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R UFFN ER R OOTS & RAMBLINGS Catalog ot Issues June 1, 2002 i J - Ruffner Roots & Ramblings Catalog of Issues & Contents Table of Contents Issues/Contents Page 2 Index to Articles Page 4 Index to RFA Articles . • . Page 11 Know Your Board of Directors . Page 13 What Is It? Where Is It? Page 14 Family News Births . Page 15 Marriages . • . Page 16 Deaths . Page 17 RUFFNER ROOTS & RAMBLINGS ISSUES/CONTENTS Volume 1, Issue #1 . February 1998 Volume 2, Issue #3 ........... August 1999 Greetings from Organizing Board of Directors Sam McNeely Elected First President 1999 Reunion, Lancaster, Ohio 1999 Reunion Review Some Faced Bullets: She Handled Black Widows Message from the President Report from the Board of Directors Organizing Chairman's Final Report Review - 1997 Ruffner Reunion, Luray First Genealogy Workshop Held in Lancaster Westward Ho - On the Ruffner Trail to Ohio Report on the Charter Meeting The Family Forum - Luray Homestead Cemetery Restoration & Monuments McNeely Children Erect Fence at Monument Booker T. Washington Descendants at Reunion Project to Preserve Ruffner Cemeteries A Civil War Soldier is Memorialized Funds Needed for Ruffner Monument Scenes from 1999 Family Reunion Following Emanuel Ruffner to Ohio Volume 1, Issue #2 ........... August 1998 Luray Site of Reunion 2001 Countdown to the 1999 Ruffner Family Reunion Search for Lewis Ruffner & Other Family Bibles The Ruffner-Rowles House Kanawha History (Part 3) From Lawman to Mortician (George C. Ruffner) Ceremonies of Dedication at Ruffner Homestead Report from the Board of Directors Westward Ho - On the Ruffner Trail to Ohio Volume 2, Issue #4 . December 1999 Mason Ruffner - Blues Writer/Singer/Guitarist Message from the President History of the Ruffner Family of Kanawha (Part 1) A Special Gift (Fairfax Deeds) Brave, Stainless and True-Hearted Survey for Update of Family History The Move from Luray to Charleston What Is It? Where Is It? (Ruffner Park) Board of Directors Meeting - 2000 Volume 2, Issue #1 .......... January 1999 Will of Joseph Ruffner, Sr. The Ruffner Family Quilt 2001 Ruffner Family Reunion Reprint of Peter Ruffner & His Descendants First Homes - Fairfield County, OH Report from the Chairman (Robert N. Sheets) Kanawha History (Part 4) Articles of Incorporation (Draft) Booker T. Washington Family Reunion By-Laws of the Ruffner Family Association (Draft) Zane's Trace & The Ruffner Family Volume 3, Issue #1 ....... .... March 2000 The 300 Mile Journey from Luray to Charleston Ruffner Census - Genealogy Survey In Search of the Ruffners - Ruffner Mountain Message from the President North to Alaska - Julius Ruffner Reunion 2001 Update History of the Ruffner Family of Kanawha (Part 2) Booker T. Washington Family Reunion Emma Lee Lewis & 'The Brick' Volume 2, Issue #2 ............. April 1999 Eleanor WV 65th Anniversary McNeelys Purchase Peter Ruffner Homestead Elks Theater Honors Its Savior (Elisabeth Ruffner) Ruffner Quilt Pattern (Design) Trekking thru OH, WV & VA (Part 1) The 1999 Ruffner Auction Ruffner Family of Kanawha (Part 5) Report from the Chairman (Robert N. Sheets) Holly Grove Mansion, Charleston, WV What Is It? Where Is It? (Ruffner Monument) Edith W. Johnson gives Denver Talk Looking Forward - 1999 Ruffner Reunion Ruffner Family Web Site Introduced 1999 Reunion - Genealogy Workshop We're Home Again (the McNeely story) Volume 3, Issue #2 ........... August 2000 You are invited - Ruffner Homestead Dedication Portraits from the Past - Henry Daniel Ruffner Wagons Ho to the Old Ohio Message from the President Looking Back - 1909 Ruffner Reunion RFA Proclamation to BTW Family The Old Elm Tree (A Ruffner Legend) Walking in Footsteps of Booker T. Washington In the Kitchen with a Ruffner Descendant What Is It? Where Is It? (Ruffner Mine Road) Ruffners In the News (Melissa Ruffner) Eleanor's 65th Anniversary and 'The Brick' Searching for Burial Sites - "A Spiritual Journey" Trekking thru OH, WV & VA (Part 2) History of the Ruffner Family of Kanawha (final) Page 2 Volume 3, Issue #3 ........ December 2000 The Swiss Family Ruffner - Family History Message from the President Know Your Board - Joseph Wilson Ruffner RF A Board of Directors' Actions RFA Loses Dear Friend - Emma Lee Lewis Letters to the Editor (Joe Ruffner) Ruffner WebSite Update Portraits from the Past - John E. Ruffner Prescott, Arizona - 2003 Knowing Your Board - Robert Newman Sheets Charleston, WV - 2002 BTW's Alabama Ruffners Booker T. Washington Reunion - 2002 What Is It? Where Is It? (Henry Ruffner House) Progress Report - New Ruffner History Book Volume 4, Issue #4 . December 2001 RFA- Positions Available A View from the West Window - 9/11/01 The Ruffner Family Website Message from the President Ruffners in the News - George C. Ruffner Endowment Fund Trustees Trekking thru OH, WV & VA (Part 3) 2002 RFA Directors Meeting The 2001 Reunion - Special Events What Is It? Where Is It? (Wm. Henry Ruffner) Ruffner Family Roots - Shenandoah Valley RuffnerFamily WebSite Publication Update Volume 4, Issue #1 . February 2001 Know Your Board - Dorotha Russell Ruffner Family Reunion - 2001 RFA Endowment Fund Survey Forms ~ Ruffner History The Ruffner Family Archive Message from the President Elisabeth Ruffner: Champion of Hometown Lancaster/Fairfield Co. Bicentennial David Ruffner's Church - Kanawha Salines Families Share Link to Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington Reunion - 2002 Making Progress at The Brick' Prescott, Arizona to Host 2003 Ruffner Reunion Crawford Family Reunion Ruffner Family Visit to Washington & Lee Volume 5, Issue #1 ............ March 2002 2001 Reunion Schedule In Memory of Edith Washington Johnson Ruffner Family WebSite President's Message Knowing your Board - Samuel McNeely RFA Endowment Fund Report Trekking thru OH, WV and VA (Part 4) What Is It? Where Is It? (Joseph Ruffner Home) Treasures Donated to Ruffner Archive Volume.4, Issue #2 .............. May 2001 Site of WV Capitol Building (Sale of Infant's Land) Family Reunions Vision of Benjamin Descendants Family History & Genealogy Surveys Ruffner Family WebSite Know Your RFA Board - Phyllis Hershock The RFA Needs You! The Ruffner Family WebSite Message from the President Wagons Ho! Ruffner Reunion Goes West George Edward Ruffner & Lester Ward Ruffner Join Us in Malden 2002 The 2001 Reunion Schedule A Walk with Dr. Washington Touring Luray 2001 Reunion Highlights Volume 5, Issue #2 ............. June 2002 Preserving Our Family History In Remembrance - Doris Laver Ruffner Lodging Arrangements for Lexington Tour Message from the President Picture This! (Archives) What Is It? Where Is It? (Augustus Ruffner Home) Trekking thru OH, WV & VA (Final) What's New - RFA WebSite Plans for RFA Annual Meeting - 2002 Volume 4, Issue #3 ........ September 2001 Joseph & David Ruffner - Kanawha Salt Industry Major Fire Strikes Ruffner Complex at Longwood Ruffner Brothers' Well One Reid & Two Sheets Honored Ruffner Roots in Charleston Message from the President Bringing Religion to the Kanawha What Is It? Where Is It? (Wood House) Know Your RFA Board - Roberta Kirwin RFA Endowment Fund Freedom has a Price RFA Begins a Family Archive Colonial Fourth of July In the Footsteps of Henry Ruffner Return to Family Homestead - 2001 Reunion Page 3 INDEX TO ARTICLES Locale (Ancestor) Title/Description Luray, Page County Review -1997 Ruffner Reunion Vol 1, Issue #1 Virginia February 1998 (Peter/Peter, Jr.) The Family Forum - Luray Homestead Vol 1 , Issue #1 (Ruffner family homestead up for sale) February 1998 McNeelys Purchase Peter Ruffner Vol 2, Issue #2 Homestead (Purchase by Jim & Judi McNeely) April 1999 We're Home Again! (McNeely's Own Story) Vol 2, Issue #2 (Jim & Judi tell their story of their 1999 April 1999 purchase restoring the homestead to Ruffner ownership after nearly 160 years) You are invited - Ruffner Homestead Vol 2, Issue #2 Dedication April 1999 Dedication at Ruffner Homestead Vol 2, Issue #3 (Story & photos of re-dedication of The Ruffner August 1999 House.) Luray Site of Reunion 2001 (promo) Vol 2, Issue #3 August 1999 2001 Ruffner Family Reunion (promo) Vol 2, Issue #4 December 1999 Reunion 2001 Update (promo) Vol 3, Issue #1 March 2000 The 2001 Reunion - Special Events (promo) Vol 3, Issue #3 December 2000 Ruffner Family Roots - Shenandoah Valley Vol 3, Issue #3 (Ruffner history in valley) December 2000 Ruffner Family Reunion - 2001 (promo) Vol 4, Issue #1 February 2001 2001 Reunion Schedule Vol 4, Issue #1 February 2001 Trekking thru OH, WV & VA By Joseph Wilson Ruffner, Sr. Final Installment - Joe arrives in Luray, Vol 4, Issue #2 Virginia for the final 2 days of his trek May 2001 The 2001 Reunion Schedule Vol 4, Issue #2 May 2001 Touring Luray Vol