Career
He was later a successful banker and land speculator and is credited with co-founding the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company and Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company. In 1828 he was one of the wealthiest men in New York City, with assets of more than $250,000. Bronson"s home "Verna" in Greenfield Hill later became Fairfield Country Day School.
He is credited with planting the first dogwood trees along Bronson Road where today there is a yearly Dogwood Festival.
