Frank Grant HOBART

1882 - 1966  (84 years)

• Name	Frank Grant HOBART
  Birth	3 Mar 1882	Carthage, Hancock, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Aug 1966	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
  Burial	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, (Hollywood Hills) Los Angeles, California
  Notes	Frank was the fourth cousin of Vice President Garret Augustus Hobart. According to Frank's daughter (our mother) May Hobart Zentmyer, Frank's aunt Stella Picken Wood and her husband Dr. Everett Wood raised him in Sedalia, Missouri after the death of Frank's father Sidney, when he was seven years old. But it is more likely that Frank and his sisters were not taken in by the Woods until after the death of Frank's mother Elizabeth Picken Hobart in 1896. In fact, probate records state that the children were still living in Hancock County Illinois on 12 Feb 1896, shortly after their mother's death. 1900 US Census in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri living with the Woods. 1905 City Directory in Sherman, Grayson, Texas at 117 North Mirick Ave., occupation 'Car Rep.' (house is extant) 1910 US Census in Denison, Grayson, Texas at 217 N. Scullin Ave. (house is extant) 1911 City Directory in Dension, Grayson, Texas at 724 West Gandy Street, occupation 'Manager, Sherman Democrat.' (house is gone) 1920 US Census in Los Angeles, at 644 North Manhattan Place. "Frank G. Hobart has resigned as managing editor of the Los Angeles Record, and is succeeded by Thomas P. Grimshaw, late of the Fresno Tribune." The Fourth Estate, March 8, 1913 "Frank G. Hobart, Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Missouri, newspaper career began in high school, writer-reporter, editor, Denison, Sherman, Ft. Worth, Texas. At Los Angeles, Editor of the Los Angeles Record. In field of Advertising, Public and Employee Relations, Industrial Editor in petroleum and electrical industries. Semi-retired at 75, acts as consultant and feature writer." Lehlah Belle West b.1879 writing in 1957 Frank joined the Cannon Electric Company in 1939, working in advertising and public relations. He was employed by Cannon until his death, although his salary in later years more resembled a pension.
  Person ID	I85650	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Sidney Little HOBART,   b. 23 Feb 1842, Carthage Township, Hancock, Illinois d. 20 Nov 1889, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth PICKEN,   b. 24 Feb 1846, Barbour, Virginia (now West Virginia) d. 28 Jan 1896, Carthage, Hancock, Illinois (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	09 Apr 1873	Hancock, Illinois
  Family ID	F23142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeanette BRUTSCHÉ,   b. 20 Dec 1880, Denison, Grayson, Texas d. 07 Oct 1978, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1906	St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Denison, Grayson, Texas
  Children	1. May Elizabeth HOBART,   b. 22 Oct 1914, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California d. 20 Nov 2008, Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, California (Age 94 years)   2. Frank Grant HOBART, Jr.,   b. 30 Oct 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California d. 16 Jan 1994, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 69 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Marriage Certificate for Frank Hobart and Jeanette Brutsche From the Zentmyer Collection. Married by C.R.D. Crittenton, Rector, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Denison, Texas
  		Marriage Record from St. Luke's Episcopal Church Image courtesy John Zentmyer
  		Frank and Jeanette's first residence in Los Angeles (right, front) From the Zentmyer Collection. This house is extant, it is currently addressed as 1641 Morton Ave., Los Angeles, California near Elysian Park. The Hobarts moved here in 1911, not long after the 1909 death of Joseph Brutsche, Jeanette's father, in Texas.
  		Frank and Jeanette's newly-built house at 644 N. Manhattan Place, Hollywood, California From the Zentmyer Collection. The girl on the tricycle is May Hobart Zentmyer, so this image dates from about 1918, the year the family moved in. The Hobarts lived here until Jeanette moved into an assisted living facility in the 1970s. The house has since been replaced by an apartment building.
  		A fine day in 1949 at 644 N. Manhattan Place, Hollywood From the Zentmyer Collection. Top: your webmaster Gary, John, and May Zentmyer, Mary Strahorn Zentmyer, Jeanette and Frank Hobart. Bottom: John H. Zentmyer, Frank Hobart Jr., the likely photographer being George Zentmyer Sr. So, John was 37, May was 35. This photograph was colorized from a black-and-white original by the AI program DeOldify.
  Family ID	F23128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2025

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Probate filing for Elizabeth Picken Hobart This document supports the fact that Stella and Dr. Edward Wood did not take custody of Frank and his sisters and move them to Sedalia, Missouri until after their mother's death in 1896.
  		Frank Hobart to Wed Announcement in the Sedalia (Missouri) Evening Democrat, 2 Oct 1906
  		Frank Grant Hobart From the Zentmyer Collection. Photo from early in Frank's newspaper career.
  		Frank Hobart at work From the Zentmyer Collection. Frank is speaking into a Dictaphone wax cylinder recorder.
  		Frank received the "Plug of the Month" award from Cannon Electric in 1960. From the Zentmyer Collection. Frank went to work for Cannon Electric in 1939, and remained life-long friends with its founder, James Cannon. Cannon's major products included multi-terminal electrical connectors, or 'Plugs.'
  		Headstone for Frank and Jeanette Brutsche Hobart Located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills Plot: Abiding Love, Lot 4775, Space 6 Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer