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Bertha Ruffner

Female 1886 - Yes, date unknown

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bertha Ruffner was born on 25 Sep 1886 (daughter of Peter Amos Ruffner and Nancy Jane Goddard); and died.

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    • _UID: 71A8ED200D5447BFB933619B078B1DED1191


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Peter Amos Ruffner was born on 10 Nov 1858 (son of Christian A. Ruffner, III and Nancy Raby); died on 7 Jul 1923.

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    • _UID: 1F508955E76143599A402B0818AF2DD20480

    Peter married Nancy Jane Goddard. Nancy (daughter of David R. Goddard and Mary Russell) was born on 9 Sep 1861; died on 10 May 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nancy Jane Goddard was born on 9 Sep 1861 (daughter of David R. Goddard and Mary Russell); died on 10 May 1963.

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    • _UID: 08B958DA31744560B10AA715F1B1794716C4

    Children:
    1. Harvey Hannah Ruffner was born on 20 May 1883; died on 14 Jul 1966.
    2. 1. Bertha Ruffner was born on 25 Sep 1886; and died.
    3. Marshall Ruffner was born on 5 Apr 1892; and died.
    4. Joan Ruffner was born on 11 May 1894; died on 11 Aug 1971.
    5. Beulah Ruffner was born on 16 Sep 1898; died on 17 Oct 1979.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Christian A. Ruffner, III was born on 17 Sep 1834 in Switzerland (son of Christian Ruffner and Cordolia Faller); died on 31 May 1879; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: 082E296817854F3498065C95AE2E926C4F3A

    Notes:

    He served in Company F of the 5th Regiment of TN Infantry, Civil War

    1860 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1
    RUFFNER, Christian22MWFarmerSwitzerland
    Nancy21FWTenn
    Margaret2FWTenn
    Peter1/2MWTennAll Ruffner information except Mattie Jackson Ruffnerand her family from www.roanetn.com/Ruffner owned by Pat McDonald

    Christian married Nancy Raby on 28 Dec 1856 in Knox, Tennessee, United States. Nancy was born on 1 May 1843; died on 11 Nov 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Nancy Raby was born on 1 May 1843; died on 11 Nov 1917.

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    • _UID: 672FD542CA03473B973C6E8D912604DF64F1

    Children:
    1. Wesley Ruffner
    2. Margaret Malenda Ruffner was born in 1857; and died.
    3. 2. Peter Amos Ruffner was born on 10 Nov 1858; died on 7 Jul 1923.
    4. William Christian Ruffner was born on 2 Mar 1861; died on 14 Jun 1944; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    5. Bell Ruffner was born in Nov 1865; died on 4 Jun 1941.
    6. Laura E Ruffner was born on 29 Jul 1868; died on 25 Apr 1904.
    7. Sarah J Ruffner was born in 1874; and died.
    8. David M Ruffner was born on 9 Feb 1878; died on 29 Sep 1964; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    9. Linda Ruffner was born on 14 Dec 1880; died on 19 Sep 1964.

  3. 6.  David R. Goddard was born on 7 Sep 1836 in Tennessee, United States; died on 26 Aug 1912 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: C1942EC9E0884527A25131CDBF0785F5515C

    David married Mary Russell about 1858. Mary (daughter of Ezra D. Russell and Mary Williams) was born about 1835 in Tennessee, United States; died in 1917 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Russell was born about 1835 in Tennessee, United States (daughter of Ezra D. Russell and Mary Williams); died in 1917 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: 8C715D0013084F23A825616209CCDA89AF3A

    Children:
    1. James H. Goddard was born on 20 Sep 1859 in Tennessee, United States; died on 29 Aug 1918 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    2. 3. Nancy Jane Goddard was born on 9 Sep 1861; died on 10 May 1963.
    3. Susan Ann Goddard was born on 22 Dec 1868 in Tennessee, United States; died on 9 Mar 1934.
    4. Martin Goddard was born on 4 Aug 1873 in Tennessee, United States; died on 11 May 1947; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christian Ruffner was born on 3 Mar 1807 in Switzerland (son of Christian Ruffner, Sr. and Anna Justin); died in 1880.

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    • _UID: 6E6E056B2CCB43AEA715A30A684C87D2AABF

    Notes:

    In 1846, Christian, his wife and their four children left Switzerlandfor the U.S. According to Christian Jr's naturalization papers (onfile in Wartburg in 1848), they were aboard a ship that encountered astorm on the high seas and was driven off course to some place on theGeorgia coast, then on to Charleston, S.C.

    Morgan County Tennessee 1850 Federal Census
    Surname -- Given Name(s) -- Age -- Gender -- Color -- Occupation --Real Estate -- Birthplace --
    Ruffner--Christian------44--m--*--farmer--$250.00--GERMANY--*--*--*--*--*
    Ruffner--Cordolia------46--f--*--*--*--GERMANY--*--*--*--*--*
    Ruffner--Sun------20--f--*--*--*--GERMANY--*--*--*--*--*
    Ruffner--Christian------14--m--*--*--*--GERMANY--*--*--*--*--*
    Ruffner--Peter------10--m--*--*--*--GERMANY--*--*--*--*--*
    Ruffner--Michael------7--m--*--*--*--GERMANY--*--*--*--*--*
    Ruffner--Jacob------1--m--*--*--*--TN--*--*--*--*--*

    Morgan County Tennessee 1860 Federal Census
    Ruffner--Christian------55--m----farmer----GERMANY
    Ruffner--Cordolia------57--f----GERMANY
    Ruffner--Peter------20--m----GERMANY
    Ruffner--Michael------16--m----GERMANY
    Ruffner--Jackson-----10--m---TN
    Ruffner--Plena Ann-----9--f---TN

    Christian Ruffner, Jr. was a millwright by trade. He settled in thearea of the first district near the waters located on what is nowFairview Road. This area became known as "Ruffner's Switch." Hisfirst mill was located on these waters near the waterfall.

    In 1866, Christian Ruffner Jr. gave one acre of land to the schoolcommissioners of the first district of Morgan County, TN. Upon thistract of land a meetinghouse was built. Said deed reads: "Thisparcel of land was conveyed to the Common school commissioners of the1st District of Morgan County, TN to wit: Ezra Russell, John Webster,& William C. Davis and their successors in office for the use of thecommon school and Church house to be free to all Christiandenominations to worship Almighty God.

    Signed by:
    Christian Ruffner, Jr.

    Witnessed by: R.G. Hudson & William H. Davis, on the 23rd day of July1866. Recorded in deed book N, Pg. 620.

    "Morgan County News" 13 Feb 1969 -article by Snyder E. Roberts

    Christian Ruffner was one of the early Swiss-German colonizingfamilies of Coalfield, TN. The Christian Ruffner, Jr. descendants arenumerous and their activities have made a sizeable impact on thehistory of Coalfield and the 1st Dist. of Morgan County.

    Christian Ruffner, Jr. was born March 1807 in the town of Maienfeld,and Canton (state) of Graubunden, Switzerland. His first 4 childrenwere born in Switzerland, and the youngest one in Morgan County. Thedata are authenticated by entries on a family sheet in "The FamilyBook to Community Wartburg" of the German Reformed Church written inGerman by its Pastor, the Rev. Theodore Etter in 1855.

    Christian, Jr., his wife and 4 children left Switzerland in 1846,bound for the Wartburg Colony in Morgan County, TN. Judging from thedates given in Christian, Jr.'s naturalization papers which were filedin Wartburg in 1848, Christian, his family, and other colonizers wereaboard the ship that encountered a storm on the high seas and wasdriven off course to someplace on the GA coast before they made theirway to Charleston, SC.

    Christian Ruffner, Jr. was a millwright by trade, and probably helpedwith the establishing of Wartburg before he settled some few miles tothe east in present-day 1st District which grew into a community witha Post Office called Rio, and as the Ruffners multiplied, it waslatter called "Ruffner's Switch.", and is the present-day Coalfield.

    His first mill was located near the water fall slightly west of theCoalfield High School. As time went on, he and his sons located othersaw and grist mills powered by water, and later by steam.

    Christian married Cordolia Faller in Mar 1828 in Switzerland. Cordolia (daughter of Peter Faller and Cordula Schoni) was born in 1804; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Cordolia Faller was born in 1804 (daughter of Peter Faller and Cordula Schoni); and died.

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    • _UID: 9B935714C2B74B8DA5C2EA2B7975D098BC2F

    Children:
    1. Anna Ruffner was born on 27 Dec 1829; and died.
    2. 4. Christian A. Ruffner, III was born on 17 Sep 1834 in Switzerland; died on 31 May 1879; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    3. Peter A. Ruffner was born on 9 Jun 1839 in Switzerland; died on 17 Jun 1892; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    4. Michael Ruffner was born about 1842 in Switzerland; and died.
    5. Jacob "Shack" Ruffner was born on 12 Mar 1849 in Switzerland; died on 4 Feb 1916.

  3. 14.  Ezra D. Russell was born in 1804 in North Carolina, United States (son of William Russell and Elizabeth Williams); died in 1879 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: 58A2AE197861440CB4CDFA7875F1BD7A7AB0

    Notes:

    1860 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1
    RUSSELL, Ezra56MWFarmerN.C.
    Mary60FWDomesticVA
    Jane33FWTenn
    Sam Mc.9MWTenn

    1870 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 1, page 6
    RUSSELL, Ezra 66 M W Farmer NC
    Mary 69 F W HK VA
    Jane 43 F W HK Tenn
    Samuel 19 M W FL VA
    WILLIAMS, Elizabeth 90 F W None VA (Idiot)

    Ezra married Mary Williams in 1825 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. Mary (daughter of Elizabeth Williams) was born in 1801 in Virginia, United States; died in 1875 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary Williams was born in 1801 in Virginia, United States (daughter of Elizabeth Williams); died in 1875 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F008FD99532F4767B2FB5D0567701215CB3A

    Children:
    1. Jane Russell was born about 1827 in Tennessee, United States; died after 1881.
    2. Nancy Russell was born on 18 Feb 1829 in Tennessee, United States; died on 28 Oct 1908; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    3. Eliza Russell was born about 1833 in Tennessee, United States; died after 1881.
    4. 7. Mary Russell was born about 1835 in Tennessee, United States; died in 1917 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.


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