Grave of Joseph Ruffner, who bought the site of Charleston from the Clendenins. His son, Daniel, built Holly Mansion on Kanawha Street in 1815. The Ruffners aided oil and gas development by improved drills used in salt wells.

Marker is on Kanawha Boulevard 0.1 miles west of Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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