Annie Kirkland Ruffin

(1860-1960)

At a Glance

Annie Married John W. Harrison in Orange County on Nov. 22, 1882.

Biographical Data

Annie was called Daisy.

Important Dates

Annie Kirkland Ruffin was born on August 22, 1860, in Hillsborough, NC. She died on September 17, 1960, 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), Thomas Ruffin [3] (1852-1922), Cadwallader Jones Ruffin, Sterling Ruffin [3] (1857-1932) and Joseph Roulhac Ruffin.
  • six sisters, Rebecca Edwards Ruffin (1846-1899) , Mary Browne Ruffin (b. 1850), Susan Brodnax Ruffin (b. 1852), Sarah Lillie Jones Ruffin (b. 1860), Sarah Jones Ruffin (1856-1859) and Anne K. Ruffin (b. 1848).
• 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) 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).