Background
Pelgrift, Delancey was born on November 29, 1889 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel L. and Kate (Brown) Pelgrift.
Pelgrift, Delancey was born on November 29, 1889 in Brooklyn. Son of Samuel L. and Kate (Brown) Pelgrift.
Student Polytechnic Preparatory School, Brooklyn, 1902-1906, Dickinson College, 1906-1909. Master of Laws, Saint Lawrence University, 1912.
Admitted to New York bar, 1913, Connecticut bar, 1915. Trial and appellate counsel Maryland. Casualty Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1920-1934.
Partner firm Pelgrift, Dodd & Stoughton, Hartford.
Served as petty officer in United States Naval Reserve Force, World War I. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member Association Bar City New York, American Connecticut State bar associations, International Association Insurance Counsel, Sons of the American Revolution, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi.
Mason. Clubs: University, City, Avon Country.
Married Anne MacKinnon, February 2, 1921. Children: Robert Y., Nancy F. (Mistress Bradford M. Cogswell).