Rev Henry Wise Hobson

  General Notes:

Henry Wise Hobson II (May 16, 1891 - February 10, 1983), was the Bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. At the time of his death was the oldest bishop in the Episcopal Church, and when he was consecrated at the age of 38 in 1929, he was the youngest Episcopal bishop in the United States. He was also involved with the founding of Forward Movement Publications at the Episcopal Church.

He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1910 and Yale University in 1914, then was an officer in the infantry during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in France, after being wounded twice. After the war he started at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he graduated in 1920. He was then the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Cambridge, and in 1930 he moved to the Cincinnati at the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.[1] His son Henry Wise Hobson III married Elizabeth Mary Balch in 1941.[2] His daughter Margery Thayer Hobson married Gerard Thomas on February 13, 1955.[3] Henry Wise Hobson died on February 10, 1983.

Henry married Edmonia Taylor Bryan, daughter of Pendleton Taylor Bryan and Katherine C. aka Kitty Clark. (Edmonia Taylor Bryan was born on 7 Aug 1896 in St. Louis, MO and died on 5 Nov 1988 in Cinncinati, OH.)