The History of the Township and Village of Mazomanie, 
BY WILLIAM KITTLE, MADISON, WIS. 
STATE JOURNAL PRINTING CO. 1900.

D. W. BRONSON was born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1823 
and came to Wisconsin in 1843. He lived in Walworth county 
for some time and then removed to Eagle, where he kept a 
store. He married Melissa E. Whitney and removed to 
Mazomanie in 1855, where he opened a general store. He 
kept this for a number of years and was also Postmaster 
from 1861 to 1877. For some years before his death he kept 
the lumber yard. He died May 19, 1880. Mrs. Bronson now 
resides at Omaha, Nebraska. His children reside as 
follows: Seymour E. B., near Sauk City, Wis.; Eva B., now 
Mrs. Charles Draper, near Webster, Texas; Jennie B., wife 
of W. A. Carson, died in 1899; Fred B., at Portage, Wis.

Submitted by Randi McCartney