From Combination Atlas Map of Medina County, Ohio, Pub. 1874.

The gentleman above named is one of the oldest pioneers of Medina County. He was born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticutt, on the 27th day of June, 1802.
When he was only thirteen years old, he came with his father's family to Ohio, and lived three years in Ashtabula. In 1818 he removed to Medina. His advantages of education, were limited by the meager facilities of the early day.
In August, 1828, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Stevens, by whom he had two daughters, the oldest dying in infancy. Th other is Mrs. D. H. King, of New York City.
About the year 1828 Mr. Bronson was elected Sheriff of Medina County, and served two years. Previous to this election, however, he had served some three years as Deputy Sheriff.
From 1825 to 1833 he was Brigade Inspector under Gen. D. Northrup in the State Militia.
In October, 1831, he moved to Richfield and engaged in the mercantile business, where he remained nearly eleven years.
In 1842 he returned to Medina, where he followed the same business till 1861, when he retired from active business life and sought the retirement of his farm. But he was permitted to enjoy this quiet for only a short time, for soon the people of Medina County wanted a good and substantial man to represent them in the Ohio Legislature, and in the fall of 1865 they drew him forth from his retirement and sent him to the House of Representatives at Columbus. he was also re-elected to the same position in 1867.
Since his return from the legislature, Mr. Bronson has passed his time in private life, and will probably never again be prevailed to accept and further honors of office. He has already passed the limit of life allotted to the race, and will doubtless spend the evening of his life in the sweet quiet of his home. While Mr. Bronson has been very successful as a business man, being one of the oldest merchants of Medina, yet his life has not been without its reverses. His connection with the L.S. and T. V. Railway, which was commenced in 1854 and completed in 1871, was the occasion of a loss to him of a very considerable sum of money. Yet of this and other losses he speaks as bing on the whole a blessing to him. The accumulated experience of nearly three-fourths of a century has taught him to view such things in the liberal light of a Christian philosophy, and to regard many of the failures of his life as but the elements of a glorious future success. This old gentleman is held in high esteem by the people among whom he has long lived.


Thanks to Find A Grave contributor Douglas King for the above information and also Thank you Find A Grave contributor Ralph Brown for the links to his father and mother.

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"1850 Federal Census" Medina Village - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 222B - Line: 16)

Name: Bronson, Hiram
Dwelling: 1010
Family: 1012
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age: 48 years
Occupation: Merchant
Value: 18000
Birthplace: Connecticut
"1850 Federal Census" Medina Village - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 222B - Line: 16)

Thank you Find A Grave contributor fonda flamingo for this information.∼Bio taken from Pioneer Folks - Medina County Gazette - Medina Co. Ohio - compiled by Sharon L. D. Kraynek:

Hon. Hiram Bronson, one of the best known and most familiar figures on the streets of Medina, who is known to almost every man, woman and child. When a mere lad, just having passed his twelfth year, he came with his father, Noah M. Bronson from their pleasant home in Conn, to the wilds of the Western Reserve. His mother riding most of the way on horseback, carrying her youngest child in her arms, while young Hiram trudged bravely by her side.
The family settled for a short time iin the new town of Ashtabula, and from there moved to Medina county in the spring of 1818, settling in the eastern part of Medina township. The new settlement was soon turned into a productive farm and it is reliably reported that Hiram Bronson drove the first cattle from the township to market and hauled the first wheeat and potash to Cleveland with an ox team, the trips usually occupying about five days.
When but twenty-six years of age he was elected sheriff of the county. He was defeated for a re-election. Having married, he moved wqith his family to West Richfield, Summit county, and entered into a mercantile partnership with the well known Gen. O. M. Oviatt of that place. This continued for ten years with very prosperous results, when he again returned with his family to Medina, settling in the village and opening up a general store. He remained for a number of years, or until within twenty years one of the most successful merchants of the county.
In 1865 he was elected to the General Assembly of Ohio from medina, an being re-elected for another term in 1867. He served the two terms with notable honor and distinction to Medina county, taking a prominent and active part in the story and bitter discussions over the "Constitutional Amendment" question that followed the close of the war.
Mr. Bronson was always an ardent and devoted member of the masonic fraternity, and one of the oldest members of the order in the State of Ohio. His admission date was October 15, 1823. He served as Mastor for a consecutive period of 12 years, and was High Priest in the Medina Chapter of Royal Arch Masons for 11 years. Born August 1802 in Plymouth, Connecticut, he is a cousin of the late Bronson-Alcott, the famous and well known philosopher and trans-cendentalist of Concord and father of the noted writer, Mary Louise Alcott. His grand-daughter Annie Bronson King, attained considerable distinction as a successful magazine writer.