from THE BRONSON FAMILY.
By Mrs. Anna Bronson Lutes, Urbana, Ill., 1921.
Phineas Bronson Jr. and his first wife, Elsie Stoddard, were the parents of children as follow: Antoinette, who married Milton Nesmith; Isabel, who married Thomas Black; Herbert West, who died at age of 10 or 12 in 1842, and was buried in the Cemetery one mile South of Princeville, which two years later was abandoned for the present Princeville Township Cemetery; Ovando,
who married Amanda Morrow; and Hiram Curtis, who married Mary E. McKown.
Phineas Bronson Jr. and his second wife were the parents of Eugene Cecil, and a daughter who died at birth. Phineas Bronson lived on his farm South East of Princeville until his death in 1879. His widow and son Eugene moved to Urbana, Illinois, about 1883 where Mrs. Bronson died Oct. 18th, 1890. Eugene is now in North Dakota.
Records conflict as to whether Phineas and Elsa were married in Boston, Ohio or Medina, Ohio.