William Haywood 7 Ruffin Family

Born: 22 Feb 1817 Greene Co, NC
Died: 25 Apr 1879 Choctaw Co AL
Parents: Henry John Gray and Mary Tartt
Married: 1854 Agnes K. Chadwick

 

William Haywood Ruffin was a graduate of University of North Carolina (1833-36) and Grad of Univ of Penn Medical School. He served as Brig Surgeon in the Confederacy.
He moved to Lexington, Missouri and later joined his brother, Samuel, in Choctaw County, Alabama.
Samuel Ruffin (May 8, 1856) Lexington, MO m. Blanche Forster - Oct 6, 1879 at Mt. Sterling-Choctaw Co.
Hanson Chadwick Ruffin (13 Jun 1861)
William Haywood Ruffin (19 July 1861) m. Sallie Johnson White
Mary Tartt Ruffin (b. 1865)
Susan Drum Ruffin
James Thomas Ruffin
His son, Samuel Ruffin  also lived in Choctaw County with his wife Blanche Forster. Baptism records indicate the family worshipped in Calvary Church, Episcopal.The children of Samuel and Blanche: James Forster, Samuel, and Blanche Forster were baptised there in 1884.
Daughter, Mary Tartt Ruffin, had also been baptised there at age 14 on Aug 1, 1878.
 Probate minutes (pg 233, 265) 5 March 1881 show Agnes K. Ruffin as administrator of W.H. Ruffin's estate and Smauel Ruffin, Jr. as guardian for his younger siblins, Hanson Chadwick, William Haywood, and Mary Tart Ruffin.
The family remained in Choctaw for a while before returning to Louisburg, Franklin Co, NC.
In the May 15, 1907, Choctaw Advocate, Samuel Ruffin, Jr. advertised 1620 acres of land between Pushmatah and Butler for sale. In December of 1907, Samuel Ruffin, Jr. died and "the remains wer conveyed from Meridian, MS to the home of Mr. C.T. Ezell".
 Sources: 1850, 1860, 1870 Choctaw County Census

1850, 1860 Slave census, Choctaw County

Marriages, White, Book 1, page 286

Calvary Church (Episcopal) Church Record Book
Choctaw Advocate 27 Dec 1979; 24 Apr 1986

Choctaw Herald 15 Jan 1885  (obituary)

Birmingham Age - undated article/Bladon Springs

DuBose - History of Mount Sterling

Mary Jane Pickens Skinner paper on Samuel Ruffin presented to Choctaw Co. Historical Society 1986.




Used with permission from:  Choctaw Names and Notes: Alabama's Choctaw County by Ann Harwell Gay. (1993)









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