Peter Browne Ruffin

(1821-1900)

At a Glance

Peter Browne Ruffin married Mary Rebecca Jones (1822- ) Their daughter Rebecca Edwards Ruffin (1847- ) attended the Burwell School. Other Children are Anne (1848- ), Mary B (20 September 1850-- ), Susan Brodnax (12 December - 28 December 1852), Thomas (1853- ), Allen J (1858- ), Sterling (1858- ), Annie K (1860- ), Sally J (1860- ), and Joseph R (1862- ).

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Peter Browne Ruffin was born on January 26, 1821. He died on August 5, 1900, and was buried in St. Matthew's Churchyard in Hillsborough, NC.

Places of Residence

• Hillsborough, NC, from 1840s. Mary Rebecca Jones and her husband, Peter Browne Ruffin lived in a pleasant white frame house on W. King Street, where Maj. Allen Jones Davie had lived and Col. Cadwallader Jones, [Jr.] had Capt. John Berry renovate and enlarge for them. It was made into an 8-acre estate with a circular entrance drive, a three-story brick kitchen, garden, stone piers on King Street, and servant's quarters on the other side of the street [1].

Schools Attended

• University of North Carolina, between 1838 and 1839.

Occupations

• Businessman [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Thomas Carter Ruffin [1] (1787-1870) [1] and Annie McNabb Kirkland (1794-1875) [1].
• Spouse: Mary Rebecca Jones  (1823-1878), married on November 14, 1843 [1].
  Children:
  
  • five sons, Thomas Ruffin [3] (1852-1922) [1], Cadwallader Jones Ruffin [1], Sterling Ruffin [3] (1857-1932) [1], Allen Jones Ruffin (b. 1857) [1] and Joseph Roulhac Ruffin [1].
  • six daughters, Rebecca Edwards Ruffin (1846-1899)  [1], Mary Browne Ruffin (b. 1850) [1], Susan Brodnax Ruffin (b. 1852) [1], Sarah Lillie Jones Ruffin (b. 1860) [1], Sarah Jones Ruffin (1856-1859) [1] and Annie Kirkland Ruffin (1860-1960) [1].
• Other children: one daughter (Anne K. Ruffin (b. 1848)).
• Paternal grandparents: Elizabeth Margaret Ruffin (1823-1838) and Alice Roane (1767-1829).
• Siblings:
  • five brothers, William Kirkland Ruffin (1812-1880), Sterling Ruffin [2] (1817-1907), George McNeil Ruffin (1819-1820), John Kirkland Ruffin (1834-1903) and Thomas Ruffin [2], [Jr.] (1824-1889).
  • eight sisters, Alice Roane Ruffin (1815-1873) [1], Susan Mary Ruffin (1827-1851)  [1], Anne Ruffin (1814-1897), Catherine Roane Ruffin (1810-1880), Elizabeth Margaret Ruffin (1823-1838), Jane Minerva Ruffin (1829-1893), Martha Phoebe Ruffin (b. 1831) and Sarah Nash Ruffin (2006-1879).
• Others: Cadwallader [III] Jones (brother-in-law, 1813-1899) [1], Pride Jones (brother-in-law, b. 1815) [1], Eliza Adam Jones  (niece, 1839-1911) [1], Mary Cameron Jones  (niece, 1843-1924) [1], Frances Iredell Jones  (niece, b. 1837) [1], Sally Rebecca Jones  (sister-in-law, 1833-1892) [1], John Wilson Brodnax (brother-in-law, 1821-1911) [1], Josiah Collins, IV (brother-in-law, 1830-1890) [1], Annie Isabella Iredell (sister-in-law, 1816-1897) [1], Mary E. Cameron (sister-in-law, d. 1845) [1], Martha Ann Cain (sister-in-law) [1], Cadwallader Jones, [Jr.] (father-in-law, 1788-1861) [1], Rebecca Edward Long (mother-in-law, 1795-1881) [1], Browne Ruffin Webb (grandson, 1881-1935), James Webb Jr. (son-in-law, b. 840s), John Cox Webb (grandson, 1883-1965), Mary Jones Webb (granddaughter) and Charles Lockhart Pettigrew (son-in-law).

References

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