Edmund Ruffin's Grave
Here at Marlbourne (named for marl) is the grave of Edmund Ruffin, one of the greatest of American agriculturists. Ruffin moved here in 1843 and here carried on many of the experiments that made him famous. An ardent secessionist, he fired the first gun at Fort Sumter, April, 1861, and served in the Confederate army until incapacitated by age. He died in June, 1865.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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