Edwin Ruthven Bronson

Brief Life History of Edwin Ruthven

When Edwin Ruthven Bronson was born on 14 October 1817, in Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Leman Bronson, was 25 and his mother, Lucy Brass, was 22. He married Mary Clark on 9 March 1849, in Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 19 March 1889, in Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Midway City Cemetery, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Ruthven Bronson
1817–1889
Mary Clark
1823–1886
Marriage: 9 March 1849
Everice Ruthven Bronson
1851–1928
Charles Isaac Bronson
1853–1929
Sarah Eliza Bronson
1858–1946
Avis Mary Bronson
1861–1928
Alice Naomi Bronson
1863–1943
George Clark Bronson
1865–1954
Alvin Tracy Bronson
1867–1869

Sources (35)

  • Edwin Bronson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • Family Data Collection - Marriages

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Brunson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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History of Edwin and Mary Bronson

EDWIN RUTHVEN BRONSON AND MARY CLARK My Father, Edwin Ruthven Bronson, was born October 14, 1817, in Mentor, Geauga (now Lake County) Ohio. He was the oldest son of Lehman and Lucy Brass Bronson. W …

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