Born in Knox County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Mahan II
and Naomi (Cox) Mahan
Sister of
Pleasant Wade Mahan, Alfred Cox Mahan, Nancy (Mahan) Miers, Mary (Mahan) Williams, Elizabeth (Mahan) Griffin, Sarah (Mahan) Watkins and Louisa Coffee (Mahan) Peterson
Wife of
Charles K Cotten
— married
10 Aug 1828 in Jackson County, Alabama
Descendants 
Mother of
William Pleasant Cotten, Tabitha Allin Ann (Cotten) Mitchum, Pollie Ann (Cotten) Daniel, Louisa Paralee (Cotten) Jackson, Peter Clay Cotten, James T Cotten, Martha Cotten, Alexander Black Cotten, David Crawford Cotten, Rial M Cotten, Charles Mahan Cotten and Ruth (Cotten) Lee
Died
at age 72
in Henderson County, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jun 2017
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Biography
Sources
- Genealogical and Family History Research. Letters and Family Group Sheets from Mary M Tate, Denton, Texas, dated April 1989.
- Inmon, Jymie, James Inmon Family (Rootsweb WorldConnect Project <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/>).Database :3052456.As viewed on 4 November 2008.
- Genealogical and Family History Research. Letters and Family Group Sheets from Mary M Tate, Denton, Texas, dated April 1989.
- Tim, Extended Families of Childress (Rootsweb WorldConnect Project <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/>).Database childresstexas.As viewed on 26 November 2008.
- Cloud, Bunny, Fogle, Davis, Williams, Curry, Mahan and Related Lines (Rootsweb WorldConnect Project <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/>).Database bcloud. As viewed on 4 November 2008.
- Find A Grave, Rutha Elizabeth Cotten <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183842624/rutha-elizabeth-cotten> as viewed 25 April 2019.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rutha 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 Rutha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rutha 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 Rutha:
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~3.12%
Kay Tindel
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Charlotte (Carter) Schick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A334723 [compare], Ancestry member CTSCHICK11
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Karen (Schick) Macagno :
23andMe
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T857447 [compare], FTDNA kit #415840
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~1.56%
Sunny Lyon :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Thomas Schick :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T151680 [compare], FTDNA kit #415938
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Ruth (Frazier) Nibling :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A436421 [compare], Ancestry member OFrazier17
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Matthew Langley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A783288 [compare], Ancestry member mattkingtut
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~0.78%
Edna (Underwood) Powell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A506806 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Donna (Wilson) Dominguez :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Darlisa Black :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RF4096010 [compare], Ancestry member DarlisaMayBlack
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~0.78%
Brenda (Dyer) Carver :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RX4847631 [compare], Ancestry member brendadyercarver
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~0.78%
V B Munday :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WP3828562 [compare], FTDNA kit #915808
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~0.78%
Tommie Merritt :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A980390 [compare]
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~0.78%
Myrtice (Munday) Phears :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch YP6796785 [compare]
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