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- In 1858, he married Josephine St. Pierre, who was of Afro-Caribbean, French and English descent. Together they had four sons and a daughter.
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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] .
Jan 19, 2007 · George Lewis Ruffin was born December 16, 1834 in Richmond, Virginia, the son of free Blacks. He was educated in Boston, Massachusetts and soon became a force in the city’s civic leadership. After marrying Josephine St. Pierre, Mr. Ruffin supported his family by working as a barber.
Apr 27, 2022 · George Lewis Ruffin was born December 16, 1834 in Richmond, Virginia, the son of free blacks. He was educated in Boston, Massachusetts and soon became a force in the city’s civic leadership. After marrying Josephine St. Pierre, Mr. Ruffin supported his family by working as a barber.
- December 16, 1834
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was born in Boston in 1842 to parents of comfortable means. She attended desegregated schools in Salem, MA, a New York “Finishing School”, and was then privately...
Boycotts Dred Scott. When he graduated in 1858, Ruffin married Josephine St. Pierre, an African American woman from a prominent Boston family. Her father was an activist who objected to segregated schools.
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.
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.
