Elizabeth Margaret Ruffin

(1823-1838)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Elizabeth Margaret Ruffin was born in 1823. She died in 1838.

Relatives

• Parents: Thomas Carter Ruffin [1] (1787-1870) and Annie McNabb Kirkland (1794-1875).
• Siblings:
  • one brother, Peter Browne Ruffin (1821-1900).
  • two sisters, Susan Mary Ruffin (1827-1851)  and Anne Ruffin (1814-1897).
• Others: Susan Mary Ruffin  (granddaughter, 1827-1851) [1], Alice Roane Ruffin (granddaughter, 1815-1873) [1] and Peter Browne Ruffin (grandson, 1821-1900).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).