Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-07
NOTED RESIDENT: DEAD
James w. Pinchot SucCumbs
to Grip Attack.
NATIVE OF PENNSYLV WANNA
Descended From French Family Ex-
lied by the Bourbons.
FUNERAL TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Deceased Has Received Degree From
Yale in Recognition Of His
Services to Science.

James Wallace Pinchot. one Of the
founders of the Yale Forestry School at
New Haven. Conn.,, died last night at 7:4O
o'clock at the family residence, 1915 Rhode
Island avenue northwest. Death was due
to an attack Of grip The deceased was
seventy-seven years Of age. He enjoyed
the best Of health until shortly after
January 1. At that time. as stated. he
suffered an attack of grip. and his health
failed. Gathered about the bedside when
| the end came last night were Mrs. Pin
chot, who was formerly Miss Mary Emo of
New York. and the three children Of the
couple-GiHord Pinchot, chief of the bu
rean of forestry Of the Department of Ag
| riculture: Lady Alan tombstone, wife Of
the British minister to Denmark. and
| Amos Pinchot Of New York. The funeral
will be held from the residence Sunday
afternoon at o'clock. Bishop Saterlee will
conduct the services and Will be assisted
Of St Johns Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Pinchot was born at Milford, Pa.
in March. 1881. His father. Cyril Con-
stantine Desire Pinchot. q soldier Of Ma
1916. upon the restoration Of the bour
bons, because OF his republican tenden-
cies. and came to the United States. He
was accompanied by his parents, and
settled In Pennsylvania on the upper
largest landowners of the region. Mr..
Pinchot was a man of great energy and
was known throughout the state Of Penn
sylvania. At one time he and Simon Cam
eron. who was Secretary of War. were
appointed by the President to go through
the west and settle disputes with the In
dams. His mother was Eliza Cross Pin
chot. Her grandfather was Belgian
nobleman. who held a commission in the
Continental army, and ultimately settled
in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Pinchot went to New York in 1880
where. in partnership with James 8. War
rem, he was in business for many years.
Retires From Active Pursuits.
In 1875 Mr.. Pinchot retired and interest
ed himself in philanthropic and other pub
lie undertakings. He was the first treas
urer and a member Of the executive COM
mittee Of the American committee for
the Bartholdi Statue Of Liberty. Greatly
interested in art he was one of the early
subscribers to the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art. and his intimate friends, among
artists and literary men, numbered San
ford Clifford. for whom his eldest son was
named. Launt Thompson. Wittredge, Nc
Entee. Bayard Taylor, Steadman, Bryant,
Parke Goodwin, Gen. Sherman and many
others.
Mr.. Pinchot became interested in for
estry through his observations of forest
practice in France before the subject had
attracted public attention in the United
States. Later he became one of the
founders OF the Yale Forest School, His
principal interest in forestry. however,
centered in the Yale Summer School of
Forestry. which he established and which
is held upon his estate of Grey Towers
at Milford. At this school the members
OF the entering class Of the Yale Forest
School receive their preliminary training
| In the field, and in addition about thirty
young men are given each year a prelim-
mary knowledge of the forest and forest
work.
In addition to the Yale Summer School
OF Forestry Mr.. Pinchot established at
Milford the Milford forest experient sta
tion. the first to be established in the
United States, at which experiments to
determine the characteristics and uses of
native trees are pursued.
Date Of Marriage.
In 1884 Mr. Pinchot married Miss Mary
Emo. daughter Of Amos r. Emo of New
York Their home was in New York until
1900. when they came to Washington
They have three children, as noted. One
son. Amos r. E. Pinchot, was a member
of Troop A. United States Volunteer Cav
airy. during the Spanish war, and was
until recently, in the district attorneys
Office in New York.
Mr.. James w: Pinchot was one of the
early members Of the Century, Union
League and Players Club and Of the
Grolier Club in New York In this city
he was member of the Cosmos and
Metropolitan clubs. He was vice presi-
dent Of the American Forestry Associa-
ton. an associate of the Society of Amer
lean Foresters. patron of the Washington
Academy Of Sciences, and a member of
the American and the National Geograph-
ic societies. the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art, the National Academy of Design. the
American Museum OF Natural History and
many others
Receives Yale Degree.