Sarah Jones Ruffin

(1856-1859)

Biographical Data

Sarah was called Sallie.

Important Dates

Sarah Jones Ruffin was born on February 1, 1856, in Hillsborough, NC. She died on April 25, 1859, and was buried in St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough, NC.

Relatives

• Parents: Peter Browne Ruffin (1821-1900) [1] and Mary Rebecca Jones (1823-1878)  [1].
• Paternal grandparents: Thomas Carter Ruffin [1] (1787-1870) and Annie McNabb Kirkland (1794-1875).
• Maternal grandparents: Cadwallader Jones, [Jr.] (1788-1861) and Rebecca Edward Long (1795-1881).
• Siblings:
  • five brothers, Allen Jones Ruffin (b. 1857), Cadwallader Jones Ruffin, Joseph Roulhac Ruffin, Thomas Ruffin [3] (1852-1922) and Sterling Ruffin [3] (1857-1932).
  • five sisters, Annie Kirkland Ruffin (1860-1960), Mary Browne Ruffin (b. 1850), Rebecca Edwards Ruffin (1846-1899) , Sarah Lillie Jones Ruffin (b. 1860) and Susan Brodnax Ruffin (b. 1852).
• Uncles: Pride Jones (b. 1815) and Cadwallader [III] Jones (1813-1899).
• Aunts: Susan Mary Ruffin (1827-1851) , Alice Roane Ruffin (1815-1873) and Sally Rebecca Jones (1833-1892) .
• Cousins: Althea Collins, Cadwallader Jones Collins, Lizzie Jones Collins (1871-1900), Mary Riggs Collins (1861-1912), Rebecca Allen Collins, Josiah Collins, V, Eliza Adam Jones (1839-1911) , Mary Cameron Jones (1843-1924)  and Frances Iredell Jones (b. 1837) .
• Others: Browne Ruffin Webb (nephew, 1881-1935), James Webb Jr. (brother-in-law, b. 840s), James Webb, III (nephew, b. 1878), John Cox Webb (nephew, 1883-1965), Mary Jones Webb (niece) and Charles Lockhart Pettigrew (brother-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).