Elias Dronberger
Elias Dronberger, (deceased) was born March 3, 1813, in Bedford, Penn.; son of Henry and Esther Dronberger, natives of Pennsylvania, where they lived until the latter's death. Henry Dronberger was again united in marriage in Pennsylvania, where his second wife died, and he then came to this county, was married the third time, and here died. Our subject was married the first time to Charlotta Chapman, who died in this county; then, on August 1, 1848, he married Isabella L. McCain, born in Mahoning County, Ohio, December 4, 1820, daughter of Robert and Mary McCain, who died in that county. Mr. Dronberger and his second wife had three children: William R., Melissa J., and Henrietta J., wife of Oliver Apple. Mr. Dronberger was a farmer through life, and at the time of his death, June 28, 1880, owned eighty-seven acres of land where his widow resides. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885