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Alfred (1808-1862) and Rachel McNeice (1812-1883) Dulaney married in 1828 in Alabama and had 10 children there and in Mississippi. Except for Henry, the oldest, who died in 1880, they all lived to 1910 or later. Here they are in 1905, probably at Pleasonton, Itawamba County, MS, in a photograph shared by family genealogist S. Lambert to the FamilySearch database in 2016.

left to right, front row, generally in birth order: Tom (1831-1917), John (1833-1910), Sibbie (1836-1914), Caroline (1841-1912), Bill (1838-1917);
back row: Gilbert (1843-1926), Alfred (1845-1918), Joseph (1850-1926), and Mary (1857-1913).

Three of the brothers – Gilbert, William, and Henry – were soldiers together in the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Battalion and later the 8th Confederate Cavalry during the Civi War. Gib and Bill were both at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862 [more here].