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George Egbert Bronson
| Born: 25 Jan 1823 Summit Co., OH Baptized: 24 Dec 1829 Congressional Church, Twinsburg, Summit Co., OH |
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Married 1st: 14 July 1852 Knox Co., TN
Wife 1st: Lucy C. Blacknall
b. Abt. 1834 TN
Married 2nd: 05 May 1874 Logansport, IN
Wife 2nd: Annie Barnes
b. Abt. 1848 England
d. After 1920
Died: 24 May 1901 Morgantown, IN
FATHER
MOTHER
CHILDREN with LUCY CROSSLINE BLACKNALL
1. Josephine Alice Bronson b. 12 Aug 1854 TN
2. Charles Egbert Bronson b. 19 Feb 1856 TN
3. Benjamin Franklin Bronson b. 17 Nov 1857 TN
4. Emma Dora Bronson b. 22 Mar 1859 TN
5. Abraham Lincoln Bronson. b. 27 Dec 1860 TN
6. Fannie (Betty) Lisslie Bronson b. 28 Feb 1863 TN
7. Clarence Ashley Bronson b. Abt 1867 TN
8. Silas Alling Bronson b.Abt 1868 TN
9. Mildred Maggie Bronson b. Abt 1868 IN
10.Ida Lucy Bronson b. Feb 1873 IN
CHILDREN with ANNIE BARNES
1. Effie Nellie Bronson b.23 Mar 1875 IN
2. Cassie Mabel Bronson b. 15 Nov 1876 IN
3. Jessie Edna Bronson b. 12 Apr 1878 IN
4. Myrtle Maud Bronson b. 18 May 1880 IN
5. George Egbert Bronson, JR b. 11 Sep 1882
d. 24 Sep 1883
6. Beryle Bronson b. 28 Jun 1884 IN
Biography as found in Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical by Charles Blanchard 1884
"George E Bronson was born in Summit County, Ohio, January 25, 1823. He is a deaf mute, in consequence of early inflammation of the drums of the ears. He graduated at the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Columbus, Ohio. where he remained five years, and later learned the printing trade in Cleveland; "but, becoming discouraged, he went to work for the Recorder of Lenawee County, Mich.; moved then to Detroit and was in the Auditor's office, where he remained three months; thence he went to Milwaukee and thence to Iowa City, where he became a legislative clerk, and afterward worked in the Recorder's office at St. Louis. He was later appointed Principal of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Nashville, Tenn., where he remained until the war began, after which he purchased 200 acres of land, and made a trial of farming. July 14, 1852, he married Lucy C. Blacknall, of Tennessee, the result of which union was ten children - Josephine Alice, Charles Egbert, Benjamin Franklin, Emma Dora, Abraham Lincoln, Fannie Lisslie, Clarence Ashley, Silas Alling, Mildred Maggie and Ida Lucy. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Bronson wedded, in Logansport, Ind., Annie Barnes: this marriage took place May 5, 1874, and was followed by five children: Effie Nellie, Cassie Mabel, Jessie Edna, Myrtle Maud and George Egbert, Jr. In 1868, he sold his Tennessee property and moved to Morgantown, Ind. His father bequeathed him $15,000 and his uncle a like amount."
George was a deaf mute and as can been seen from his biography above, and he moved around a lot as a small child. He was enrolled in the Ohio Asylum for the Deaf in Columbus in 1834 and studied there for six years. In 1850 he was living in Louisville with his sister, Sarah Bronson and her new husband, Jacob Powers. He is listed as a clerk. He then went on to become the Principal of the Deaf and Dumb Institute of Nashville. He left there just before the Civil War and is living next to his parents in Crossville, TN in 1860, listed as a shoemaker. The Civil War brought huge turmoil to this family. (See page for his father, Elijah W. Bronson). George did not fight since he was deaf, but he had a nephew in the Union Army, a brother in the Confederacy and a brother-in-law who died for the confederacy in 1863. His mother also died in 1863.
He had married in Tennessee to Lucy Crossline Blacknall. After the war they moved to Morgantown, IN in 1868. His uncle Silas Bronson had just died in 1867 and left him $15,000. His father died in 1870 leaving him an additional $15,000
His first wife probably died from birth complications because he married his second wife, Annie Barnes, in 1874 when the youngest was one year and three months. Altogether he had 16 children, the majority of which were raised with two deaf parents.
His second wife, Annie Barnes, was also deaf. According to the US Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages in 1889, her parents were Thomas Barnes and Arma Barnes. They were deceased at the time of the census. The names of her siblings were Amie, John E., Thomas O., Harry, George, and Mary. Only she was hearing impaired. The cause of her deafness was typhoid fever at the age of two. She had gone to school at Dundas Rice Co., Minn from the age of 20 months for seven years.
This same census says George Egbert had a brother, Charles, who was also deaf. George Egbert Bronson became deaf at the age of 2 from a "disease in the head." In 1834 at the age of 12 he was admitted to school where he remained for six years. The names of his six children with Annie Barnes are: Effie Nellie Bronson b. Mar 23, 1875, Cassive Mabel Bronson b. Nov 15, 1876, Jessie Edna Bronson b. April 12, 1878, Myrtle Bronson b. May 18, 1880, George E. Bronson b. Sep 11, 1882 d. Sept 24, 1883, Beryl Bronson b. June 28, 1884.
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