Bronson, Mary Jane LAST: Bronson FIRST: Mary MID: Jane GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Dempsey TITLE:  BORN: 11 Feb 1848 DIED: 27 Dec 1918 BURIED: 31 Dec 1918 (Smith Cemetery) OCCUPATION:   BIRTH PLACE:  Knoxville, Knox Co., Illinois DEATH PLACE: Dallas, Polk Co., Oregon NOTES:  Name of father Isaac Iddings Dempsey Maiden name of mother Nancy Ferguson [Parents are buried in Burch Cemetery] MARRIAGE - D.O. Bronson & Mary Dempsey m 26 Jan 1870 at house of Mr Dempsey; H.M. Waller, MG. Wit: J.G. Brown & I.N. Davidson. Bk B pg 88 1880 OR CENSUS - M.J. Bronson, age 32, b. Ohio, is eumerated with husband D[avid] O., age 43, occupation farmer, b. Michigan, along with B. [Blanche], age 9, b. Oregon, H. [Hattie], age 7, b. Oregon, W. I. [William], age 5, b. Oregon, and C. B. [Charles], age 3, b. Oregon. 1900 OR CENSUS - Mary J. Bronson, age 52, mother of 6 children, b. Feb 1848 in Illinois, is enumerated with her husband of 30 years, David, age 65, occupation farmer b. Jan 1835 in Michigan, along with Walter H., age 16, b. May 1884 in Oregon. Also enumerated in the household is Mary E. Ward, identified as a cousin, age 13, b. Nov 1886 in Oregon. [NOTE - daughter Hattie Bronson Sibley was the mother of Evelyn Sibley Lampman, the famous children's writer] OBITUARY:  Deseased Resided for Nearly Forty Years on Farm Near Lewisville Coming Here in 1912. Mrs. Mary Bronson died at ther home of her daughter, Mrs. H .C. Eakin in Dallas, Friday evening, Dec. 27, 1918, of neuritis, after an illness of one week. Mrs. Bronson was born at Knoxville, Illinois, Feb. 11, 1848. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. I. Dempsey, Oregon pioneers of 1862, who located for the first year at Monmouth, and the following year at Rickreall where she was married Jan. 28, 1870, to D. O. Bronson, who died in this city in January 1915. For nearly forty years Mr. and Mrs. Bronson lived on their farm near Lewisville, removing in 1912 to Dallas. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. I. N. Davidson of Toppenish, Washington, and five children, Mrs. Hort C. Eakin and Mrs. Joseph E. Sibley of Dallas, Wm. Bronson of Harrisburg, Charles D. Bronson of Monrovia, California and George H. Bronson of Lewisville. Mrs. Bronson has been a member of the M.E. Church South for many years. Polk County Observer (Friday) 3 Jan 1919 INSCRIPTION:  SOURCES:  OSBH DC (Polk County 1918) #136 Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1879, page 46 1880 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute Pct, ED 107, FA#91) 1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute Pct, ED 176, pg 2B) PCO 3 Jan 1919 CONTACTS:  ROW: 46-6