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His family moved to Boston in 1853, where he was educated in the public schools. [2] [3] Marriage and family. In 1858, he married Josephine St. Pierre, who was of Afro-Caribbean, French and English descent. Together they had four sons and a daughter. [1] .
In 1858, 16-year-old Josephine married 21-year-old free black George Lewis Ruffin, with whom she soon sailed to the less racist environs of Liverpool, England. Six months later, however, they returned, and George began working as a barber.
In 1858, at the age of 15, she became the wife of George Lewis Ruffin, the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School.
When Josephine was sixteen she married George Lewis Ruffin, the first African-American to graduate from Harvard Law School. The couple were both active in the struggle against slavery and during the Civil War they helped recruit black soldiers for the Union Army.
Jan 19, 2007 · George Lewis Ruffin died on November 19, 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts leaving his widow, three sons and a daughter. In his honor, the George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded at Northeastern University in 1984 to support minorities studying in the Massachusetts criminal justice system.
She met and married George Lewis Ruffin in 1858 at the age of 16 and together they raised 4 children. During the Civil War Josephine helped to recruit African American soldiers for the 54th...
At 16 years old, she married George Lewis Ruffin (1834–1886), who later became the first African American graduate from Harvard Law School, the first African American elected to the Boston City Council, and the first African American municipal judge.
