Lucy Brass b. 26 Jun 1795 Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 7 Feb 1847 Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska, United States: My Family Online

1795 - 1847 (51 years)

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Name	Lucy Brass
Born	26 Jun 1795	Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Gender	Female
Buried	Feb 1847	Florence, Douglas, Nebraska Territory
Died	7 Feb 1847	Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska, United States
Person ID	I469	Staples-Record
Last Modified	30 Mar 2015

Father	Garrot Brass, b. 29 Mar 1766, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 25 Nov 1837, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States (Age 71 years)
Mother	Lucy Mathews, b. 18 Apr 1771, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 1840, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, USA (Age 68 years)
Married	19 Apr 1792	Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Family ID	F899	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Leman Bronson, b. 15 Jan 1792, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States , d. 16 Mar 1855, Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States (Age 63 years)

Married 2 Jan 1817 Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States

Children

	1. Edwin Ruthven Bronson, b. 14 Oct 1817, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States , d. 19 Mar 1889, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)
	2. Tracy Williston Bronson, b. 1819, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States
	3. Emeret Orilla Bronson, b. 1821, Mentor, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Clinton Doneral Bronson, b. 17 Dec 1824, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States , d. 14 Dec 1906, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States (Age 81 years)
	5. Hadley Lawton Bronson, b. 1827, Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan Territory, United States , d. 1835 (Age 8 years)
	6. Wilmer Wharton Bronson, b. 20 Oct 1829, Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States , d. 29 Nov 1907 (Age 78 years)
	7. Martha Ann Bronson, b. 13 Jun 1834, Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States , d. 14 Jan 1927, West Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 92 years)
+	8. Lorenda Elizabeth Bronson, b. 22 Dec 1836, Brownstown Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States , d. 21 Jun 1907, Scipio, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 70 years)

Last Modified 31 Mar 2015

Family ID F160 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - 26 Jun 1795 - Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
	Married - 2 Jan 1817 - Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States
	Died - 7 Feb 1847 - Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska, United States

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Notes

History of Lucy Brass
Contributed By Keith Fraser · 9 June 2013 ·

LUCY BRASS BRONSON BIRTHDATE: 26 Jun 1795 Chester, Massachusetts DEATH: Feb 1847 Poncho, Nebraska PARENTS: Garrit Brass, Lucy Matthews PIONEER: Died crossing the Plains SPOUSE: Lemon Bronson MARRIED: 2 Jan 1817 Mentor, Geauga, Ohio DEATH SP: 1854 Taylor, Michigan CHILDREN: Edwin Ruthven, 14 Oct 1817 Tracy Williston, abt 1819 Emeret Orilla, abt 1821 Clinton Doneral, 17 Dec 1824 Hadley Lawton, abt 1827 Wilmer Wharton, 20 Oct 1830 Martha Ann, 13 Jun 1834 Lorinda Elizabeth, 23 Dec 1836 Lucy Brass was born in 1795 in Massachusetts. She was married in Mentor, Ohio, to Lemon Bronson. Four of their children were born in Ohio and four were born in Michigan. A baptism was to be held for converts of the Church, and the new converts walked through snow for about a mile. They then had to cut a hole in a foot thick ice for the baptisms to take place. Lucy Bronson was to be baptized but she was very sick at the time. She participated in the baptism and suffered no ill affects from this experience. Lucy, however, died while the family was en route to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The family was spending the winter of 1846-47 at Poncho, Nebraska, with the Saints. Due to the deprivations and lack of proper food, Lucy Bronson died during that winter, as did many, other saints. Her name is on a monument at that local cemetery. Lucy had died about Feb 1847 near Winter Quarters. Her husband and family continued on with the group to Utah. They arrived in Salt Lake City by wagon about 1 Oct, 1847. They traveled with Capt. Edward H Hunter's Company (2nd hundred), with Capt Jacob Foutz (2nd fifty), Capt. Vincent Shurtlef's (3rd ten) company number 4. Source: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. I, p. 371; International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers; Publishers Press, 1998. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.