Portrait of Senator Solomon W. Downs

I have written about Senator Downs before on this blog. What caught my interest was something I recently found. While looking on the Internet Archives, I found they had digitized the Louisiana Historical Quarterly journal. In the January, 1934 issue (you can read it here: https://archive.org/details/per_louisiana-historical-quarterly_the-louisiana-historical-quarterly_1934-01_17_1/page/6/mode/2up?q=%22Ouachita+Parish%22) Minnie Markette Ruffin (yes THAT Minnie Ruffin) wrote an … Continue reading Portrait of Senator Solomon W. Downs →

Minnie Market Ruffin

Minnie Markette was born in MS in the year 1870. On Dec. 26, 1895 in Water Valley, MS, she married Tom Ruffin. The couple had no children. After her husband died in 1907, she moved to Louisiana and served in the Monroe school system, later as principal of Neville High School. She also was a … Continue reading Minnie Market Ruffin →