Catherine Crowder was born in Mississippi about 1823 to Eli White Crowder and
Margaret Durant. She is Choctaw through her mother.
She married Charles Bench about 1845. Children of Catherine and Charles:
Daniel Tucker Bench 1847–Deceased
Possible Chris Bench
Possible Margaret Bench
According to testimony of her son Danial Tuck Bench before the Dawes Commission the family left the Old Country and moved to Indian Territory when he was just a few months old. The family consisted of the parents and two sons, including himself.
She died about 1868 in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kathy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kathy: