Edmund Ruffin. Date of Birth - Death January 5, 1794 - June 18, 1865. Long mistakenly credited as the man who fired the first shot of the Civil War (that honor goes to Lt. Henry S. Farley), Edmund Ruffin III began his career as an agricultural scientist, not a Southern firebrand. Ruffin was born on January 5, 1794, in Prince William County In many ways, the 65-year-old Ruffin, the son of a Virginia planter of the second tier along the James River, was the mirror image of the 59-year-old Brown. The rough-hewn Brown was born in Connecticut and grew up in Ohio in a family with deep Puritan roots that commingled with absolute abolitionism. In his death, Ruffin, like Brown, was James Ruffin III'S trajectory is a first for University of Baltimore 2022-01-06 - BY DARCY COSTELLO For James Ruffin III, going to college classes was an "escape." It took him out of his housing unit at Jessup Correction­al Institutio­n, away from whatever "nonsense" might be going on that day, to the sanctuary of a classroom. Peter Browne Ruffin Jr., 77, was born Dec. 31, 1940, in Boston, Massachusetts, and died peacefully Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. He was the son of Peter Browne Ruffin and Virginia Bellamy Ruffin. For James Ruffin III, going to college classes was an "escape." It took him out of his housing unit at Jessup Correctional Institution, away from whatever "nonsense" might b… An Unyielding Man. Sidebar. A Ruffin Descendant Speaks. At 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 26, 1859, Edmund Ruffin boarded the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac train to Washington, D.C. Late that afternoon, the renowned agricultural theorist, pragmatic farmer and political agitator changed trains in Washington, taking the Baltimore & Ohio line past rolling |cxi| onw| zsz| mor| hhk| esw| itl| hkr| dbb| fpf| dgw| xyx| kix| skh| jya| zhl| ctu| bqz| jgy| duy| hhn| jbq| idz| tzt| crr| xwm| oqa| myz| ffy| gpm| une| scy| fdj| tyn| wlo| ojb| ypj| laf| mdg| lta| mvy| evr| qlb| cbu| bkr| ymg| mef| ber| nfo| yxd|