Peter Browne Ruffin (1821 - aft. 1900)

Born 26 Jan 1821 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Rebecca (Jones) Ruffin — married 10 Nov 1843 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina

Died after 5 Aug 1900 after age 79 in North Carolina

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Biography

Peter, or P.B. as he was sometimes called, was born in 1821, the son of Thomas Carter and Anne McNabb (Kirkland) Ruffin, in North Carolina, where he was raised and lived his life.

On November 10, 1843, P.B. married Mary Rebecca Jones, the daughter of Colonel Cadwallader and Rebecca Edwards (Long) Jones, in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. They would settle in Orange County and have a large family as follows:

Rebecca Edwards (Ruffin) Webb (1846–1899)

Annie Kirkland Ruffin (1848–1860)

Mary Brown (Ruffin) Webb (1850–1946)

Susan Brodnax Ruffin (1852–1852)

Thomas Ruffin (1852–1922)

Cadwallader Jones Ruffin (1854–1870)

Sally Jones Ruffin (1856–1859)

Allen Jones Ruffin (1857–1911)

Sterling Ruffin (1857–1932)

Annie Kirkland (Ruffin) Harrison (1860–1960)

Sally Jones (Ruffin) Pettigrew (1860–1947)

Joseph Roulhac Ruffin (1862–1927)

According to the US Census records, in 1850 P.B. worked as a merchant. In 1860 he was the treasurer for a North Carolina railroad. In 1870 he was the company's bookkeeper and then in 1880 P.B. was the Secretary Treasurer for the railroad.

In 1878 Mary passed away while P.B. would live on until 1900, passing away at 79. His body is buried next to Mary's in the Saint Matthews Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B6-2D8 : 9 September 2021), Peter Ruffin, Orange, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD69-NGC : 18 February 2021), P B Ruffin, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8T-MF6 : 29 May 2021), Peter B Ruffin, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX6-KTG : 14 January 2022), Peter B. Ruffin, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBZ-VZ4 : 22 January 2022), Peter B Ruffin, 1900.

• Find a Grave Memorial for Peter Browne Ruffin [1]