Charles Rufus Ayres
- Name
- Charles Rufus Ayres
- Given Name
- Charles Rufus
- Family Name
- Ayres
- Birth Date
- 1826-12-23
- Death Date
- 1859-11-11
- Sex
- Male
- Description
- Charles Rufus Ayres (December 23, 1826 - November 11, 1859) attended the University of Virginia from 1847-1849. He was educated as a lawyer but did not practice. He was shot and killed in a street fight in Rectortown, VA on November 11, 1859. In his will, Ayres freed several of the people he enslaved and directed that the children of Jane Payne, Mary Fletcher, and Gleaves receive $100 annuities to support and educate them. He may have been the father of Mary Fletcher's children.
- Source Resource
- https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/56
- Occupation
- Contractor
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