Smith, Mary Ruffin, d. 1885,

Mary Ruffin Smith (died 1885) of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a benefactress of the University of North Carolina; daughter of James S. Smith, a physician, state legislator, and United States congressman; and sister to Sidney Smith (1805-1856) and Francis J. Smith (1816-1877), a physician of Hillsborough, N.C.

From the guide to the Mary Ruffin Smith Papers, ., 1750-1904, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)