent supporter of the principles of that party. Prominently identified with the interests of the home of his youth, he is a popular man, and possesses a large circle of friends and acquaintances.