August 2021 thinking and wishing Gifford Pinchot a happy birthday
Born in Simsbury,
Connecticut on 11 August 1865 Gifford was the oldest son of James and Mary Eno
Pinchot. He married Cornelia Bryce (1881-
1960) He became the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania serving from
1923-1927 and 1931-1935. He was the 1st chief of the U.S. forest
service. Gifford Pinchot died on October 4, 1946, aged 81, from
leukemia. He and Cornelia are interred at Milford Cemetery, Pike County Pa.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/gifford-pinchot.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifford_Pinchot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Bryce_Pinchot
https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/people/chiefs/gifford-pinchot-1865-1946/
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