Levi Bronson (1765-1824) - Find a Grave Memorial

Levi Bronson

Birth

24 Jun 1765

Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Death

15 Aug 1824 (aged 59)

Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Columbia Center Cemetery

Columbia Center, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Add to Map

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Levi Bronson was one of the 10 sons ( fourteen children in total) of Seba Bronson and Mary Hickox Bronson.
His siblings were Azor, Bela, Seba JR, Harmon , Anna, Thomas, Mary, Olive, Abraham, Daniel ,Joseph , Southmayd, Aline and Desire.

He married Sarah, "Sary" Prindle , May 23, 1783,and had the following children:Eleazor, Mary, Anner, Nancy, Louisa , Chauncy,Anna, Wheeler and Olive Elvira.

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From The Bronson Family of Lorain County, Ohio"

"Levi, Azor, and Harmon Bronson with other men drew up and formed at the fourth draft, the Waterbury Land Co. on April 4, 1807 , in Columbia Township, now a part of Lorain Co, Ohio. The Connecticut Land Co., owner of this land gave deed of this land to Levi , Azor and Harmon Bronson, in trust for the Waterbury Land Co.

Levi Bronson helped survey this Township in 1807. His daughter was the first white woman to set foot on the soil of Columbia, Ohio."
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From A Standard History of Lorain Ohio:

Levi was listed as one of the first Pioneers of Columbia, Ohio.

A WAR SCARE OF 1812
" Lorain County was by no means exempt from war "scares" during those trying times to the region of the lower lakes and the scene of the greatest navel activities. Very early in the war period the word was passed through all the lake shore settlements of the county that a large party of hostile British had landed at Huron, a few miles west. Men, women and children fled their homes in terror, and as the inhabitants of Ridgeville reached Columbia in their flight they found that settlement nearly abandoned. This panic, however, was of short duration, for Levi Bronson, returning from Cleveland, brought the well authenticated news that the persons landed at Huron were the prisoners that Hull surrendered, at Detroit, to the British. On the return of those who had sought safety in flight from Columbia, the elder Bronson, who had refused to join them, informed them that "the wicked flee when no man pursueth."

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CHILD OF SEBA BRONSON SERVED IN CONNECTICUT FORCES NO MARKER PRESUMED BURIED NEXT TO HIS WIFE SARAH BRONSON -REVOLUTIONARY WAR
(http://www.columbiahistoricalsociety.org/cemetery/COLUMBIA_CENTER_CEMETERY.pdf)
∼wife Sarah

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This is a Memorial Only.
Children of Seba Bronson-
Levi
Olive
Azor 1767-1811
Joseph
Anna
Seba
Harmon
Thomas
Abram
Mary
Bela 1732-1811
Desire
Daniel & Southmaid
Born Sept 23, 1786
Southmaid died Apr 13, 1814
Daniel died 1885
BRONSON
One cemetery record states there was a stone for Levi & Sarah but on the ground and cannot be read. d.1824 ae 59 d 1831