Background
Cobb, Henry Evertson was born on March 25, 1863 in Hopewell, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Son of Review Oliver Ellsworth and Cornelia Whitney (Polhemus) Cobb.
Cobb, Henry Evertson was born on March 25, 1863 in Hopewell, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Son of Review Oliver Ellsworth and Cornelia Whitney (Polhemus) Cobb.
Flushing (New York) Institute, 1872-1880. New York University, 1880-1882. Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers, 1884, Doctor of Divinity, 1901, New York University, 1901.
Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1888. S.T.D., Columbia, 1930.
Was ordained to the ministry of Reformed Church, June 1888. Minister, West Troy, New York, 1888-1902, West End Collegiate Church, New York, January 1903-1931, now senior minister of the Collegiate Church of New York City. President Riverside Day Nursery.
Trustee Vassar College (Chairman of the Board, 1919-1929), 1909-1929, Rutgers College, Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum (president of the board). Member board of managers.
Author: The Victories of Youth, 1900. The Ships of Tarshish, 1909. Contributor to mags.
Member Psi Upsilon, St. Nicholas Society (chaplain). Clubs: Century, Rutgers, Clergy, Lake Placid.
Married Elizabeth Colgate Penrose, February 3, 1891. Children: Dorothy Penrose (Mistress.