302 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

CLASS OF i912 
GRADUATES HOLDING DEGREE OF M.F. 
William R. Barbour 
Business address, Andrews, N. C. 
Home address, 420 Hyde Avenue, Ridgway, Pa. 
William Richard Barbour was born June 9, 1890, in Ridgway, Pa., the 
son of William Washington Barbour and Helen (Little) Barbour. On 
his father’s side he is of Scotch-Irish, and on his mother’s of English 
descent. His father was at different times a school teacher, a professor 
of mathematics and a lawyer. He has two brothers: Dana Little Barbour, 
a student at Cornell, and Carroll Bartlett Barbour, and one sister, Lucy 
_ Elizabeth Barbour. 
He was prepared at the high school in Ridgway, Pa., and graduated 
from Andover Academy in 1908. In 1911 he graduated from the Sheffield 
Scientific School at Yale. 
He is unmarried. 
Barbour is forest assistant in the United States Forest Service 
with headquarters at Andrews, N. C. He has been in the Service 
since July 1, 1912. He writes: “Since the end of spring term of 
school, which was spent at Crossett, Ark., have been working 
for the Forest Service in the Smoky Mountains in the extreme 
southwestern part of North Carolina, at the head of Nantahala 
River, in Cherokee and Macon counties. This area is known as 
‘Nantahala.’ Am engaged in reconnaissance work (examination 
of lands proposed for sale to. the government). This is a fine 
country, altitude being from 4,500 to 6,000 feet, very healthy, but 
hard to travel. No railroads close, roads poor. The timber is 
mostly virgin, consisting of chestnut, oaks, hickory, poplar and 
hemlock. The region will make one of the best reserves in the 
East. About thirty thousand acres are now taken up by the 
government.” 
He is a member of the Presbyterian church. 


