Saturday, May 16, 2015

Woodford Hector Dulaney (1822-1902)



This is a work in progress, but I wanted to get an outline of this family on the blog.  I will be updating this as I continue my research.

Woodford Hector Dulaney was born 16 March 1822 in Loudoun Co., Virginia.  He was the son of Zachariah and Mary Eleanor (Braden) Dulaney.  Zachariah and Mary Eleanor had 4 other known children:  Robert Leroy (born 1818), Elizabeth Ann (“Lizzie”) (born 1820), Mary Eleanor (“Molly”) (born 1823), and Charles Fenton (born 1825).

On 18 April 1829, Woodford’s mother died at Waterford, Loudoun Co., Virginia.  He was 7 years old.  According to a letter written 5 July 1829 by Sarah Hough (in Waterford) to Mary Braden (in Indiana),   Zachariah and his small children continued to live in Waterford after Mary Eleanor’s death.   But by the summer of 1832, Zachariah had left Virginia to go west and had abandoned his children.  The younger ones were taken in by their uncle, Noble S. Braden.

According to the journal of his brother, Robert, in the fall of 1840, Woodford was clerking in a store in either Waterford, Virginia or Washington City (now D.C.).  It seems that sometime in late 1840, Woodford arrived in Louisville, Kentucky.  A biography in America's Successful Men of Affairs (ed. Henry Hall, New York Tribune, 1896) says that Woodford came to Louisville in January 1841.

By November 1847, several members of the family were living in Louisville.  In his autobiography, Robert Dulaney wrote, "Upon arrival at Louisville, I put up at the Franklin House where I spent the next two weeks visiting relatives and seeing Pa, Molly, Hector, and Charlie."

On 4 February 1851, Woodford married Margaret Josephine Cawthon, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Cawthon and his wife, Margaret.   I have not yet done much research on Margaret, so I will be updating as I find additional details.

Their first child, Florence Braden Dulaney, was born 17 November 1851 in Louisville.   

Their next known child, Charles Cawthon Dulaney, was born 17 June 1854; he died 6 September 1855, aged 15 months.  

A daughter, Maggie Woodford Dulaney, was born 27 June 1856 and died just a year later, 29 June 1857.

In August 1858, Woodford, Margaret and Florence returned from a trip to Europe that lasted nearly a year.  An article in the Louisville Daily Courier dated 14 August 1858, says "We had the pleasure, yesterday, of seeing in our sanctum, our friend and fellow-citizen W. H. Dulaney, who has recently made the tour of Europe with his family.  He has been absent nearly a year.  The route he took through England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium was familiar to us….”

Their next child, Woodford Hector Dulaney, Jr., was born a few months after their return from Europe, on 29 November 1858.

Woodford operated a dry goods business before the Civil War.  After the death of his father-in-law, Benjamin Cawthon, he managed the large estate that was left to his wife.  He was also active in banking and real estate.

On 15 June 1860, Margaret Josephine Dulaney was born.

Robert Lee Dulaney was born 1 April 1865.

Elizabeth B. (“Lizzie”) Dulaney was born 11 November 1866.

Benjamin C. Dulaney was born 19 October 1869.

On 12 March 1870, a daughter, Mary Maud was born.  She died 7 March 1872.

By 1872, the family was living in their large home at 720 W. Broadway in Louisville (later the Welsworth Hotel).  In 1864, Woodford purchased “Tuliphurst” in Peewee Valley, Oldham Co., Kentucky, from Noble Butler.  He extensively remodeled the house and used it as a summer residence.

On 18 May 1873, their youngest child, May Dulaney was born.

Florence Dulaney married Albert Shelby Willis, U.S. Congressman, on 20 November 1878 in Louisville.

On 27 September 1879, daughter, Margaret Josephine died of typhoid fever.  She was 17 years old.

The 1880 federal census lists the following people in Woodford’s household:  Dulaney, W H, 57, married, Retail merchant; Dulaney, MJ, 48, wife, keeping house; Hecter, 21, son, Law Student; Benjamin,  17, son, at school; Robert,  13, son, at school; Lizzie,  13, daughter, at school; May,  8, daughter, at school; Willis, A[lbert] S[helby],  36, Boarder, Member of C[ongress] & attny; Willis, Florence, 29, Boarder, married, at home.  The household also had 3 servants.

On 6 July 1880, Florence and Albert Willis had a son, Albert S. Willis, Jr.  This was Woodford and Margaret’s first grandchild.

In 1893, Woodford was involved in the Kentucky Commission to the World’s Columbian Exposition.

On 6 January 1897, their son-in-law, Albert Willis, died while serving as U.S. Minister to Hawaii.

The 1900 federal census lists Woodford’s household as Woodford, Margaret, Woodford Jr., May, Florence Willis and her son, Albert S. Willis Jr.

On 30 January 1901, Woodford’s wife, Margaret, died. 

On 17 December 1902, Woodford died at his home in Louisville after being ill for about a year.    An extensive obituary was published in the Louisville Courier Journal on 18 December 1902.  A copy of the obit can be found at the website about Tuliphurst.

Woodford, Margaret, and the other Dulaneys are buried at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.  Here is a link to Woodford’s Find-A-Grave memorial .    

This link is to portraits of Woodford and Margaret found in the book Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley by Estill Curtis Pennington. 

Here are the descendants of Woodford and Margaret J. (Cawthon) Dulaney, as far as I currently know them.  There seem to only be one or two lines where there might be living descendants.

Woodford Hector Dulaney, b. 16 Mar 1822 at Loudoun Co., VA, d. 17 Dec 1902 at KY
+Margaret Josephine Cawthon, b. 2 May 1831, m. 4 Feb 1851, d. 30 Jan 1901 at Jefferson Co., KY
Florence Braden Dulaney, b. 17 Nov 1851 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 5 Jun 1944 at Oldham Co., KY
   +Albert Shelby Willis, b. 22 Jan 1843 at Shelby Co., KY, m. 20 Nov 1878 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 6 Jan 1897 at Hawaii
   Albert Shelby Willis II, b. 6 Jul 1880 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 24 Mar 1947 at Jefferson Co., KY
       +Dorothy Margaret Heath, b. 8 Jun 1893 at Cook Co., IL, m. 14 Apr 1915 at Italy, d. 10 Dec 1946 at Salt Lake Co., UT
       Albert Shelby Willis III, b. 2 Jul 1916 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 15 Jun 1984 at AZ
           +Marie (--?--), b. circa 1920 at TX, m. between May 1935 and 1940
           +Dorothy Mary Shovlin, b. circa 1912 at PA, m. 29 Dec 1949 at CA
           +Myriam Marcan, b. 26 Dec 1927 at Fiume, Yugoslavia, m. 2 Apr 1966 at Los Angeles, CA, d. 10 Dec 2005
       +Mary Isabelle La Violle, b. 17 Oct 1882 at Jefferson Co., KY, m. 2 Mar 1931 at Lee Co., FL, d. 21 Feb 1951 at Jefferson Co., KY
Charles Cawthon Dulaney, b. 17 Jun 1854, d. 6 Sep 1855
Maggie Woodford Dulaney, b. 27 Jun 1856 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 29 Jun 1857
Woodford Hector Dulaney Jr, b. 29 Nov 1858, d. 20 May 1903 at Jefferson Co., KY
   +Caroline Fulton, b. at KY, d. 26 Feb 1957
   Henrietta Dulaney, b. 19 Jul 1888, d. 27 Mar 1959
       +Alan P Harvey
       Caroline Harvey, b. 1 Mar 1915, d. 19 Feb 2004
       Allen Harvey Jr, b. 9 Apr 1917, d. 28 Oct 1967
Margaret Josephine Dulaney, b. 15 Jun 1860, d. 27 Sep 1879 at Jefferson Co., KY
Robert Lee Dulaney, b. 1 Apr 1865, d. 30 Jun 1893
   +Annie Mc Afee, b. 27 Dec 1872, m. circa Jun 1892, d. 6 Sep 1956
   Woodford Hector Dulaney, b. 29 Jun 1893 at KY, d. 23 Apr 1962 at Jefferson Co., KY
       +Louise Marie Du Relle, b. 13 Nov 1895, d. 22 Dec 1971
       Woodford Hector Dulaney Jr, b. 22 Aug 1925 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 5 Aug 2001
          +may be living spouse
          may be living
          may be living
          may be living
          may be living
       George Du Relle Dulaney, b. 14 Nov 1927, d. 16 Apr 1997
Elizabeth Elinor Dulaney, b. 11 Nov 1866 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 29 Dec 1956 at District of Columbia
   +Judson Claudius Clements, b. 12 Feb 1846 at Walker Co., GA, m. 2 Dec 1886 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 18 Jun 1917 at District of Columbia
   Claudine Elizabeth Clements, b. 4 Aug 1891 at GA, d. 18 Jan 1956
   Margaret Dulaney Clements, b. 11 Nov 1894 at D.C, d. 8 Mar 1976
   Mary Park Clements, b. 20 Jul 1902 at D.C, d. 15 Jul 1995 at KY
      
Benjamin C. Dulaney, b. 19 Oct 1869, d. 25 Aug 1899
Mary Maud Dulaney, b. 12 Mar 1870, d. 7 Mar 1872 at Jefferson Co., KY
May Dulaney, b. 18 May 1872 at Jefferson Co., KY, d. 9 Jul 1942 at Jefferson Co., KY




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