Delafield, John Ross

Epithet: Brigadier-General; US Army; lawyer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x0001fd

John Ross Delafield (1874-1964) was a New York attorney and amateur genealogist whose work to trace the Delafield and other related family lines culminated in his private publication of Delafield: A Family Histor y in 1945. Graduating Harvard Law School in 1899, he served in the law firm of Strong and Cadwalader and later he was a founding partner in several law firms including Delafield and Howe. Delafield was a member of the New York National Guard and was made a colonel in the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. He was also named chairman to the War Department's Board of Contract Adjustment during World War I. Delafield continued his genealogical research until the time of his death in 1964.

From the guide to the Delafield family genealogical research papers, 1845, 1891, 1900-1961, 1900-1961, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)