Bronson, Miles, D.D., was born in Norway, N. Y., July 20, 1812; having passed through the course of study at the Hamilton Literary

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Miles Bronson-(Note it is hard to underestimate the impact that Bronson had- today Nagaland is the only majority Baptist state in the world. ) Bronson, Miles, D.D., was born in Norway, N. Y., July 20, 1812; having passed through the course of study at the Hamilton Literary and Theo- logical Institution, he was ordained at Whitesbor- éugh, N. Y., and received his appointment as a missionary April 29, 1836. He sailed for the field of his labor the October following, and reached Sadiya, Assam, July 17, 1837, where he remained until his removal to Jaipur, May 13, 1838. His interest having become awakened in the Nagas, a tribe of people occupying the high ranges of moun- tains southeast of Jaipur, he visited some of them in January, 1839, and in 1840 repeated his visit. In March of this year a station was established among the Naga Hills, which was placed under his charge for a short time, when it was deemed de- sirable that he should remove to Nowgong. Dr. Bronson occupied this position for several years, one of the most important works accomplished being the founding and supervision of the Now- gong Orphan Institution, of which a fuller ac- count may be found in the article on Assam. In 1849, Mr. Bronson returned to the United States, and remained here for more than a year, reaching his field of labor early in 1851. He continued to look after the interests of the Orphan Institution, and, in his missionary tour, to care for the spiritual interests of the natives. His labors were owned and blest of God. In the fall of 1857 he once more visited his native land, and earnestly appealed to his brethren to cultivate more thoroughly the mis- sionary spirit, and give the men and the means to earry on the work abroad. Returning again to Assam in 1860, Dr. Bronson resumed his work at Nowgong, and carried it on for some nine years, when he made another short visit to this country. In July, 1874, he removed to Gowahati to take the charge of that important station. Although suffer- ing from poor health for the past few years, he has been able to accomplish much in his station. Forty-one years of his life have been devoted to the cause of his Master and Lord as a missionary of the cross. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart(NOTE: He would come home from the field in 1879 and would pass away at the age of 71 in 1883- “In the delirium of his last illness he imagined himself again in his beloved mission field praying for and exhorting the native Christians to faithfulness.”) Photos from findagrave