Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Bobb, Edwin George 1856 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  EDWIN GEORGE BOBB, president of the D. M. Bare Paper Company, also president 
of the Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, was born at Tyrone, Pa., in 1856, and 
is a son of Alexander and Matilda (Mattern) Bobb, both deceased, former 
residents of Martinsburg, Pa.  The father served in the Union Army during the 
Civil War and held the commission of colonel at the close of the war.  He was 
elected sheriff of the county, in 1873, and took an active interest in all 
affairs of a civic nature.  He was part owner of a foundry and machine shop at 
Martinsburg and of another at Roaring Spring, in the operations of which he was 
active throughout his life.  His other sons, William M. and James S., are 
deceased.  Edwin George Bobb attended the schools of Martinsburg and 
Hollidaysburg and spent three terms at Canonsburg Academy.  For a short time 
after completing his schooling, he was connected with his father's foundry at 
Roaring Spring and in 1892 became associated with the paper manufacturing 
business of D. M. Bare as bookkeeper.  Later, he was promoted to the position of 
president.  A few years prior to the death of Mr. Bare, he was made president of 
the Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, and in 1922 was made president of the 
Roaring Spring Bank, in the affairs of which he still takes an active part.  Mr. 
Bobb is also one of the organizers and a director of the Whittaker Paper 
Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  D. M. Bare, founder of both the paper company and 
of the bank, was perhaps the most aggressive citizen of Roaring Spring in 
seeking the welfare of the community, for he played a prominent part in securing 
industries for the borough.  Mr. Bobb, a Republican in politics, follows local 
events with a deep interest and served as the first burgess of the borough, 
holding office for several years.  In 1884, he married Clara S. Bare, daughter 
of D. M. Bare.  Mrs. Bobb is active in the work of the Church of God and is an 
earnest worker in behalf of Nason Hospital.  Two children, Ralph Daniel and 
Chester Alexander Bobb, are both deceased, the former having died while he was 
in his second year at Cornell University, passing away in San Antonio; Texas, in 
1907, and the latter during his first year at Tome School for Boys, in 1907.

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