Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1813, Ruffin akaroora Susan Hutchings Travis wokuWilliamsburg. Vaviri ava vakatamira kumunda uyo Ruffin akagara nhaka kubva kuna sekuru vake, paCoggin's Point, padivi peRwizi rweJames muPrince George County, iyo yakacherechedzwa senzvimbo yekuenda kwaBenedict Arnold mushure mekunge achinja kuvimbika uye akapinda muRwizi rweJames (kusanganisira Richmond) muna 1781. Vaiva nevana gumi nomumwe Susan Ruffin asati afa muna 1846, kunyange zvazvo vakawanda vaizofira pamberi American Civil War yakaguma uye baba vavo akazviuraya: Edmund Ruffin Jr. (1814-1875), Agnes Ruffin Beckwith (1816<unk>1865), Julian Calx Ruffin (1821<unk>1864, akafa pa
Hondo yeDrewry's Bluff), Elizabeth Ruffin Sayre (1821<unk>1860), Rebecca Ruffin Bland (1823<unk>1855), Jane Ruffin Dupuy (1829<unk>1855), Charles Lorraine Ruffin (1832<unk>1870; VMI akapedza kudzidza uyo akapona muhondo), Ella Ruffin (1832<unk>1855), Ann Ruffin (1844<unk>1863) naGeorge Champion Ruffin (1845-1913).