Alice Roane

(1767-1829)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Alice Roane was born in 1767. She died in 1829.

Relatives

• Spouse: Sterling Ruffin (1767-1822). They had one son, Thomas Carter Ruffin [1] (1787-1870).
• Others: Susan Mary Ruffin  (granddaughter, 1827-1851) [1], Annie McNabb Kirkland (daughter-in-law, 1794-1875) [1], Alice Roane Ruffin (granddaughter, 1815-1873) [1], Peter Browne Ruffin (grandson, 1821-1900) and Anne Ruffin (granddaughter, 1814-1897).

References

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