17 August 2021

Gifford Pinchot

 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://youtu.be/WgFlbQiG3j0

https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/people/chiefs/gifford-pinchot-1865-1946/









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