Evening Star, 13 July 1975.
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In the 1930 census of Washington, D.C.: at 828 – 12th Street, barber James G. Ruffin, 45; wife Parthenia, 36; and children Emma, 19, laundress, Mary E., 18, laundress, Cora, 16, Naomi, 15, Kernice, 12, Parthenia, 11, James B., 9, Linwood, 7, Izah, 6, Calvin C., 4, and Canlice, 2. All but the youngest two children were born in North Carolina.
In the 1940 census of Washington, D.C.: James Ruffin, 18, porter in barbershop; wife Effie, 16; and son Daniel E., 1 month; with lodgers Alfred Breto, 53, David Hall, 27, and James Beaner, 20.
In 1942, James Badger Ruffin registered for the World War II draft in Washington, D.C. Per his registration card, he was born 17 March 1920 in Wilkerson [sic], North Carolina; lived at 1818 – 4th Street, N.W., Washington; his contact was Parthenia Ruffin, 828 – 12th Street, N.E.; and he worked at Ruffin’s Barber Shop, 1229 – 7th Street, N.W.