Biography

"Parliment Bronson was a native of Vernon, N. Y. He 
located in Auburn about 1825, and began the practise of 
the law. For a long time he was a partner of Richard L. 
Smith, Esq., the firm name being Bronson & Smith. Mr. 
Bronson was a brilliant and well educated lawyer and in 
association with Mr. Smith enjoyed great distinction and 
a large practise. Mr. Bronson married a daughter of 
Robert Dill, one of the early and prominent citizens. He 
died June 20, 1857. "