When Dr. William Henry Ruffner was born on 11 February 1824, in Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Ruffner, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Montgomery Lyle, was 36. He married Harriet Anne Gray on 3 September 1850, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Lexington District, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 24 November 1908, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lexington, Virginia, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
German: variant of Rufener .
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Possible Related NamesW. H. Rufffner will never get the credit and position he deserves as a geologist, for he has never written much in scientific journals nor joined scientific societies, nor made scientific speeches (excep …
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