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Birth:          25 May 1823 Sugar Grove, Pa.
Death:          24 Mar 1901 Philadelphia, Pa.

Notes
info from Mary Gail (from Blodgett book)
lived in Washington D.C., from 1851 to 1856, then Philadelphia
noted scientist, founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau, publicist, editor, author. Spent 
much time, unsuccessfully, trying to recover for the heirs of Samuel Blodgett the 
speculative investment Samuel had made in D.C. real estate.
1870 in Philadelphia, Pa. no occ listed
1880 in Philadelphia, Pa. publicist, says b NY
from http://famousamericans.net/lorinblodget/
BLODGET, Lorin, physicist, born near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, 25 
May 1823. He was educated at Jamestown Academy and at Geneva (now Hobart) 
College. In November 1851, he became assistant at the Smithsonian Institution in 
charge of researches on climatology, and at the meeting of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, held in Cleveland in 1853, he presented seven 
papers on atmospheric physics. These early contributions were among the first ever 
published in this country on that subject, and were of value in establishing the 
science. From 1852 till 18;56 he was associated with the engineers on the Pacific 
railroad surveys, and directed the determination of altitudes and gradients by means of 
the barometer. The latter part of this period was spent in the war office, to which he 
had been transferred. In 1857 he published "The Climatology of the United States and 
of the Temperate Latitudes of the North American Continent," which was the most 
valuable contribution on that subject ever issued in this country. It was extensively 
circulated, and 500 copies sent to Europe were disposed of in six months. The book 
was highly complimented by Humboldt. In 1863 he was placed in charge of the 
financial and statistical reports of the treasury department, and in that capacity 
published several volumes of official reports. From 1865 till 1877 he was United States 
appraiser-at-large of customs, and during 1874-'5 he was special assistant of the 
treasury department. While connected with the government service he wrote reports 
on finance, revenue, industrial progress, and census of industry. From 1858 till 1865 
he was secretary of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, and from 1859 till 1864 the editor 
of the "North American," published there. His publications include 150 bound volumes 
and 350 pamphlets, with thousands of editorial articles. The most important of these 
are probably the accounts of his researches on climatology, and were published by the 
government. His "Commercial and Financial Resources of the United States" (1864) 
was circulated to the extent of over 30,000 copies, was reprinted in Nuremberg, 
Germany, and did much to sustain the credit of the United States in the money 
markets of the old world. The industrial census of Philadelphia has been taken four 
times by him, and he has resided in that city since 1857.




Parents
BLODGETT Arba (18 Apr 1789 - 28 Nov 1837)
BULLOCK Reba ("Bebe") (8 Mar 1790 - 21 Jan 1878)

Siblings
BLODGETT Lucinda (5 Jan 1813 - 30 Oct 1873)
BLODGETT Marian (16 Oct 1814 - 26 Apr 1889)
BLODGETT Clarissa Mower (21 Dec 1816 - 1887)
BLODGETT Adelia Emeline (17 Jun 1819 - 12 May 1850)
BLODGETT Lorin (25 May 1823 - 24 Mar 1901)
BLODGETT William Orin (6 Nov 1824 - 3 Jan 1866)
BLODGETT Sylvia (25 Jun 1827 - 26 Dec 1850)
BLODGETT Lois Melinda (6 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1911)

Marriage To GIBBS Mary Elizabeth (23 Jan 1830 - 16 Mar 1888)
    m. 1856 

Notes


Children by GIBBS Mary Elizabeth 23 Jan 1830 - 16 Mar 1888
BLODGETT Lorin Theodore (1 Jun 1857 - 7 Jun 1857)
BLODGETT Mary Sylvia (18 Sep 1858 - )
BLODGETT William Alexander (23 Jun 1860 - 9 May 1862)
BLODGETT Edward Augustus (20 Apr 1862 - 2 May 1862)
BLODGETT Virginia (29 May 1863 - Aug 1864)
BLODGETT Elizabeth Virginia (13 Feb 1865 - 1898)
BLODGETT Ida Lorini (12 Nov 1866 - )
BLODGETT Lorin (28 Jul 1868 - 17 May 1951)
BLODGETT Leila Helene (1 Feb 1871 - 5 Oct 1944)
BLODGETT Arba (20 Feb 1874 - 1949)

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