Bronson, Benjamin Franklin, D.D., son of Rev. Asa and Marinda (Jennings) Bronson, was born in North Salem, N. Y.
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Bronson, Benjamin Franklin, D.D., son of Rev. Asa and Marinda (Jennings) Bronson, was born in North Salem, N. Y., April 21, 1821; con- verted and baptized in Fall River, Mass., in 1836; graduated from Madison University in 1844, and Theological Department in 1846 ; ordained in Ash- land, Mass., 1846; pastor in Methuen, 1850; in Woburn, 1858; in Boston Highlands (Ruggles Street church), 1862; in Southbridge, 1867; in Putnam, Conn., 1872, where he is still laboring (1880); has been much engaged in directing com- mon and high schools; was one of the editors of “First Half Century of Madison University”; for several years secretary of ‘‘ Freedman’s Aid Com- mission” ; for two years secretary of Massachusetts Baptist Convention; received degree of D.D. from Madison University in 1869. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photos from findagrave
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