On August 15, 1914, Cornelia Bryce wed Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service and a Progressive Party member she had met two years earlier during the “Bull Moose campaign,” an effort by former president Theodore Roosevelt to recruit candidates and other supporters to a third political party he was trying to form in the United States. Her marriage, which was held at her parents’ home in Roslyn, New York, was witnessed by Roosevelt and other friends,“Gifford Pinchot Weds Miss Bryce—Progressive Senatorial Nominee Marries Daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce—Quiet Nuptials at Roslyn—Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt, ex-Ambassador Bacon, and Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Garfield Among Guests.” New York New York: The New York Times, August 16, 1914 (subscription required). but her happiness was dampened when her mother-in-law died several days later. Shortly thereafter, her husband and his brother, Amos, inherited their family’s estate—Grey Towers—and she and her husband began their tradition of spending summers there.“Mrs. Bryce's Estate Left to Family,” Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 7, 1916, p. 8 (subscription required).
