On his retirement from the bar he went into the banking business, establishing in Marshall a private bank under the name and style of "R. L. Dulaney & Co.," which was conducted successfully under his supervision for several years, and until he organized and established the present "Dulaney National Bank" in this city. He was originally an old-line Whig, and on the dissolution of that organization identified himself with the Republican party, and preferred its doctrines and policies to that of its opposers on leading and vital national questions, but he was not in any offensive sense a radical partisan. He had no ambition for public office.
Mr. Dulaney was no common man, in fact he was an extraordinary man. He was silent and unpretentious to a marked degree, but he could lead and execute. He was conspicuous for his intelligence, high purposes, integrity and honorable conduct. He was at all times a true gentleman; always courteous and dignified, modest, moderate and considerate, but unflinchingly courageous when the right was involved. He fully and fitly exemplified the chivalric motto: "Gentle in manner, but vigorous in deed."
He possessed a great capacity for business affairs. He could retain in his memory an astonishing number of facts and details pertaining to a wide range of important business transactions and recall and refer to them at will with no apparent effort whatever. He was thoroughly systematic in all his affairs, which, added to his indomitable industry, enable him, frequently under very adverse circumstances, to bring order out of almost hopeless chaos. He was an other witness to the truth that next to honesty to succeed in the business world one must cultivate and practice with unceasing devotion such virtues as "patience, perseverance and punctuality."
On his retirement from the bar he went into the banking business, establishing in Marshall a private bank under the name and style of "R. L. Dulaney & Co.," which was conducted successfully under his supervision for several years, and until he organized and established the present "Dulaney National Bank" in this city. He was originally an old-line Whig, and on the dissolution of that organization identified himself with the Republican party, and preferred its doctrines and policies to that of its opposers on leading and vital national questions, but he was not in any offensive sense a radical partisan. He had no ambition for public office.
Mr. Dulaney was no common man, in fact he was an extraordinary man. He was silent and unpretentious to a marked degree, but he could lead and execute. He was conspicuous for his intelligence, high purposes, integrity and honorable conduct. He was at all times a true gentleman; always courteous and dignified, modest, moderate and considerate, but unflinchingly courageous when the right was involved. He fully and fitly exemplified the chivalric motto: "Gentle in manner, but vigorous in deed."
He possessed a great capacity for business affairs. He could retain in his memory an astonishing number of facts and details pertaining to a wide range of important business transactions and recall and refer to them at will with no apparent effort whatever. He was thoroughly systematic in all his affairs, which, added to his indomitable industry, enable him, frequently under very adverse circumstances, to bring order out of almost hopeless chaos. He was an other witness to the truth that next to honesty to succeed in the business world one must cultivate and practice with unceasing devotion such virtues as "patience, perseverance and punctuality."
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Robert L. Dulaney; Born Sep 12, 1818; died May 5, 1903
Family Members
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Mary E Dulaney
1851–1853
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Charles W Dulaney
1854–1885
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Harry Bartlett Dulaney
1856–1937
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Eleanor B "Nellie" Dulaney Barclay
1859–1926
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Hector Braden Dulaney
1860–1933
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Elizabeth D. Dulaney Berry
1866–1923
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Robert William Dulaney
1867–1931
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Elizabeth "Cecile" Dulaney Burnett
1869–1946
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Infant Son of R. L. & E. E. Dulaney
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