Background
Cobb, Henry Nitchie was born on November 15, 1834 in New York, United States. Son of Sanford and Sophia Lewis (Nitchie) Cobb.
Cobb, Henry Nitchie was born on November 15, 1834 in New York, United States. Son of Sanford and Sophia Lewis (Nitchie) Cobb.
Brother of Sanford Hoadley C. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1855, Master of Arts, 1858. Union Theological Seminary, 1856-1857.
(Doctor of Divinity, Rutgers, 1878).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1860. Missionary to Persia under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1860-1862. Pastor Reformed Church in America, 1866-1881.
Correspondent secretary Board of Foreign Missions, Reformed Church in America, since 1882.
Tours of the world visiting mission fields, 1891-1892, 1904-1905. Author: Far Hence—A Budget of Letters from Our Mission Fields in Asia.
1893. Home: East. Orange, New Jersey.
Married Matilda East. Van Zandt, May 17, 1860.