McAfee Home
Woodford Dulaney’s son, Robert Lee Dulaney, married a Pewee Valley girl, Anna B. McAfee, who lived in a large, two-story log cabin off of what is now Old Forest Road. The marriage ended less than a year after the wedding, when Robert died unexpectedly on July 1, 1893. The next day’s “Courier-Journal” provided a heartrending account of his untimely death:
Mr. Robert Lee Dulaney, whose fatal illness was reported in yesterday’s “Courier-Journal,” died yesterday morning at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. J. A. McAfee of Pewee Valley. Mr. Dulaney’s illness was of short duration, and his death will be a shock to his many friends. He was the son of Mr. W. H. Dulaney, President of the World’s Fair Commission, and had been married a little less than a year. He was only twenty-eight years old. His illness was not thought to be at all serious until Thursday, when he became much worse, and his father, who was in Chicago, was telegraphed for. Dr. Vance and other physicians of this city were sent for and performed an operation on the sick man. It was to no avail, however, and toward the early morning he breathed his last.
Not quite a year ago Mr. Dulaney married Miss Annie McAfee, daughter of J. A. McAfee. While the life of her husband was ebbing away, a son was born to Mrs. Dulaney. The dead man was one of the most popular young men of this city and before his marriage went a great deal in society. Mr. Dulaney leaves behind two brothers, Hector and Benjamin Dulaney, both prosperous businessmen of this city. Three sisters, Mrs. Albert K. Willis, Miss May Dulaney, and Mrs. Joseph Clements, wife of the Interstate Railroad Commissioner of Georgia, survive him.
Robert and Annie McAfee Dulaney’s only child, Woodford H. Dulaney, grew up in Pewee Valley with his mother and Aunt Leal and attended the Villa Ridge School at Edgewood.
Mr. Robert Lee Dulaney, whose fatal illness was reported in yesterday’s “Courier-Journal,” died yesterday morning at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. J. A. McAfee of Pewee Valley. Mr. Dulaney’s illness was of short duration, and his death will be a shock to his many friends. He was the son of Mr. W. H. Dulaney, President of the World’s Fair Commission, and had been married a little less than a year. He was only twenty-eight years old. His illness was not thought to be at all serious until Thursday, when he became much worse, and his father, who was in Chicago, was telegraphed for. Dr. Vance and other physicians of this city were sent for and performed an operation on the sick man. It was to no avail, however, and toward the early morning he breathed his last.
Not quite a year ago Mr. Dulaney married Miss Annie McAfee, daughter of J. A. McAfee. While the life of her husband was ebbing away, a son was born to Mrs. Dulaney. The dead man was one of the most popular young men of this city and before his marriage went a great deal in society. Mr. Dulaney leaves behind two brothers, Hector and Benjamin Dulaney, both prosperous businessmen of this city. Three sisters, Mrs. Albert K. Willis, Miss May Dulaney, and Mrs. Joseph Clements, wife of the Interstate Railroad Commissioner of Georgia, survive him.
Robert and Annie McAfee Dulaney’s only child, Woodford H. Dulaney, grew up in Pewee Valley with his mother and Aunt Leal and attended the Villa Ridge School at Edgewood.
