Oliver Bronson

Oliver Bronson (October 3, 1799 – June 21, 1875) was an American physician and educator who was "heir to a wealthy Connecticut financier, banker, and real estate speculator.

"[1] Bronson was born on October 3, 1799, at Breakneck in Middlebury, Connecticut, and was named after his parents' first son who died in infancy.

[2] He was eldest surviving son of ten children born to Anna (née Olcott) Bronson (1765–1850), and Isaac Bronson (1760–1838), a surgeon during the American Revolutionary War who was a successful banker and land speculator credited with co-founding the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company and Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company.

His very delicate health obliged him to early give up active practice, but to the end of his kind and charitable life he ministered to the poor and lonely.

[1] The house and surrounding landscape had been painted by William Guy Wall in 1819, and today the watercolor is in the possession of the New-York Historical Society.

[1] Together, they were the parents of:[13] The painting was later acquired by Richard Jenrette and displayed at his residence in the Hudson Valley, Edgewater in Barrytown, New York.