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© 1998 JOSEPH WILSON RUFFNER, HUNTSVILLE, AL
SUBMITTED BY: jruffner@bellsouth.net (JOE & MELISSA RUFFNER)
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM THE ABOVE TITLED SOURCE. THIS CONTAINS ONLY THE ORIGINAL ENTRIES IN THEIR ORIGINAL STYLE. IT IS TRANSCRIBED VERBATUM. NEWER ENTRIES HAVE BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT, THERE ARE SOME ERRORS. ALL OF THESE ORIGINAL ENTRIES ARE IN THE SAME HANDWRITING, MOST PROBABLY THAT OF THE OWNER; L. RUFFNER, JR.
( THE FOLLOWING CHAINS OF ASTERICKS SHOW PAGE BREAKS, AND THE LINE BREAKS INDICATE THE BREAKS IN THE COLUMNAR STYLE OF THE ORIGINAL ENTRIES ). ( HERE BEGINS THE ORIGINAL TEXT ) ************ MARRIAGES Lewis Ruffner, (father of Lewis Ruffner, Jr.) to Elizabeth, Ann, Dickenson, Shrewsbury, daughter of Joel Shrewsbury, at Kanawha. November 2. 1826 Lewis Ruffner. Jr to Virginia Louisa West daughter of Thomas H. West, at St. Louis. Mo. May 13, 1858. Thomas, Hopkins, West to his first cousin, Martha West, at Lexington, Ky, September 1825 ************ BIRTHS Peter Ruffner, the father of Joseph Ruffner. Joseph Ruffner, the father of David Ruffner. David Ruffner, the father of Lewis Ruffner, Sr. in Shenandoah County, Va January 18. 1767 Ann Brumbach mother of L. Ruffner. November 11. 1766 Henry Ruffner. DD. brother of L. Ruffner. Sr. January 16. 1790. Ann E. Putney wife of Dr Jas Putney & sister of L. Ruffner. Sr. May 17. 1792 Susan B. Fuqua, wife of Moses Fuqua & sister of L. Ruffner Dec 14. 1794 all the foregoing were born in Shenandoah Co. Va except Peter R. Lewis Ruffner. Sr. father of L. Ruffner. Jr. born in Kanawha Co. Va Oct 1. 1797 ************ BIRTHS Lewis Ruffner. Jr at Kanawha Salines June 13. 1837. Virginia L. Ruffner, wife of L. Ruffner Jr. at St. Louis Mo. Sunday, March 1. 1840. - Children of above - Madeline Shrewsbury. Ruffner. at St. Louis Mo. April 2.1859, on Saturday. Julia Peterson. at St Louis Mo Sept 3. 1860 on Monday. Bertha. Marion, at Kanawha. Dec 3.1862. on Tuesday Madeline & Julia were born in same house as their mother & Bertha in same house as her father Children of Lewis & Virginia continued Thomas West. at Evansville Ind. Nov 14. 1866. on Wednesday Lewis West at Evansville Ind Sept 17. 1869. Pattie Belle, at Kanawha Wv Oct 2. 1875. on Saturday - Children of L. Ruffner. Sr - Madeline. Eloise, Nov 25. 1827 Sarah. Ann. March 16. 1829 Julia Lewellyn. July 11. 1830 Henrietta April 24. 1832 David Henry June 4. 1835 Lewis. June 13. 1837 Joel Shrewsbury May 30. 1840 - Children of L. Ruffner. Sr by his second wife, Viola Knapp - Ernest Howard June 24. 1845 Hermann Jany 4. 1848 Stella Blanche May 24. 1849 ************ DEATHS Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Jan'y 6. 1843 David father of Lewis Feb 1. 1843 Joseph. grandfather of Lewis 1803 Ann E. sister of Lewis Jan'y 1. 1852 Ann. B. mother of Lewis Nov 22. 1852 Hermann Son of Lewis July 30. 1849 Madeline E. daughter of Lewis April 17. 1854 David Henry. Son Dec 2. 1862 Henrietta. daughter - Children of L. Ruffner. Jr. - Madeline. S. in St Louis April 9. 1862. Thomas West in Evansville Ind Jan'y 7. 1869. - Parents of Virginia L. - Thomas H. West at St Louis. Mo- June 17. 1878. Martha West at St Louis Aug 21. 1881. ************ ( THUS ENDS THE ORIGINAL ENTRIES )