Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861

found: His Judith Bensaddi, c1983:CIP t.p. (Henry Ruffner) data sheet (b. 1/16/1790)

found: Henry Ruffner (Wikipedia) 20 June 2022, viewed June 21, 2022(Henry Ruffner ... was an educator and Presbyterian minister, who served as president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) ; Born January 16, 1790, Page County, Virginia, U.S. ; Died December 17, 1861 (aged 71) Malden, Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S. ; Ruffner mastered McElhenney's classical curriculum by May 1812, then went to Lexington, Virginia where he attended ... Washington College, and finished the four year curriculum in a year and a half ; After graduating in 1814, Ruffner continued his divinity studies and was ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1815 ; Ruffner would receive a Doctor of Divinity degree from Princeton in 1838 ; On March 30, 1819, Ruffner married Sarah M. Lyle in Rockbridge County ... After Sarah's death, Ruffer married Laura Jane Kirby in November 1849 in Hamilton Ohio ; Ruffner died at his home in Malden shortly after the Civil War began and western Virginians voted to secede from Virginia. He is buried at the Ruffner family cemetery in Malden.) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ruffner

found: Proposed plan for the organization and support of common schools in Virginia, 1841, viewed June 21, 2022:page 1 (by Henry Ruffner, President of Washington College)