BIO: Ira L. Bronson, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 288.
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  Bronson, Ira Lincoln, was born on May 20, 1865, at Orwell, Pa., and 
is the son of a Presbyterian elder. He attended graded school, was a 
short time in college, and was three years at Moody's Bible Institute, 
Chicago. He received local preacher's license in November, 1894, and in 
December, 1894, joined the Louisiana Conference of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, South. In 1900 he united with Wyoming Conference, his 
credentials being recognized.
  During his younger days he was salesman in a hardware store in 
Fremont, Neb., two and a half years, and taught school one and a half 
years.
  On September 2, 1896, he married Miss Leila J. Howe, of Orwell, Pa.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1900-01, Wells Bridge; 1902-03, 
McClure.