Harry Ranson Bobst

b. 31 March 1883, d. 10 October 1957
  • Harry Ranson Bobst was born on 31 March 1883 in Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois.
  • The following appeared on 16 July 1913 in the Trenton Evening Times: (Chambersburg) Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bobst of Newark spent the week-end with their parents, the Rev. and Mrs. I. Walton Bobst of Hamilton Avenue.
  • The following appeared on 21 April 1916 in the Trenton Evening Times: A wedding of interest to Trentians will take place this evening when Miss Mildred Leah Bobst, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. I. Walton Bobst, of Philadelphia, will become the bride of Arthur Carman Biles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel V. Biles, of 23 East State Street. The wedding will be solemnized in the Church of the Reformation, of which church Mr. Bobst is the pastor, at 6 o'clock. Mr. Bobst will perform the ceremony.
         Easter flowers will be used . . .
         Miss Bobst will be attired in a gown of white satin, made en train, and her long veil will be of tulle. She will carry a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. She will be given in marriage by her brother, Harry Ranson Bobst.
         The maid of honor will be a sister of the bride, Miss Dorothy Lenore Bobst, and she will wear a gown of gold taffeta and tulle and carry a gilt basket of Easter lilies.
         Mrs. Elmer Holmes Bobst, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. David Peterson Bricker, of Lititz, Pa., will be matrons of honor and their costumes will be of pale gold silk marquisette, trimed with gold lace. They will carry arm bouquets of daffodils. The bridesmaids will be Miss Maud Owen of Camden, formerly of Trenton, and Miss Myrtle Morgan of Philadelphia. Their frocks will be of flowered maize silk marquisette trimmed with gold lace. Their bouquets will be daffodils.
         Elmer Holmes Bobst, of Philadelphia, will be the best man and the ushers will be Charles E. Sommers and Herbert Keevil, of this city, and Albert Welcker and Harry Meiss, of Philadelphia. Master Elmer Walton Bobst will be the ring bearer and will carry the ring upon a yellow satin cushion.
         The bride-elect is well known in this city where her father was pastor of the St. Mark's English Lutheran Church for many years. She was also a student at the Trenton High School and has a host of friends here.
         Sever Trentonians will attend the wedding and among them will be Mrs. Biles, the mothert of the bridegroom. At the wedding she will be attired in black embroidered chiffon over lavender satin trimed with jet and made en train. The aunt of the bridegroom, Mrs. A. F. Williams, will wear black faille and georgette crepe over white satin.
         The mother of the bride will be gowned in an embroidered pearl taffeta.
         A reception will be held at the home of the bride's parents, 3845 North Sisteenth Street, following the ceremony, for the members of the bridal family and the two families. Later the young couple will leave for a wedding trip to the South. Upon their return they will make their home in Philadelphia, and Mr. Biles will commute to this city, where he is connected with the First National Bank.
  • He served during World War I, according to the 1930 census.
  • He married Edith M. Morgan, daughter of John Morgan and Wilhelmina Scheck, in 1920.
  • Harry Ranson Bobst and Edith M. Morgan appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, at 627 Fifth Avenue West. Other members of the household included Barbara Alice Bobst.
  • He was a salesman of chemicals, according to the 1930 census.
  • Edith M. Morgan became a widow at his death.
  • Harry Ranson Bobst died on 10 October 1957 at age 74 in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, . His death was officially witnessed by Edith M. Morgan.
  • He was interred at St. Paul's in the Valley Cemetery, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 4 Jul 2012

Family: Edith M. Morgan b. 26 March 1893, d. 12 January 1975