Background
Ranck, Henry Haverstick was born on July 24, 1868 in near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Eby and Martha Bausman (Haverstick) Ranck.
Ranck, Henry Haverstick was born on July 24, 1868 in near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jacob Eby and Martha Bausman (Haverstick) Ranck.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1892 (Doctor of Divinity, 1916). Studied Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, 1892-1893. Graduate Theological Seminary Reformed Church in the United States, 1895.
Ordained to the ministry of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1896. Pastor Saint Paul’s Church, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1896-1899, Saint John's Church, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1899-1901, Saint Andrew’s Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1901-1914, Grace Evangelical and Reformed Churches, Washington, District of Columbia, 1914-1939, now pastor emeritus.
Member board of Education Eastern Synod, Reformed Church, 1909-1914, Potomac Synod, 1917-1924. Member efficiency commission of General Synod, 1923-1926. Member Executive Committee of “Religious Life in Nation’s Capitol,” 1935-1939.
Member Washington committee Federal Council of Churches, 1921-1931.
Member Huguenot society of District of Columbia (honorary), Over 65.
Married Mary Hill Byrne, April 22, 1897, died September 16, 1934). Children: James Byrne, Alice Bausman (Mistress Alton East. Laughlin).