Ruffner family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Wilson-Lewis Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2135
Overview
Papers relating to the Wilson, Lewis, and Ruffner families of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Kanawha County, [West] Virginia, St. Charles County, Missouri, and Fairfield County, Ohio. Correspondence between Nathaniel V. Wilson and Dr. Goodridge Wilson, concerning land purchases, preparation for the settlement of the family, care of livestock, employment of slaves, salt making and marketing, and the market price of salt. Other members of the family migrated to St. Charles County, Missouri,...
Dates:
circa 1693-1942 and undated
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- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Agriculture 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Colombia 1
- Diaries 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Livestock 1
- Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 1
- Mexico 1
- Missionaries 1
- Missouri 1
- Ohio 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Physicians - letters and papers. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Steamboats 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1 + ∧ less
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