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Re: PINNELL/HENNESSEE/RHEA/RUFFNER/SLOAN
Posted by: Kay Butcher Date: February 10, 1999 at 19:51:58
In Reply to: PINNELL/HENNESSEE/RHEA/RUFFNER/SLOAN by Kay Butcher of 301

New information found for the Ruffner's.

Elias Ruffner of Kanawha WV - b: Abt 1797 (?)
m: Nancy Phillips
Children: Joseph
Andrew
Lewis
Silas (my gggrandfather)
George (?)
Silas Ruffner was married 5 times - had 11 children and in 1889, seven were still living.
Known marriages: Mariah Howard - 1857
Married in Lawrence Co. Ark.
Margaret E. Wallis - 1875
Married in Lawrence Co. Ark.
Wife No. 3: ?
Wife No. 4: ?
Rachel Upchurch Schrader-
1885
Married in Franklin Co. Ill.
From Information found - Silas's first four wives were all cousins and two were sisters.
I was told that my gggrandmother was a Rachel Orr, but can't find any information on this marriage.
Silas's children:
Savannah Ruffner m: John E. Johnson
of Walnut Ridge, AR
Nancy Ruffner m: Joseph Owen
Williger Ruffner m: Edgar 'Neal of
"Stranger's Home" (Ark)
Davis Ruffner m: Julia? of Lawrence
Co. ARk.
Charles Henry Ruffner m: Sarah
Caldonia Pinnell, Lawrence Co.
Ark. (these are my ggrandparents)
Charles Henry Ruffner died when he
was about 36 years old. "Donnie"
Pinnell Ruffner m: W.C.Yarbrough.
George Ruffner
John Ruffner
No names for the other 4 children.
I can find no parents or connection for Elias Ruffner or Nancy Phillips (from Virginia).

Children of Charles Henry Ruffner & Caldonia Pinnell Ruffner - Katherine Ruffner (my
grandmother) m: Paul sloan of
Walnut Ridge,Ark
Ora Fanelle Ruffner (Schultz)
Jessie Exodus Ruffner (Hughes)
John Silas Ruffner m: Ruth Oneal
Caldonia Ruffner then married W.C.Yarbrough and had one child: Pinnell Yarbrough.

Hope someone can connect to this family and can share what they know. Kay

E-Mail: kayc@home.com






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